When you ascend up from the last of the High Plains, and behold the first of the realm we call Cascadia. A capture from when it looks like you're really driving toward the final frontier, "Road to the Dream".
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This is what justice looks like:
"The attorney for the City of Coeur d'Alene confirmed to KTVB charges have been filed against six men for their alleged involvement in forcefully dragging a woman from a Kootenai County Republican town hall in February."
The charges: "Battery, false imprisonment, security agent uniform violation, security agent duties violation"
#TeresaBorrenpohl #CoeurDAlene #TownHall #Kootenai #Sheriff #BobNorris #Battery #Violation
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That feeling when you cross the continental divide...but it feels more like you're crossing into the shadow world. For western nights are the best nights...
My capture from the Kootenai, "Road to the Dream".
This woman has more guts than any of the men in that auditorium. Watch til the end. She's setting the example.
More of this, please...!
‘#Rewilding’ the schoolyard — District, land trust make space for outdoor learning
by ERIC WELCH, January 31, 2025 1:00 AM
KOOTENAI — "Six months ago, a small piece of school-owned property beside Kootenai Elementary [in #Idaho] was contributing little to the students next door.
"A combination of #woods and #wetlands, the area was appealing to educators aiming to expand the school’s outdoor education opportunities, but teachers were discouraged from using it because of persistent marshiness that made it impossible to visit without tracking mud throughout the school’s halls and classrooms.
"In July, nonprofit #KaniksuLandTrust set out to change that. Since then, the organization has replaced the area’s primitive dirt trails with gravel paths, installed several culverts and a small footbridge to help students traverse the area, and created six unique outdoor classrooms designed to facilitate a variety of lesson types.
"'Just like our teachers need classrooms, outdoor educators need a classroom, too, and playgrounds are quite uninspiring spaces for outdoor education,' said Katie Cox, KLT executive director. 'The idea is really, ‘How much nature can we bring to the schools?'
"The 10-acre parcel is home to a surprisingly diverse collection of plants and features, and includes an aspen grove, a white pine forest and an area that was once home to a small orchard that still contains productive apple trees.
"A natural hill facilitates sledding and a 'boulder hop' circuit is designed to act as a homemade alternative to traditional playground structures.
"'It’s a fun space for the kids to get their wigglies out,' Cox said.
"Anita Palmer, Kootenai’s art and outdoor education specialist, is a primary user of the area. Palmer teaches lessons outside when possible and aims to help students become responsible users of the land by teaching them the '#LeaveNoTrace' principles.
"'They’re just happier outside. More engaged,' Palmer said. 'They definitely have more energy.'
"Because Palmer splits time between outdoor education and art, she also makes use of the area and its resources when helping students practice creative expression.
"This year, students in Palmer’s class have created pinecone bird feeders, traced leaves by placing them under a page and rubbing it with a crayon, and made mandala patterns in the woods using natural materials like stones and pine needles.
"In addition to outdoor education, Cox hopes instructors of core courses can also utilize the space to enhance their curriculum.
"'If teachers want to pull the kids out in order to use nature to teach math or use nature for reading time, there's space for them to do that,' Cox said. 'It can be as simple as sectioning off a space and saying, ‘How many willow trees are planted in this space? Count them and measure the longest branch with a tape measure and collect the data.'
"Elizabeth Sims, a beacon teacher at Kootenai who instructs students who struggle with behavior how to cooperate with peers and adults, uses the space to allow students to stretch their legs in a comforting environment.
"'The gym can be very overstimulating,' Sims said. 'It’s very calming being out in nature,' she added. 'Even the kids that are more high-behavior just seem more grounded out there.'
"With the #Kootenai property transformed, Cox and KLT are now turning their attention toward a pair of spaces they hope to similarly improve on the grounds of Farmin Stidwell and Washington elementary schools."
