tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350318312011-12-18T14:30:49.694-08:00from wild embers connect watersongs@gmail.comantoinette nora claypoole, editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385471672658548560noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35031831.post-1159250533127181362006-09-25T22:46:00.000-07:002006-09-27T00:46:43.026-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6254/688/1600/MoonriseJpg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 178px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6254/688/200/MoonriseJpg.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:times new roman;font-size:78%;" >photo by Gail Russell<br />from <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.fetchingsky.blogspot.com">la Puerta, Taos</a></span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Water For Life</span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">a quote from</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Tina Manning Trudell</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">,</span> Shoshone</span></span><span style="font-size:78%;"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;" > </span><br /></span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">The Mother Earth gives us all life.<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"> </span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Government and ecosystems</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" > manipulate</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >and distribute the resources of life.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" > But Mother Earth provides all things</span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >in the beginning.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" > In order to protect the well being of the children </span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >seven generations from now, </span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >we must examine</span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >our relationship to Mother Earth.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">The water is Mother Earth’s milk of life.</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" > <span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"><br />For all the natural world, life came from water.</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br /><br />Life is not possible without water.”</span></span><div style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);"> </div> <span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 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