Viewed today, Rivera’s “Detroit Industry” murals might have prefigured Detroit’s downfall, but also envision a renaissance. It harkens to the earth, the races living and working in harmony, where sections of the city have been cleared of distressed neighborhoods and allowed to regrow with food crops, grasses and trees.
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‘Zonie Goof Darkens Southwest, and More… By Jerry Collamer
A zonie-tech aka Arizona electrical technician, flipped the wrong switch, shorting out a huge chunk of SoCal, and Baja, and 1-nuke plant. Stop laughing. It just happened.
Shoshoni: Grizzly Bear Song
Shoshoni Elder Oldhands performs a song given to him by spirit to bring awareness to the struggle of our relatives the Bear Nations, to stay alive in an ever shrinking World. It was the Bear people that showed us how to use the Earth’s Medicine. It is their Wisdom that can save us. All My Relations
Bear Dancing into Autumn: Hunting the Big Dipper
In a blending of an Iroquois and Cree legend, with autumn approaching, four brothers had the same dream for four nights. They saw a vision of themselves tracking and killing the monster bear. Believing the dream to hold the truth, the brothers followed it into the sky.
Yellowstone is Bear Country By Jerry Collamer
Jerry Collamer imagines a healthy coexistence with bears on a recent trip to Yellowstone by a member of the WilderUtopia crew…
Grizzly Bears and Humans: Habitat Protection Ensures Coexistence
The paths of grizzly bears and humans often collide, with fatal consequences for both parties. Despite protected lands such as national parks, the former’s survival depends upon establishing roaming corridors across private land and highways. The Vital Ground Foundation is doing just that.
Warao of Guyana: The Origin of the Pleiades
A myth from the Warao People who inhabit the rainforests of the Orinoco Delta of northeastern Venezuela and western Guyana. The term Warao means “The Boat People,” referring to their intimate connection with water. Here a hunter takes on an ogress in a story of the origin of the Pleiades.