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Richbee's avatar

Jan, perhaps you have some archaeological knowledge/ findings of ancient bones. Or maybe about the meteor crater in Arizona.

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KewtieBird’s Photo Journey's avatar

Have you posted about Lake Powell? When I was growing up in Phoenix, my dream vacation was to go on a houseboat around Lake Powell (or to go in a gondola in the canals of Venice - it seems water was a big part of the fantasies for this former desert rat). Another idea is maybe some history of the Native peoples from that region. Or the Petrified Forest. Or the Painted desert. Or Mexican Hat. Looking forward, as always, to your next post. 😃

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Sandy Shaller's avatar

What a terrific article. I loved knowing the difference between bison and buffalo. There's an award winning children's book by Dave Eggers titled THE EYES & THE IMPOSSIBLE in which Bison play a very important role.

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Jan Spell's avatar

I'll have to check that book out. Thank you!

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David Perlmutter's avatar

The confusion between buffalo and bison continues today with the continued existence of the city of Buffalo, New York and their storied NFL franchise, the Bills, who have a bison for their logo.

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Baird Brightman's avatar

"Reducing/culling the herd" carries an ugly echo of the intentional slaughter of MILLIONS of bison by the European invaders as a means of starving the native peoples of the plains of what is now called the United States. Important to include that part of the history of the species.

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Michael's avatar

My mother, Martha Blaine, wrote an ethnohistory of the Iowa tribe of Oklahoma. It's nice to see that they are in the ITBC. A lovely place to write about with lots of history, is the south and eastern lands around the Great Salt Lake!

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Tom Langdon's avatar

I look forward to seeing them on my first trip to North Rim, thank you for the info

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