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Thursday of this week will be our last official day of summer. The Fall Equinox this year will occur on Friday, September 22nd, at precisely 2:02 p.m. MDT. That will mark the official beginning of the fall season. Although last weekend’s weather could have easily qualified as fall, if not almost winter, with a taste of much cooler temperatures and even a little bit of light snow in the valley this past Saturday morning.

We have already had temperatures dipping below the freezing mark in September, and the average low temperature this week is down to 30-degrees. A morning chill is to be expected, and shorter days means it will take longer for temps to warm up during the day. We had a low of 27-degrees last Sunday morning, during that cold snap, nowhere near a record low temp. This week, the record low temperature is 8-degrees. Yes, just eight. That was set back on September 22nd, 1995.

We nearly broke a record in Jackson last Saturday when the afternoon high temperature only made it to 46-degrees. The old record coldest maximum temperature on that date is 45-degrees, set back in 1965. Again, that’s for a high temperature. Average high temperatures this week are in the upper 60’s, about 40 degrees warmer than what we had for highs last weekend. The record high temperature this week is 87-degrees, set back on September 25th, 1956.

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“It’s a divide and conquer,” Iggy says. “There’s not that much difference.” Some antifa groups, like Redneck Revolt, have been actively reaching out to the militia groups. “A diversity of tactics,” Iggy says later, at the juggalo march, where the presence of a black bloc made some people nervous. “These people, they’re not fascists. They’re definitely trying to distance themselves from the fascist movement.” He says that the further alienated these militia-types are, the more likely they are to side with the fascists. At one point, as the Juggalos marched they chanted “one of us! one of us!”—a reference to the 1932 film “Freaks.” The juggalos, antifa, and the militia are all freaks. All three groups are hated and feared by the average Americans, the normies. But there are still very real differences. A couple hours later, as the juggalos march and a black bloc of antifa activists, with their faces covered, carry a sign that reads “Whoop Whoop Fuck Nazis,” I am overwhelmed by the sense that all of these competing rallies and their attendant fashions are the essence of our spectacle-oriented politics. If you dress in black you may be called a terrorist, and if you wear clown paint or the hatchet man, you may be classified a gangster. But if you dress in a militia uniform, the cops will likely claim you as their own. And, we are reminded again, as protests continue in St. Louis, if you are wearing a police uniform, you can still shoot black people and walk free. “Fuck t hat sh it !” PJH

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black polos with yellow stripes on the color and the sleeves. And Captain America, well... Pretty much all of the groups somehow saw themselves as “security.” They were there to protect the free speech of Trumpists from the media and dreaded antifa. It was mostly just them and the press, though, so when a couple antifa activists walked up to use the portajohns a palpable thrill went through the crowd. Finally! These speakers suck! What are we even here for! Antifa! The activists were quickly surrounded by Park Police and then by militia guys. As Drew Ambrogi, who works with No Justice No Pride, tried to get close to the counter protesters, one of the militia members told him to step back. “You’re not a law enforcement officer,” Ambrogi said on video. “They work for me,” a U.S. Park Police officer said of the militia man. But when Proud Boys came up looking like they wanted to fight, it seemed like the militia managed to calm them down and keep them away (they wouldn’t talk to me). That’s when something kind of amazing happened. Inside this circle, one of the antifa activists named Iggy, stood and talked for nearly an hour with one of the leaders of the militia. “I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand you guys, to understand the socialist mentality, to understand the communist mentality,” the militia leader says. “To me you guys are my brothers and sisters... Why is there that difference? That’s what I’m trying to figure out.”

