OH … WOW … THIS ISN’T A COYOTE! NO … IT IS A COD! And it is an important predator fish of our ocean. Our earth has evolved to include predators in all the diverse spaces of our planet: the land, the sea the sky! They all play the important role of sustaining biodiversity…
“Man’s respect and awe of predators turned to hatred when man’s lifestyle changed from tribal hunters – when he ceased to be a kindred spirit living by his wits as a hunter. And instead, took the land himself. He took the land without forethought once he began his agrarian mode of life, his domesticated plants…
Beatrix Potter, the famous author of small picture books for children, was born in England in the second half of the nineteenth century. All her books were about animals, many of whom she personally experienced in her life. She cared about the lives of animals, as well as the natural landscape. In her adult life…
Historians teach us that we need to look to the PAST for us to understand the PRESENT…… So here are two photos…one from the PAST and one from the PRESENT~ First of all, both photos are taken of very violent people who HATE someone they do not even know. The Klu Klux Klan …our African…
“We shall take your Land…and you will soon disappear.” This is how the white man that came to the American continent thought and spoke regarding our Native Americans here in Maine ~ the Penobscots, the Paasamaquoddy, the Micmacs and the Maliseets (and Native Americans across this continent). They did steal their land, but our Native…
IN 1775 … OUR FOREFATHERS WROTE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE The central words in declaring their independence from the oppression and violence of the English monarchy were “Our inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness…” They based these rights not on any law of any government, but that these rights were bestowed on all…
I would like to alert you to a NEW BOOK I have added to our booklist: Biodiversity and Native America edited by Paul Minnis and Wayne Elisens As our Summer growing season comes close to an end and we are moving closer to September, it is good to take a break and sit down in our…
Wild Bison I would like to alert you to another excellent book that I just placed on our website’s booklist: Buffalo for the Broken Heart by Dan O’Brien. So why have I recommended this book on Coyote’s website ~ well it has everything to do about Coyote, because Coyote has to do with everything! …
Where ever you are right now …take a Moment…Look out the window. What do you see? Do you all not observe a tiny expression of our Earth’s amazing life? How connected do you feel to what you observe? E.O.Wilson, a leading Ecologist has written, “We did not arrive on this planet as aliens. Humanity is…