In a buried report, oil regulators pinpointed nearly 600 wells operating illegally, threatening Oklahoma’s drinking water.
Then there were 1,400+ wells that had operated for decades without any limits at all — grandfathered in from an earlier era.
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Oh. My. Gosh. Jody Potts-Joseph, first Hän Gwich’in woman to compete in Alaska’s famed Iditarod sled dog race, leader of her Native corporation, and mom to Quyannah Chasinghorse, tells stories about running the Iditarod. Such good stories!
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Mining made this US tribal area a toxic wasteland. This Indigenous nation brought it back to life
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Photo of a vase with images of yellow insects with black dots against a background of large white and red dots
Kitty Shepherd, contemporary British ceramic slipware artist #WomensArt
I found Mom’s chocolate cake recipe from her Comanche aunt, Lillian. Called for “Oleo” and it’s made with Crisco. I still have her feast pans so I made it.
Refrigerated, the pooled frosted edges are excellent. And the corners? They’re worth fist fighing for.
![“the thinker of tender thoughts” by shel silverstein
[an illustration depicting a boy growing into a man. as he grows, his hair grows out as flowers. people laugh at him for it and he becomes sad. he starts trimming off the flowers, but as he reaches the last one he stops. he is then depicted with a smile and a flower in his buttonhole on his jacket.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2n2dejikiq3y3rrg45gtw6si/bafkreig4hk7n6hp3po67f6lqhxdout4edflushs6tmriyvumsfosb2524m)
“the thinker of tender thoughts” by shel silverstein [an illustration depicting a boy growing into a man. as he grows, his hair grows out as flowers. people laugh at him for it and he becomes sad. he starts trimming off the flowers, but as he reaches the last one he stops. he is then depicted with a smile and a flower in his buttonhole on his jacket.]
“the thinker of tender thoughts”
by shel silverstein
Cartoon with four images in black and white comparing a cat's and a dog's behaviour
Sarah C. Andersen (born June 15, 1992) US cartoonist and illustrator #Womensart

Just gathered together all the seeds for this year’s ‘expanded’ garden. Before the soil is warm enough, I get to make dirt and start the plants indoors. Sweet sweet soil, can’t wait. 🌱
Banned from every rez in the state. Back in 2016. The northern nations warned everyone about her years ago.
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Hail! Hail be hailing in New Mexico high desert. So much it made banks of hail and the dog fell through. He kept trying to get to the water but couldn’t.
Sometimes trail cam catches more than the trail.
(Sound on)
deedle deedle
Earthtone ceramic canteen with black bat design in center, leather straps, and cork stopper by Santa Clara Pueblo artist Susan Folwell
We missed Bat Appreciation Day yesterday! Here are just a few to (belatedly) celebrate, created in clay by Indigenous artists: 1. Susan Folwell (Santa Clara), "Bat Signal," ca. 2012, Santa Clara clay, acrylic paint, India ink, wood stain, leather, metal brads. Photo: Charles King/King Galleries.
New comb. Good sign—especially in a very bad year for all bees nationwide.
Those girlz. 🥰 Laying all these pretty eggs.
i keep wanting to know why? what's the endgame here?
“got cracked corn, woman?”
#chickensruletinydinosaur
hen says, “where’s my scraps, human?”
#chickensrule
sometimes chores pay off in gold
Happy International Women's Day!
40 years ago, two Native women's traveling exhibitions launched: "Daughters of the Earth" in February 1985 and "Women of Sweetgrass, Cedar, and Sage" in June 1985.
#IndigenousArt #NativeArt #NativeWomen #womenartists #NDNArt #NativeAmerican #WomensDay #NativeSky
"The Feast" (turn on sound for kicks)
Bob came back to sniff the camera.
It’s a land grab. They made moves today with our public lands. Farmlands go with just a tiny push into bankruptcy. If multinational conglomerates can buy control of the Earth’s water, they can take the land too.
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This will be my 20th year of planting in our little family garden. Fed us good through the years--during the Great Recession, it was a necessity. Kinda looking that way this season too. 🌱