he political heat of 2017 has finally boiled all the political chants down to their essence. “Fuck that shit!” More than a thousand juggalos—fans of the horror-art rap group the Insane Clown Posse (ICP)—chant this perfect refrain for our insane era in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday September 16. Many of them are wearing clown paint on their faces or sporting tattoos or other signs that they are down with the clown. Farris Haddad, who was introduced as “the motherfucking juggalawyer,” is speaking when the chant breaks out for probably the fifth or sixth time. “We’re talking about freaking music here. If this is allowed to stand, and so far it has been, then we definitely don’t live in a free society anymore,” he says. He’s talking about the fact that the FBI has designated the juggalos as a “loosely organized hybrid gang”—a 2011 designation, which, juggalos say, has real consequences. One speaker at the rally, Jessica Bonometti, told how she was fired from her job as a probation officer in Virginia because she liked ICP-related photos on her personal Facebook page. Another, Crystal Guerrero, said she lost custody of her children for going to an ICP show. So Haddad, as juggalawyer, is trying to sue the FBI. “The Federal Court in Detroit actually tried to dismiss our case twice now saying basically that the FBI did nothing legally wrong by gang-listing thousands of normal everyday Americans.” “Fuck that shit,” the crowd roars. “That’s what we said, ‘Fuck that shit,’ Haddad says. As Haddad tells the crowd that there is a new trial date, on October 11 in Cincinnati, Chris Lopez, a man with a van dyke beard, long hair, and a D.A.R.E. baseball hat walks up and hands a sweatshirt and a sandwich to Michael Troy, who wears a suit and a red toboggan hat and sports a handlebar mustache. They did not know each other. “He’s like a brother I never met before,” Troy says, taking a bite of his sandwich. “I give sandwiches to everybody,”

Lopez says, opening up a cooler and showing me a couple dozen sandwiches. “He gave me a jacket too because it’s gonna get cold later,” Troy says. Troy came from California on an overnight flight on Friday night and is planning to leave Sunday morning. I ask him why he felt it was worth so much trouble and money, which for most people here is scarce. “It’s my family,” he says. “Family has family’s back no matter what. They are there for each other in times of need.” Maybe it is the California contingent that wears suits because a guy from Oakland who calls himself Ape also sports a suit beneath his clown makeup. He is part of a group called Struggalo Circus, which describes itself as “a ragtag and messy coalition between radicals and juggalos.” One of Ape’s comrades, a black man, carries a sign that reads “Black Juggalos Matter.” There weren’t that many black juggalos. But, many juggalos and their supporters feel that class is at the center of the campaign against them. “If juggalos are a gang then why aren’t individual fraternities gangs?” says writer Camille Dodero at the rally. “What’s the difference between those groups and juggalos? To me...the difference with those kids is that those kids’ parents have money.” A helicopter flies over. Everyone starts to hold up their hands and shoot it big old double birds. “Most juggalos I know don’t have parents with money,” she says. “In some cases you don’t even have parents.” Maybe I should have mentioned this sooner. But there’s another rally going on at the same time, on the other side of the Mall. Organizers disastrously dubbed it the Mother of All Rallies—even though they were significantly outnumbered by the juggalos. But with the exception of the Proud Boys, they don’t look like the fraternazis with rich parents. Bikers for Trump, Three Percenter militia-guys, 4chan Kekistan shitposters, and Captain America cosplayers, each of which, like juggalos, is distinguished by its uniform. The militia guys, for instance, wear Under Armour camos and backpacks (and had guns in Charlottesville) and the “Western chauvinist fraternity” Proud Boys wear

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THE NEW WEST Herd Mentality Jarvi’s “African Menagerie” Shows How Fine Art Can Move the Masses BY TODD WILKINSON

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ormally, encounters with fine art are personal affairs. Paintings might hang in museum galleries and attract long lines of people, but when they stir the soul, they do it one viewer at a time. Never before had I witnessed a large crowded auditorium erupt spontaneously into a standing ovation with an unveiling of “wildlife art.” But it happened last weekend in Grand Rapids, Minnesota when artist Brian Jarvi gave more than 700 people a sneak preview of his epic new masterpiece “African Menagerie: In Inquisition.” I’ve been writing about wildlife art for three decades. One of the main criticisms, one that is valid in my opinion, is that the genre has talented painters and sculptors who are very good at making pretty, superficial portrayals of animals, but so few produce works that force us to think. That’s not the case with “African Menagerie.” The exhibit seizes our attention first with its size and the sheer scale of what it covers. Measuring 30 feet across and climbing at its highest point to 1.5 stories tall—there you see the largely snowless profile of Mount Kilimanjaro—the artwork features 209 African wildlife species converging across seven interlocking panels. The greatest impact, however, is one that transcends physical dimensions. Jarvi’s intent is to engage us with an existential question: Are 21st century humans doing enough to preserve the richness of biodiversity we now hold in our hands? While “African Menagerie” is unprecedented as a work of modern wildlife art, it historically follows in the tradition of other narrative paintings that asked important social questions, such as Raphael’s The School of Athens” located in the Vatican and Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych “The Garden of Earthly Delights” in Madrid’s Prado Much like the historical greats, “African Menagerie” is a grand narrative painting filled with dozens of coded visual