Read more:
https://bonnercountydailybee.com/news/2025/jan/31/rewilding-the-schoolyard/
#SolarPunkSunday #NatureBasedEducation #NatureBasedLearning #MoreGreenTime #LessScreenTime
Bonner County Daily Bee · ‘Rewilding’ the schoolyard — District, land trust make space for outdoor learning
#EAS #WEA for Benewah, #ID; #Bonner, #ID; #Kootenai, #ID; #Adams, #WA; #Lincoln, #WA; #Pend Oreille, #WA; #Spokane, #WA; #Stevens, #WA; #Whitman, #WA: National Weather Service: DUST STORM WARNING for this area until 4:45 PM PDT. Be ready for sudden drop to zero visibility. Pull Aside, Stay Alive! When visibility drops, pull far off the road and put your vehicle in park. Turn the lights off and keep your foot off the brake. Infants, the elderly and those with respiratory issues urged to take pre
#EAS #WEA for Benewah, #ID; #Bonner, #ID; #Kootenai, #ID; #Adams, #WA; #Lincoln, #WA; #Pend Oreille, #WA; #Spokane, #WA; #Stevens, #WA; #Whitman, #WA: Dust Storm Warning issued September 25 at 4:12PM PDT until September 25 at 4:45PM PDT by NWS Spokane WA Source: NWS Spokane WA #Benewah, #ID; #Bonner, #ID; #Kootenai, #ID; #Adams, #WA; #Lincoln, #WA; #Pend Oreille, #WA; #Spokane, #WA; #Stevens, #WA; #Whitman, #WAwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
#EAS #WEA for Benewah, #ID; #Bonner, #ID; #Kootenai, #ID; #Adams, #WA; #Lincoln, #WA; #Pend Oreille, #WA; #Spokane, #WA; #Stevens, #WA; #Whitman, #WA: National Weather Service: DUST STORM WARNING for this area until 4:45 PM PDT. Be ready for sudden drop to zero visibility. Pull Aside, Stay Alive! When visibility drops, pull far off the road and put your vehicle in park. Turn the lights off and keep your foot off the brake. Infants, the elderly and those with respiratory issues urged to take pre
#Kootenai #Health data breach impacted 464,000 patients
https://securityaffairs.com/167020/data-breach/kootenai-health-data-breach.html
#securityaffairs #hacking
Security Affairs · Kootenai Health data breach impacted 464,000 patientsKootenai Health suffered a data breach impacting over 464,000 patients following a 3AM ransomware attack.
The ever-magical sunsets of North America's western reaches; at times, almost enough to convince you that what you thought was reality was but a pale shadow of the truth, emerging from the proverbial cave and into, as I put it in this capture, the "Road to the Dream".
How Returning Lands to Native Tribes Is Helping Protect Nature
From California to Maine, land is being given back to #NativeAmerican tribes who are committing to managing it for conservation. Some tribes are using #TraditionalKnowledge, from how to support #wildlife to the use of prescribed fires, to protect their ancestral grounds.
By Jim Robbins • June 3, 2021
"Now the [Salish and Kootenai] tribes are managing the range’s #bison and are also helping, through co-management, to manage bison that leave #YellowstoneNationalPark to graze on U.S. Forest Service land. Their Native American management approach is steeped in the close, almost familial, relationship with the animal that once provided food, clothes, shelter — virtually everything their people needed.
"'We treat the buffalo with less stress, and handle them with more respect,' said Tom McDonald, Fish and Wildlife Division Manager for the tribes and a tribal member. The tribes, he noted, recognize the importance of bison family groups and have allowed them to stay together. “That was a paradigm shift from what we call the ranching rodeo type mentality here, where they were storming the buffalo and stampeding animals. It was really kind of a violent, stressful affair.'
"In #California, a land trust recently transferred 1,199 acres of #redwood forest and prairie to the #EsselenTribe.
"There is a burgeoning movement these days to repatriate some culturally and ecologically important lands back to their former owners, the Indigenous people and local communities who once lived there, and to otherwise accommodate their perspective and participation in the management of the land and its wildlife and plants.
"Throughout the United States, land has been or is being transferred to tribes or is being co-managed with their help. In California, a land trust recently transferred 1,199 acres of redwood forest and prairie to the Esselen tribe, and in Maine, the Five Tribes of the #WabanakiConfederacy recently reacquired a 150-acre island with the help of land trusts. Other recent land transfers to tribes with the goal of conservation have taken place in #Oregon, #NewYork and other states.
"The use of Indigenous management styles that evolved over many centuries of cultures immersed in nature — formally called Traditional Ecological Knowledge (#TEK) — is increasingly seen by conservationists as synergistic with the global campaign to protect #biodiversity and to manage nature in a way that hedges against #ClimateChange.
"The #NatureConservancy, for example, one of the world’s largest conservation organizations, has institutionalized the transfer of ecologically important land with its Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Program in both the U.S. and globally."
Read more:
https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-returning-lands-to-native-tribes-is-helping-protect-nature
Yale E360How Returning Lands to Native Tribes Is Helping Protect NatureFrom California to Maine, land is being given back to Native American tribes who are committing to managing it for conservation. Some tribes are using traditional knowledge, from how to support wildlife to the use of prescribed fires, to protect their ancestral grounds.
Opening up on the "Road to the Dream" one July evening, when the sun is low, the world is golden, and the sky is big; nothing else like it...
In #Montana, a Tribally Led Effort to Restore the #WhitebarkPine
Not just a keystone species for the #ecosystem, the tree is also a cultural keystone. Can it come back from the brink?
