We had great fun celebrating with friends and family for Thanksgiving at Edgewater, New Jersey. The weather was gorgeous, and the food superbly sumptuous. Gobble! Gobble!
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| all set & ready for our feast |
Our gaggle of women were well balanced - three elders and three youngsters sharing in lively thought-provoking conversation. What more could we ask for?
The Institute for American Indian Studies Museum ( https://www.iaismuseum.org/Museum ) of Washington, Connecticut will be having a traveling museum for MMIW called “No Rest: The Epidemic of Stolen Indigenous Women, Girls & Two-Spirits”.
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| on display Oct 6 to 26, 2022 |
Its first stop is Washakie Museum in Wyoming, featuring a roster of amazing artists. No Rest focuses on the epidemic of Missing Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & Two-Spirits in the United States.
The powerful image of a red handprint has come to symbolize the Missing Murdered Indigenous Women movement as a way to represent the thousands of women who have been silenced.
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| digital art - artist unknown |
Murder is the third leading cause of death for Indigenous women and girls aged 10 to 24 who face murder rates more than ten times the national average for all ages. Four out of five Indigenous women report being subjected to some sort of violence, with 95% of perpetrators in these situations being non-native.
World War I officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France.
However, fighting had actually ended seven months earlier when an armistice - or temporary cessation of hostilities - between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
For that reason, the Department of Veterans Affairs explains, Nov. 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.” A frightfully miscalculated claim - as we have unfortunately come to realize.