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messages. Jarvi’s overarching theme is wildlife conservation and the need for humans to be better stewards, but he isn’t delivering a lecture. From the moment he conceived of “African Menagerie” years ago, he wanted it to be accompanied by the term “an inquisition,” meaning “a period of prolonged and intensive questioning or investigation.” Known for his dramatic predators and prey scenes, Jarvi has been to Africa a dozen times on research trips, yet part of his inspiration, he admits, came from visits made to Greater Yellowstone. Our region has an impressive abundance of species large and small, but whether here or halfway around the world, he’s not convinced we spend enough time reflecting on nature’s interconnections and, most importantly, how ecosystems are unraveling. “I wanted to attempt a composition that had never been done before; that would bring the viewer inside a panorama where you can let your own imagination be your guide—to reflect and observe and feel the same sense of humility and reverence that I do,” he says. “I wanted viewers to be able to see something new with every viewing and to let beauty open our minds to a new level of awareness.” Cleverly, Jarvi draws us in by using the patterns, shapes and outlines of iconic species we instantly recognize—elephant, western lowland gorilla, zebra, giraffe, Cape Buffalo, chimpanzee and two species of rhino (one of which is now extinct in the wild). From there our eyes float

between dozens upon dozens of others, many of them imperiled. Not only does the colorful massing inspire awe, but it also makes clear the magnitude of what’s at stake. “In other words, It is my hope viewers will open their minds to considering other creatures that are just as important in the big picture but often overlooked,” he says. “Seeing them represented in the larger kingdom of nature and then asking the viewer to wonder what would be missing were they removed from existence?” The animals form a confluence around a figure that Jarvi has dubbed “omega-man,” but this is not a meeting based upon reverence for Homo sapiens; instead it represents a moment in which wildlife demands that humankind explain its actions. “By the decisions we are making and the causes we support, we’re creating a world where many of the subjects in “African Menagerie” might not be around in another 50 years,” Jarvi says. “I wanted to give these animals a voice and help elevate awareness about the threats to their survival but do it in a way that comes across, foremost, as a celebration. The challenges facing Africa are a symbol for the world.” PJH

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Boston’s Horse Race For Amazon Locals have until Oct 19 BY JASON PRAMAS

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resh off of throwing tens of millions of dollars at General Electric, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker are now planning to enter the international horse race to convince Amazon to let the city and the commonwealth shovel vast amounts of public money at it in exchange for building a new second headquarters (“HQ2” for short) here. But this HQ2 won’t be just any corporate headquarters. No no no. None of this GE business—with maybe kinda sorta up to a piddling 800 jobs at a new Boston HQ at some point. Amazon plans to put 50,000 workers in its new digs. Fast. Thing is, the bulk of those jobs are apparently slated for software developers. Which, true, our colleges produce in some numbers. But most of the students who train for high-tech jobs are from “outta town.” So the new jobs are not going to benefit our shell-shocked Boston-area working class. If the Seattle experience is any guide, the gigs they’re going to get from the deal will be the same unstable jobs as subcontractors—ranging from cafeteria workers to security guards—that they’re already struggling to survive on now. And those jobs do not “raise” any “boats” in anyone’s fantasy scheme of how capitalist economics works. For both the city and the state, there’s another big red flag: Amazon proposes to spend $5 billion building a campus

have forced Amazon to accept some unionization, management was recently shown to be “using peer pressure” to convince workers to not use their government-guaranteed sick days. No surprise, for a company which has made some of its warehouse workers walk 15 miles a day on a typical shift. So is this the kind of company we should let state and local government bigs lavish public money on? Hell no. And there’s one big reason, aside from the above, why we shouldn’t. Allowing a company as large as Amazon to suddenly parachute a huge operation into our midst means it will immediately command an inordinate amount of political and economic power in Boston and Massachusetts. Particularly, the ability to threaten a capital strike in the form of leaving the area if any future demands for public lucre aren’t met. Once Amazon arrives, it is going to distort the metro political economy so severely that we’ll be stuck with it. The ultimate white elephant. Which is why any potential Amazon Boston deal must be stopped—with even more finality than the Olympics deal was torpedoed. Fortunately, unlike the GE Boston Deal—that got sprung on Boston and Massachusetts residents after months of secret negotiations—there’s still time to organize a very strong “NO” campaign. The deadline for Boston to get a proposal to Amazon is Oct 19. Readers have a bit over a month to force Walsh, Baker, and other local pols to stand down on this one. I recommend hitting the ground running. PJH

