<div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:black;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">DeAnna sub for May 22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">This is a perfect poem for the Avocet, if your
interested. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">There is nothing new here, <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">but you have the gravitas<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>and authority to<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>speak and explain things in a new-old
way.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">You’ve connected people welfare with the well
fare of all of Earth’s children. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">You show no<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>separation between the species, including humans. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">And, you speak of Mother Earth as an<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>actual spirit. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Gia, I tink her name is. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">We must all learn to live with nature <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">as the old one’s did <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">if we want to live at all. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Basically, we are all the same <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">and respect<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>for one means respect for all including ourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">What We Know</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">As
first nation people, we understand </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">the
respect owed when we take the lives</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">of
our Mother Earth’s other children.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">We
take only what we need to live.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">We
believe that bear, wolf and deer are our kin.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">We
learn much about how to live from them.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">We
too will return to the earth when we die.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Watching
our furred and feathered relatives we see</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">when
one buffalo begins jumping for joy,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">others
will join him in the celebration.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">buffalo
shed tears at the loss of a calf.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">All
mothers will fight to protect their young,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">whether
they be she-bear or tiny song bird.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">They
will do what they must to keep their children safe.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">We
see that all life has equal value.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Each
one of our brothers and sisters </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">are
precious members of the family,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">all
have unique gifts</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">that
fit them for their place in the dance of life. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Because
we understand past, present and future,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">people
must choose wisely the paths we walk</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">so
that our Mother’s children might live.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">for
seven generations into tomorrow.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">If
we do not hold these lessons in our hearts and minds,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">then
none of our children’s children will be born</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">and
our Mother Earth will dance alone in sorrow</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">for
bear, deer, buffalo and us when we have gone. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">DeAnna Quietwater Noriega<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Cell: 573-544-3511<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Email: </span><a href="mailto:dqnoriega@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0563C1">dqnoriega@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Author of <i>Fifty Years of Walking
with Friends</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><a href="https://www.dldbooks.com/dqnoriega/" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:blue">https://www.dldbooks.com/dqnoriega/</span></i></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">DeAnna sub for May 22<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">This is a perfect poem for the Avocet, if your
interested. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">There is nothing new here, <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">but you have the gravitas<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>and authority to<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>speak and explain things in a new-old
way.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">You’ve connected people welfare with the well
fare of all of Earth’s children. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">You show no<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>separation between the species, including humans. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">And, you speak of Mother Earth as an<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>actual spirit. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Gia, I tink her name is. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">We must all learn to live with nature <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">as the old one’s did <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">if we want to live at all. <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Basically, we are all the same <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">and respect<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>for one means respect for all including ourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">What We Know</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">As
first nation people, we understand </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">the
respect owed when we take the lives</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">of
our Mother Earth’s other children.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">We
take only what we need to live.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">We
believe that bear, wolf and deer are our kin.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">We
learn much about how to live from them.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">We
too will return to the earth when we die.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Watching
our furred and feathered relatives we see</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">when
one buffalo begins jumping for joy,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">others
will join him in the celebration.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">buffalo
shed tears at the loss of a calf.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">All
mothers will fight to protect their young,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">whether
they be she-bear or tiny song bird.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">They
will do what they must to keep their children safe.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">We
see that all life has equal value.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Each
one of our brothers and sisters </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">are
precious members of the family,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">all
have unique gifts</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">that
fit them for their place in the dance of life. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Because
we understand past, present and future,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">people
must choose wisely the paths we walk</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">so
that our Mother’s children might live.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">for
seven generations into tomorrow.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">If
we do not hold these lessons in our hearts and minds,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">then
none of our children’s children will be born</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">and
our Mother Earth will dance alone in sorrow</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">for
bear, deer, buffalo and us when we have gone. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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