By Sarah Mosquera
June 5, 2024
"Across the North American West, giant, ancient, gnarled whitebark pines grow along mountain ridges where practically no other tree can survive. Although these trees have been known to thrive for hundreds or even a thousand years, they have faced an accelerated decline for nearly a century. In fact, across much of the northwest, dead whitebark pines outnumber live ones. According to a 2018 study conducted by the U.S. Forest Service, the tree’s population has declined by up to 90 percent in certain areas, including on the lands of the Confederated #Salish and #Kootenai Tribes.
"The whitebark pines play a considerable role in the region: They are a keystone species in high-elevation ecosystems. Over 100 species rely on the tree for food, shelter, and the habitat it provides, including squirrels, grizzly bears, and birds like the well-known Clark’s Nutcracker. The trees also contribute to ecosystem stability by preventing soil erosion and regulating water flow.
"Maintaining the trees, then, is vital. And on the #FlatheadIndianReservation in western Montana, which contains some 110,000 acres of whitebark pine habitat, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, known as #CSKT, are fighting to protect and restore this iconic and ecologically important species, ensuring its survival for future generations.
"The epicenter of the decline in northern Montana, according to Diana Tomback, a professor of integrative biology at the University of Colorado, Denver, includes part of the Flathead Indian Reservation. 'That area has the highest blister rust infection rates and mortality of any other part of whitebark pine’s range.'
"#WhitePineBlisterRust, an invasive #fungus brought over from Europe in the early 20th century, is one of the main reasons for the whitebark pine’s steep decline. The rust causes cankers that disrupt the flow of water and nutrients within the tree, killing it. Another threat, infestations of mountain pine beetles, have been on the rise — a trend that is influenced by increasing temperatures. Mountain pine beetles used to be limited to lower elevations, but a warmer climate has allowed them to climb up to the whitebark pine’s habitat.
[...]
"The Tribes are working towards cultivating and planting 187,000 whitebark pine trees within the Flathead Indian Reservation. In November 2023, the CSKT received a nearly $3.5 million grant through the America the Beautiful Challenge for their work, which will help support various ecological initiatives, such as whitebark pine restoration and the development of a skilled conservation workforce."
Read more:
https://undark.org/2024/06/05/montana-cskt-restore-whitebark-pine/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
Undark Magazine · In Montana, a Tribally Led Effort to Restore the Whitebark PineNot just a keystone species for the ecosystem, the tree is also a cultural keystone. Can it come back from the brink?
Three #NativeAmerican Tribes are doing business with corporations responsible for war crimes in #Palestine: #Israel's #Elbit Systems, and the U.S. #Corporations of #Raytheon Missiles, #GeneralDynamics and #Caterpillar
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, May 28, 2024
TUCSON -- "Native American Tribes are partnered with corporations responsible for #WarCrimes in Palestine. The #ConfederatedSalishAndKootenai Tribe of Montana is in a partnership with #ElbitSystems, an Israeli weapons producer. #Salish and #Kootenai own #InternationalTowers, and in partnership with Elbit, built #SpyTowers, known as integrated fixed towers, on the #TohonoOodham Nation.
"Caterpillar, being used for the destruction of Palestinian homes, has a facility located on the #Tohono O'odham Nation's Tech Park in the San Xavier District near Tucson.
"Raytheon #Dine' Facility, is located on the #NavajoNation, south of Farmington, New Mexico, and produces missile parts for Raytheon, among the top war profiteers in Palestine.
Raytheon, and International Towers, are tenants at the University of Arizona Tech Park in Tucson.
"Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham, lives in the western portion of the Tohono O'odham Nation, where the Salish and Kootenai tribal enterprise constructed the spy towers. Rivas describes the #Militarized partnership.
'#Infiltration today is in our faces, a blatant lack of integrity by tribes and institutions. #TribalGovernments are enticed by university programs for young people. The young people unknowingly become partners and #collaborators of the international military complex,' Rivas told Censored News today."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/05/native-american-tribes-are-partnered.html
bsnorrell.blogspot.comNative American Tribes are Partnered with Corporations Responsible for War Crimes in PalestineCensored News is a service to grassroots Indigenous Peoples engaged in resistance and upholding human rights.
U.S., Canada Agree to IJC Intervention on Transboundary Mining Pollution
Calling it 'an important first step' to solve mining pollution on the Elk-Kootenai River watershed, tribal and First Nation governments in Montana, Idaho and British Columbia cheered the long-awaited reference to the International Joint Commission
By Tristan Scott
March 11, 2024
"Federal governments in #Canada and the U.S. have agreed to ask the #InternationalJointCommission (#IJC) to study and take steps to mitigate the inflow of mining pollution to the #ElkRiver-#KootenaiRiver watershed through a joint reference, signaling a breakthrough in bilateral talks that have stalled for years, even as the company that owns the mines expands its footprint along the border with #Montana.