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of around 8 million square feet. Leaving aside the lack of the necessary 100-acre plot in or near downtown Boston, that kind of build-out is going to place a huge burden on both our metro housing and transportation infrastructures. Yet Amazon is coming on to cities like Boston with hand outstretched. Looking for the tax breaks and direct aid (read: bribes) that all big companies expect when they move to a new location these days. And after starving even more social programs to pay for this latest boondoggle, what are working families going to get back from the huge multinational? Probably not much. According to the New York Times, Amazon only paid an average local, state, federal, and foreign tax rate of 13 percent between 2007 and 2015—far less than the official federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent alone, and less than even the 15 percent corporate tax rate that the Trump administration is trying to pass. Given that Boston real estate developers have been allowed to build primarily “luxury” condo complexes in the last many years, vacant units will be quickly snatched up by Amazon employees, and then the remaining downmarket properties will be upgraded by landlords looking to cash in. The result will be even more Bostonians without decent housing, legions more homeless people, and little new tax revenue to pay for the mounting social crisis thus created—or for making the desperately needed repairs and upgrades to our crumbling and utterly underfunded public transportation infrastructure. Back on the labor tip, Amazon has gone out of its way to crush even the most insignificant union drives at its facilities worldwide since its inception. As when a small group of maintenance and repair technicians at its Middletown, Delaware, facility voted 21-6 against joining the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers after an intense management campaign against the workers. Meanwhile, in Germany, where better labor policies and worker militance

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he White House’s recent announcement about its plan to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) put the lives of approximately 620 Wyoming residents in jeopardy, but the Mexican consulate in Salt Lake City wants them to know they have options. “On a broad level, it’s our interest to serve a really underserved population,” said Consul José Borjón. “I know a lot of Mexican immigrants are contributing to the community. They have needs. [We will] try to work out what are the options for those who are eligible to renew or not.” Representatives from the Mexican consulate will be in Jackson this Saturday to help eligible people re-apply for DACA status, while reviewing options for people who are not eligible for renewal. Should you need a refresher on DACA, here it is: DACA is an Obama-era protective status that protects eligible young people who were brought to the US as children from deportation for two years. Former president Barack Obama signed the executive order in 2012. Approximately 800,000 people across the country have qualified for the grant. The current administration decided to rescind what they see as governmental overreach, a move formally announced by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on September 5, despite former promises from the president that DACA recipients had “nothing to worry about.” Current DACA recipients whose grant expires before March 5 are eligible to re-apply by or before October 5. But many DACA recipients, also known as Dreamers, don’t have that option. In either case, the Mexican consulate wants to help. “People should be very aware of what are their options,” Borjón said.

The workshop, co-hosted by local non-profit One22, will take place all day Saturday at the library in Jackson. Local attorneys and legal support from the Mexican consulate are prepared to go over DACA recipients’ situations caseby-case and determine the best course of action. Scholarships will also be available for a handful of Mexican nationals to help with the $495 renewal fee. “We are obviously giving preference to others who are with another kind of dire situation,” Borjón said. “We’ll see each case, see what are the circumstances, and if we can financially support that process.” Scholarships are only available to Mexican nationals through the consulate, but consults are available to any and all concerned DACA recipients, Borjón said, clarifying that indeed, many DACA recipients across the country come from countries other than Mexico. The consulate is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, but is also responsible for Western Wyoming. It has partnerships and contracts with immigrant lawyers in the region, Borjón explained, that makes free consultations possible for Mexican nationals. Misinformation, Borjón said, is a huge risk for an already vulnerable immigrant population. The consulate hopes to set the record straight. Consulate personnel typically make two or three visits to Jackson a year to answer immigration-related questions, Borjón said, but this visit feels more urgent. “With the recent decision to rescind DACA, we need to be much more on the ground, active,” Borjón said. Dreamers who are not eligible to renew their DACA status do have options for other forms of legal residency, Borjón said, but they are few. “Maybe you’re already married to a US citizen, you could be eligible,” he said. Work or family sponsorships are an option, but are hard to come by. Victims of a crime could also qualify for a U visa, a nonimmigrant visa available to people who have suffered mental and physical abuse and are willing to assist law enforcement in an investigation. But the reality, Borjón said, is “many will not have much options, and will go back to before DACA.” As in, go back into hiding. Fly under the radar. “That’s not helpful overall for anyone in the community,” Borjón said. “It’s

