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Welcome to my advocacy blog. My goal is to post relevant information that will spark action, discussion and interaction, creating a catalyst for solutions and ideas to impact the challenges we face in our society. We welcome comments, suggestions and submissions in support of those seeking a voice. "…Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear…"

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Category: history

Dull Knife – Northern Cheyenne Chief

I love sharing the stories of various “Native Americans” who have been sidelined in many history courses. The following is … More

Black Hills, Charles A Eastman, Dull Knife, Education, environment, history, Legends of America, Native Americans, Nez Perce, Plains Indians, Research, Sioux, truth

In Morocco’s mountains, villagers hold on to ancient traditions

Communal granaries have disappeared across North Africa, but Amazigh villagers in Morocco are trying to preserve them. Aljazeera – 22 … More

Abdelghani Charai, Amazigh, Atlas Mountains, Aures Mountains, Berber Language, Education, Emanuele Maspoli, environment, history, Morocco, Naima Keddane, Research, truth

The Vienna Agent

The American heiress who risked her life to help people escape the Nazis—and pioneered the refugee assistance movement  Katy Congeal … More

bravery, Courage, Education, history, Holocaust, Katy Coneal, Muriel Gardiner, Research, true hero, truth, WWll

Putin and Netanyahu Show Why Bad Things Happen to Bad Leaders

It is shocking to me how much Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu have in common these days: Both see themselves … More

dictatorship, Education, enjamin Netanyahu, history, Israel, madness, NATO, Russia, Thomas Friedman, truth, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

At Long Last, a Donkey Family Tree

In a new study, genetics and archaeology combine to reveal the ancient origins of humanity’s first beast of burden. By Franz … More

Anthropobiology and Genomics of Toulouse, DNA, Donkeys, Education, environment, Franz Lidz, history, iconography, Nature, Research, Samuel Aranda, Science, Science Magazine, truth

When a deadly disease gripped an Alaskan town, a dog saved the day—but history hailed another

The movie Togo recounts an act of heroism in the midst of a frightening outbreak. Here star Willem Dafoe describes … More

1925 Serum Run, Alaska History, contagious bacterial infection, Courage, Disney film, Education, environment, Gunnar Kaasen, history, Iditarod, Nature, Research, Simon Ingram, Togo the film, truth, William Dafoe

Meet the women who risked everything to be the first to fly – Photos Included

As one female pilot wrote, “A woman who can find fulfillment in the skies will never again need to live … More

Amelia Earhart, aviation, Bessie Coleman, Courage, Education, Frontier airline, Harriet Quimby, history, Research, tenacity, truth, Women pilots

Who were the first people to ride horses? Ancient skeletons reveal new clues

The roughly 5,000-year-old human remains were found in graves from the Yamnaya culture, and the discovery may partially explain their … More

Bulgaria, Education, history, horses, Hungary, Martin Trautmann, Przewalski’s horses, Research, Romania, Science, Tom Metcalfe, truth, University of Helsinki, Volker Heyd

‘Putin has gone mad from power’: Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin speaks out from Russian prison

Sentenced to eight years in jail, Yashin discusses the war in Ukraine, Russian opposition and how the west can help … More

Advocacy, Alexei Navalny, Andrew Roth, Boris Nemtsov, Education, history, Ilya Yashin, Navalny the film, Russian Invasion, Russian justice, The Guardian, truth, Ukrainian war, Vladimir V. Putin

What were Neanderthals really like—and why did they go extinct?

These ancient hominids, who disappeared 40,000 years ago, were once thought to be brutish. But recent discoveries have hinted they … More

cognitive abilities, DNA, Education, Erin Blakemore, fossils, history, Homo Sapiens, Nature, Neanderthal, Research, Science

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