"The agreement was announced Monday by tribal and #FirstNation governments in Montana, #Idaho and #BritishColumbia (B.C.) who cheered the development after years of intensifying pressure on the #US and Canada. The reference means that an independent governance body representing both nations will convene to craft solutions to address the contaminants spilling into a watershed that crosses the international boundary at #LakeKoocanusa and spans #traditional #Aboriginal territory.
"The federal governments of both U.S. and Canada also confirmed the reference on Monday and issued a joint statement from the Ambassador of Canada to the United States, Kirsten Hillman, and the Ambassador of the United States to Canada, David L. Cohen. According to Pierre Cuguen, a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada (#GAC), both countries 'have reached an Agreement-in-Principle (AIP) on next steps to further bilateral cooperation to reduce and mitigate the impacts of #WaterPollution” in the #transboundary #watershed.
"'The AIP provides a plan for Canada and the United States, with the assistance of the International Joint Commission, to take a holistic look at the watershed and build a shared understanding of the best available water quality data and science,' Cuguen said in an email, adding that both countries will work in concert 'with #IndigenousPeoples and #TribalNations and alongside provincial and state partners in the region.'
"'The Government of Canada is committed to safeguarding the transboundary #ElkKootenay watershed to protect the people and species that depend on this vital river system' according to Cuguen (the Canadian and First Nation spelling of Kootenai is “#Kootenay”).
"Meanwhile, tribal leaders on both sides of the border were triumphant after urging a reference for more than a decade, often with vague support from their federal counterparts.
"In Montana, Michael Dolson, chairman of the Confederated #Salish and #Kootenai Tribes (#CSKT), said the IJC reference is an essential first step in protecting fish and water quality in#LakeKoocanusa and the Kootenai River.
"'For too long, the U.S. and Canada have stood by while our waters suffered,' Dolson said in a prepared statement released Monday. “We are encouraged by the'federal governments’ change in direction and the progress that was achieved when we all worked together these past months. We will continue to work tirelessly to restore our rivers and the fish and wildlife that depend upon them. We’re at the beginning of what will likely be a long process, one that will require sustained effort from all governments involved.'"
#WaterIsLife #CoalMining
#Canada #FirstNations #WaterPollution #OpenPitMining #Environment
Flathead Beacon · U.S., Canada Agree to IJC Intervention on Transboundary Mining Pollution - Flathead BeaconFederal governments in Canada and the U.S. have agreed to ask the International Joint Commission (IJC) to study and take steps to mitigate the inflow of mining pollution to the Elk-Kootenai River watershed through a joint reference, signaling a breakthrough in bilateral talks that have stalled for years, even as the company that owns the […]
A new deal may help reduce water pollution in Montana, Idaho
The U.S. and tribal governments make progress against contaminated coal mine runoff from British Columbia, which has been polluting Montana and Idaho for years
April 1, 2024
by Aaron Bolton
"A new agreement between the U.S., Canada and Indigenous people on both sides of the northern border may signal a breakthrough in reducing transboundary water pollution. Tribes and the U.S. government have complained about Canadian inaction for more than a decade. Montana Public Radio's Aaron Bolton reports."
Listen [includes transcript]: https://www.npr.org/2024/04/01/1242104131/a-new-deal-may-help-reduce-water-pollution-in-montana-idaho
In other news, intrepid Kootenai County Sheriff Robert Norris is reading his first book but skipped the amendments ;> @404mediaco #kootenai #firstamendment #censorship https://www.404media.co/police-bodycam-shows-sheriff-kootenai-idaho-hunting-for-obscene-books-at-library/
The #AmericanBuffalo
A New Documentary from #KenBurns Now Streaming
"The American #Buffalo, a new two-part, four-hour series, takes viewers on a journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent’s most iconic landscapes, tracing the animal’s evolution, its significance to the #IndigenousPeople and landscape of the #GreatPlains, its near extinction, and the efforts to bring the magnificent mammals back from the brink.
"For thousands of generations, buffalo (species #bison bison) have evolved alongside #IndigenousPeople who relied on them for food and shelter, and, in exchange for killing them, revered the animal. The stories of Native people anchor the series, including the #Kiowa, #Comanche, and #Cheyenne of the Southern Plains; the #Lakota, #Salish, #Kootenai, #Mandan-#Hidatsa, and #Blackfeet from the Northern Plains; and others."
The American Buffalo | Ken Burns | PBSWatch The American Buffalo | A Documentary from Ken Burns | PBSThe American Buffalo is the biography of an improbable, shaggy beast that has found itself at the center of many of the country’s most mythic and heartbreaking tales. Full documentary now streaming. The official site features behind-the-scenes interviews, interactive media, guest essays and more.