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family assets? These are all questions the consulate is prepared to answer. Borjón reminds current DACA recipients—and their employers—that until their grant expires, nothing changes. “If you have DACA, your employer should not be pressing you to renew, or provide renewal. That is not acceptable,” Borjón said. “They have the right, regardless of the program, if their worker permit is valid, they should not feel any harassment from employers at all. It is valid until the end of that permit.” But after that expiration date, anything goes. Borjón hopes DACA recipients don’t lose their jobs along with their protective status, but it is entirely possible. Anything is possible, really, after March 5. PJH

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really regretful. I really hope, at least at a national level, Congress can work out a solution.” Of course, another option for non-eligible immigrants is to return to their country of birth, even though most consider the United States home. Many DACA recipients, like Blanca Aburto, who shared her story with PJH last week, haven’t seen their home countries since they were old enough to form memories. Aburto immigrated to the US when she was three years old. But if returning to Mexico is the only viable option, Borjón said, the consulate is prepared to discuss what that looks like. Some, like Aburto, have children who are naturalized US citizens. What would happen to the child if they stayed in the US? Who takes care of

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“They Work for Me,” U.S. Park Police Officer says of Militia Member at Far Right Rally BY BAYNARD WOODS

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All points of view are welcome here at this rally!” a speaker yelled out at the Mother of All Rallies as a crowd of Park Police and 3% Militia members circled around a few antifa activists who said they had only wandered by to go to the bathroom. Drew Abrogi, a steering committee member of No Justice No Pride, tried to approach the circle with his camera. “Back up please,” says someone dressed like a militia member. “You’re not a law enforcement officer,” Abrogi says. “I’m asking you nicely to please back up.” “If the police want me to back up, I’ll back up but I will not back up for you.” Abrogi then turns to a Park Police officer and asks “Why are you working alongside these people who are not police officers?” “Because I’m doing my job,” the bald officer says. “They work for me.” A spokesperson for the U.S. Park Police said that the Park Police regularly collaborate with marshals provided by event-holders to help ensure security. “That being said, these marshals are neither trained nor supervised by the Park Police and they do not have any law enforcement power,” Park Police sergeant Anna Rose said. “What the officer said does not depict the viewpoint or the policies of the US park

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police.” Above: A 3% militia member in Charlottesville. The III sign surrounded by stars on the patch is a symbol of the 3% movement. Note also the rebel flag. R o s e went on to Below: The officer quoted as saying “They work for me,” of militia members. say, however, that the “You saw the rest of the video should have been a clear indi- militia walking cation that he did not mean that they down the street, were working for him, saying that he you would have subsequently said “no, no” to indicate thought they were an army,” Virginia that they did not work for him. But that’s not what the officer video Governor Terry McAuliffe said shows. “Excuse me? I have that on video?” in an attempt to explain why Abrogi says. police officers in “Have what?” the officer asked. “That you just said you’re working C h a r lot t e s v i l le did not act. with a militia.” McAuliffe “I didn’t say that,” the officer says, noted that the clearly contradicting what the video militia memshows. “You just said ‘these guys work for bers had better equipment— me.’” Abrogi says. “Come on, man,” the officer says— we apon s—t h a n and then appears to try to intimidate the police in him by asking “Why are you shaking?” Cha rlot tes v i l le, The Park Police may claim that the but in D.C., where context makes it clear that the officer did there is no open not mean wht he said, but it is the context carry, they did not surrounding the militia that may shows have their guns. exactly why a citizen might be shaken. But they were The larger context of the video is that wearing paramilworking for him. this same militia showed up heavily itary gear and it is hard to believe that a Rose said that the officer had been armed at the so-called Unite the Right month after McAuliffe said that police identified. “We already have spoken rally in Charlottesville, where a mem- were unable to act in the face of Nazi with the officer. It has been addressed ber of a right-wing hate-group eventu- terror because of the presence of the internally,” she said, but would not give ally committed a terrorist attack, killing militias, a Park Police officer in the any further details. Democracy in Crisis nation’s capitol would say that a memHeather Heyer and injuring 20 others. is seeking to identify the officer. PJH ber of one of the very same militia was

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fourth child—and covered in 20,000 bees. Mueller, who is a beekeeper, checked with her doctor before the photo session and was stung three times during the shoot. She said she associates bees with life and death: “Bees came into my life in a time that we had just suffered a miscarriage,” Mueller said. “That’s where everything fell into place for me—when honeybees entered my life.” She hopes the maternity photos will highlight the importance of bees.

