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Spiritual Meaning of Dog Crying At Night: Unveiling the Mysteries
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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.

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"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."

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#Mishoon Completed in #WestportMassachusetts

"Weeden, of the #MashpeeWampanoag Tribe, and Andre StrongBearHeart Gaines (No Loose Braids), of the #NipmucNation, have served as artists-in-residence at a 'mishoon burning' at the Westport Town Farm on Drift Road, guiding the construction of a traditional Wampanoag mishoon, or canoe, that would have been familiar to his ancestors here hundreds of years ago."

May 31, 2023

"We've done (these things) for thousands of years but over these last few hundreds of years, you can't even light a fire without a permit. You can't do a lot of things — I can't even beat a drum and sing, and that's my form of worship. And that is the #Wampanoag experience. We have to walk it every day."

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Charlestown Traditional #Indigenous #CanoeBurning First Time In 400 Years

Nov 5, 2022

CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — "Indigenous tribe members gathered in #Boston for a traditional canoe burning for the first time in four centuries. Members burned a large piece of white pine and carved out the inside to create a #mishoon, a traditional canoe.

"Andre StrongBearHeart Gaines Jr. of the #Nipmuc tribe said his group waited for five months to perform their graft inside Boston for the first time in 400 years.

"'My ancestors weren't allowed to do things like this anywhere near the city over the last 400 years,' Thomas Green, a Massachusetts tribe member, told WBZ's Kendall Buhl. 'We did not disappear, we did not die off, we are still here.'"

In the 1670s, a law made it punishable by death for an indigenous person to enter the city of Boston unless accompanied by a musketeer. The law banned indigenous people for almost 330 years. The ban was repealed in 2004."

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