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| President Abraham Lincoln |
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| John M Palmer !5th governor of Illinois, Civil War general and presidential candidate. 1817-1900 |
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| Richard Yates Sr. 13th governor of Illinois, congressman and senator. Governor during Civil War, 1815-1873 |
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| Everett Dirksen U.S. representive 12 years and senator 18 years. Senate minority leader 1859-1869. Instrumental in pssage of Civil Rights Acts 1964 and 1968. 1898-1969. |
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| Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King |
Jordan Marie is a runner, fourth generation Native American runner. She is Lakota Sioux and was born in Brule, South Dakota. AS a child her family moved to Maine. She took up running in honor too her ancestors, and was introduced by her grandfather.
She uses her running as a platform for advocacy. In the Boston Marathon of 2019 she brought attention to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). aShe did this by painting a hand over her mouth which is the symbol of this organization.
I have taken information from Notable Native People by Adrienne Keene and Wikipedia and her own website.
Sergie Sovoroff was Aleaut from Umnak Island, Nikolski Village. His people used Iqyax (Aleut kayak) to hunt sea otters. However when he was nine, sea otter hunting was made illegal by the U.S. government. He turned to making models of the Iqqyax to keep knowledge of them alive. He would often make three person kayaks with a Russian Orthodox Priest in the middle seat.
As an adult, during WWII, the Aleuts were evacuated to southern Alaska. This was for fear the Japanese would attack. They lived in unsanitary conditions and many died from the forced removal, lack of medical care and unsanitary conditions. They all were removed without opportunity to bring more than a suitcase of items. The lived in these squalid conditions for three years. All were scared physically and emotionally. When they returned home items had been looted and vandalized. Some communities were abandoned forever. Sovoroff ws able to return home, but his coal stove was missing.
Sovoroff taught youth about the Aleut ways, how to gather food and be able to livee without starving. How to build a traditional sod house to keep from the elements. Eventually the making of Iqyax was revitalized and the Sovoroff models were invaluable. Sovoroff preserveed the blue prints and plans to build the kayaks. His models are in museums around the world including the Smithsonian.
Information gleaned from Wikipedia, Notable Native People by Adrienne Keene and The Wartime Interment of Native Alaskans.
Rowen White is a Native American woman, Mohawk from Akwesasne. She is now the educational director of Sierra Seeds out of Nevada City, California. She works at discovering ancestral seeds and how they relate to culture and ancestry. She has taken a journey of rediscovering seeds, and keeping seeds for the next crop. This includes singing the seed songs and doing the work to care for plant relatives. She has worked with the Mohawk people but ogther cultures as well. She says seeds offer healing, and mutual benefit between cultures. Seeds play a part in revitalizing culture. In 2023 she received a leadership award.
The Omaha mostly lived in earth lodges, but they also used teepees when they were on the hunt--usually buffalo hunt. These were precarious as they were closer to the Sioux and the Sioux and Omaha often fought.
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium by Eileen Wirth, photos edited by Carol McCabe, History Press, Charleston, SC, 2017.
This is an interesting story of a park that had a few animals enventually becoming one of the finest zoos in the world.
Tise zoo started as the River View Park which began displaying some local animals. However it has changed, starting with the foundation of the Omaha Zoological Society. It was also greatly benefitted by a large donation from Mrs. Henry Doorly, who asked that the zoo take the name of her husband, and also that the zoo strive to display the animals in natural settings rahter than in cages. The zoo was in a good position to do just that.
Significant donation have been instrumental the the growth of the zoo. And the zoo has many unique and interesting features. I enjoy the desert com. It has aspects of three deserts, including the Sonoran which is mostly in Arizona. The Lied Jungle is also unique with a waterfall, and humid temperature as it imitates a jungle. There is also the aquarium, the butterfly house. The most expensive part of the zoo is the Afican Grasslands. This encompasses 28 acres. There is a unique aviary. The sea lion area took over an old and abandoned swimming pool.
Many zoo directors have been reponsible for this growth. These include Robert Everly, Lee G. Simmons and Dennis Pate.
The zoo has also been involved in conservation projects around the world, including a partnership with Madagascar. This has also included breeding projects.
Charity, our daughter lives close to the zoo and we have enjoyed many outings there with grandchildren. We hope to enjoy many more.
I took a few more pictures at the Durham Museum which show replicas of Omaha buildings and other displays. These include a picture of General Crook. A display of a buffalo and a prairie schooner.
