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Rising Star & Mexican Water
I spent an afternoon with a rising star film maker and the stars she has created, reluctant me and Dana Tiger , absolutely delighting in every moment of the attention. Jane Breckinridge asked us to come to the Euchee Butterfly Farm outside Bixby, OK to screen both of Loren Waters’ short documentaries, Meet Me at the Creek and her latest film, Tiger and to sit for a panel discussion after the viewings. The afternoon’s event began with Creek tribal hymns sung a Capela. I becam
Rebecca Jim
Dec 23 min read
Piney Woods
Out here on the land I am taking back to tallgrass prairie, the electric company and the pine bark beetles are both taking their roles seriously to help in that endeavor
Rebecca Jim
Nov 123 min read
Nominated by Grace
At the annual Oklahoma Native American Elder Honor celebration, I joined 48 others from 23 Oklahoma tribes to be recognized this year. It was held at the First Americans Museum
Rebecca Jim
Nov 84 min read
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You Did It
Let’s use your new found skills and ask DEQ to demand a public meeting on the efforts to protect us from the toxins that have been lying ben
Rebecca Jim
Jan 273 min read
A Cold January Day
Carter will be remembered that he waged peace not war. And that he added solar panels to the White House and wore a sweater if the...
Rebecca Jim
Jan 123 min read
My friend, too
The magic Jill created, I bet she did it for you, and I would imagine we will be telling “Jill” stories for years to come.
Rebecca Jim
Dec 27, 20244 min read
Wood for the fire
We always heard that wood warms you 3 times, to cut it, stack it and then to finally burn it
Rebecca Jim
Dec 16, 20243 min read
Matt Black Came
We will have all felt his intentions both visually as well as spiritually are true. His photographs stem from the enduring legacy of the Gre
Rebecca Jim
Dec 2, 20243 min read
The Importance of Food
Our Community Garden went to sleep this year. LEAD Agency has had a garden in that spot ever since Scott Kreeger bought the property and...
Rebecca Jim
Nov 19, 20243 min read
Boarding School Drop Out
Myself I am the product of a boarding school experience. What happened there put me on the road to become a school counselor.
Rebecca Jim
Nov 4, 20244 min read
You Can’t Go Home Again
You can too go home again and when you get there you will be welcomed and will be asked if you would like to Go to water . Cherokees, l...
Rebecca Jim
Sep 23, 20243 min read
Numbers Add Up
Thirty-five youth, 5 from 7 different tribes, tribes that claim harm from the success profitable mining brought to companies that gouged...
Rebecca Jim
Jun 17, 20243 min read
Through the Bump Gate
A ”bump gate” is a drive-through gate used in rural areas to provide a barrier to livestock but does not require the driver to exit the...
Rebecca Jim
Jun 11, 20243 min read
Dream – Dream - Dream
The year All I have to Do is Dream, the song by the Everly Brothers came out I was 9 years old and attending 4th grade at College...
Rebecca Jim
Jun 4, 20242 min read
Clear Your Throat
Most creeks and rivers in the country have been exploited, used for profit, dammed for recreation or flood control and yet people claim...
Rebecca Jim
May 15, 20243 min read
This Little Tick of Mine
The Black Angus cattle with the yellow ear tags have been looking at me. The image is of one of Louise Arnold’s oil paintings entitled...
Rebecca Jim
Apr 12, 20243 min read
What if it Mattered?
I have been so very proud of your actions to write to FERC and let them know how you feel and tell them YOU DO NOT want to FLOOD! Your...
Rebecca Jim
Apr 9, 20243 min read
There at Hell’s Gate
Loren Waters’ film Meet Me at the Creek ᏗᏂᏠᎯ ᎤᏪᏯ world premiered last month. Her film is a story of hope. We attended the Big Sky...
Rebecca Jim
Mar 22, 20243 min read
Bearing Witness
During the summer of 1964 Freedom Riders trained at Western University, which is now the white bricked portion of Miami University. It...
Rebecca Jim
Mar 5, 20244 min read
Western Union
Stories, we are all full of them. A number of years ago, my mother’s youngest sister drove to Oklahoma to visit us at the Big Pasture,...
Rebecca Jim
Mar 1, 20244 min read
Arts and Sciences
The greatest scientists are always artists as well. – Albert Einstein Saturday morning the Oklahoma University research...
Rebecca Jim
Feb 20, 20243 min read
You can buy yourself flowers
I just listened to all the words in Miley Cyrus’ song Flowers and sure enough. You can buy yourself flowers, but you can also buy bushes...
Rebecca Jim
Feb 7, 20243 min read
What You Don’t See
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." Henry David Thoreau Paul, Stephanie and I walked and knocked and talked...
Rebecca Jim
Feb 5, 20243 min read
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