If you live too far from #WashingtonDC to donate your used books to us, look for nearby programs serving incarcerated readers. This article describes a group in #WashingtonState that collected books for the #OkanoganCounty Jail and the #Colville Tribal Correctional Facility:
https://www.yoursourceone.com/columbia_basin/group-donates-more-than-500-books-to-okanogan-county-and-colville-tribes-correctional-facilities/article_a7377579-f01f-43e4-a5cb-94621def833c.html

(Also in #WA is the amazing Books to Prisoners organization, which is based in #Seattle & has associate organizations in #Portland, #Olympia, & #Spokane. See https://www.bookstoprisoners.net/ for details.)

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How the #ColvilleTribes are restoring #TraditionalLands and wildlife

The tribes are re-establishing native species wiped out by systematic #colonization.

Rico Moore February 20, 2024

"For the 12 tribes of the Confederated Tribes of the #Colville, whose reservation is located in north-central #WashingtonState, their #ecosystem isn’t complete without the animals and plants who have long inhabited the land alongside them.

"Maintaining these relationships of reciprocity in modern times involves the protection and reintroduction of native species, as well as the restoration of their habitats, an ambitious effort that the tribes’ wildlife department has been leading since its inception in the 1970s.

"As the tribes work together to restore populations of more native species like bighorn sheep and salmon to their lands and waters, they bring collective healing with them. This healing is felt by the people who have long endured cultural trauma from the forces of European and American colonization. It further strengthens their enduring resilience."

Read more:
https://www.hcn.org/articles/how-the-colville-tribes-are-restoring-traditional-lands-and-wildlife/

#LandBack #TraditionalCaretakers #ConfederatedTribesOfTheColville #FirstNations #Restoration #Environment

Word Search Puzzle 558

Word List : #holing #squintly #randing #nitric #colville #kohen #hottery #epiploce #leuco #soar #assail #flubs #slobby #naturel #bugaboos #zincy #boast #esthete

http://karafinance.com/2024/02/27/word-search-puzzle-558/