WEIRD

Guests at Scotland’s Macdonald Loch Rannoch hotel were terrorized by Robert Fergus, 72, and his wife, Ruth, 69, in February when the Troon couple rampaged through the lobby with scissors and threatened to shoot other guests. The incident apparently began when Mrs. Fergus pounded on a hotel room door at 1:45 a.m., leading the guest within to call front desk staff, who Mrs. Fergus told her husband treated her “with hostility.” That’s when Mr. Fergus “reacted disproportionately” by running naked into the lobby with scissors, cutting communications cables and shouting that he would “slit” and “kill” onlookers. Meanwhile, Mrs. Fergus told staff she was going to “get a gun and shoot you,” according to prosecutor Michael Sweeney. Staff and guests ran out of the hotel, while Mr. and Mrs. Fergus returned to their room to pack and took off in their BMW. They were apprehended when they flagged down a police car to accuse the hotel staff of abusing them, and Mr. Fergus could not pass a breath test. At their sentencing on Sept. 1, their attorneys blamed overconsumption of alcohol for their behavior, noting that Robert Fergus “had previously been of good character.” Nonetheless, they were fined 4,100 pounds and ordered to pay 800 pounds to cover the cost of damage to the hotel.

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A Singular Obsession

In Wenzhou City, China, an 11-year-old boy underwent surgery in August to remove 26 magnetic Buckyballs from his penis. The balls caused a blockage in the boy’s urethra, which caused bleeding and swelling. He told pediatrician Wang Yongbiao that he put the toys in his penis because he was “curious.” (Bonus: The boy was identified in news reports as “Pi Pi.”)

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Steven Gomez-Maya, 20, handed tellers at the TD Bank North in Seymour, Connecticut, a note on Aug. 19, demanding money. He apparently failed to notice that his note was written on the back of his girlfriend’s pay stub, and when he tried to return to the bank (presumably to retrieve the note), the doors were locked. Seymour police tracked down the owner of the pay stub, and when they arrived at the girlfriend’s home, they caught GomezMaya as he was driving away. The hat he wore during the robbery and “a large amount of $10 bills” were found in the car, and he was charged with first-degree robbery.

Animals Run Amok

A swan on the grounds of Blarney Castle in Ireland suffered a harrowing experience on Aug. 31 when it landed in a field where cattle were grazing. At first, the cattle just looked the swan over, but when the bird hissed at them, they took off after it. The swan tried to fly away, but the cows butted and stamped on it. Garden manager at the castle Adam Whitbourn was finally able to lean over a fence and drag the swan out of harm’s way. “It was an aggressive attack,” Whitbourn said. “I put (the swan) back in the lake and have checked on him twice. He’s sitting there looking bedraggled so I’m hoping it’s a happy ending.” Rather than a swan song.

The Classic Middle Name

Anthony Wayne Sandusky, 26, of Mascotte, Florida, was welcomed into the home of a Groveland woman on Aug. 22 because he had nowhere else to go. She went to sleep, and when she woke up, her mother said Sandusky had closed all the blinds, locked the doors and was carrying their possessions out the back door. She found two bags of items in a nearby field, including a stamp collection valued at $250,000. When confronted by police, Sandusky said he took the items because the woman was “being mean to him.”

Compelling Explanation

Andrew Shaw, 44, of Lancashire, England, appeared before the Blackpool Magistrates Court on Aug. 29, facing three counts of possessing obscene images of children on his computer. Shaw and his wife arrived at the court with their guide dogs, as both are legally blind (Shaw has a small amount of sight in one eye). His attorney explained: “It may be argued that difficulty with his vision makes it difficult to put an age to images he downloads. He may think he is looking at 16-year-olds.” Shaw was granted bail.

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Most news items about sinkholes highlight the large size of the hole. But a man in Brooklyn, New York, was trapped by a sinkhole in the middle of the street that was just big enough to swallow his leg. Steven Suarez, 33, was making a delivery with a hand truck on Myrtle Avenue on Aug. 29 when his foot disappeared into the pavement. “I was scared,” Suarez said. “It was my whole entire right leg, up until my tailbone basically.” Suarez was trapped for nearly an hour as bystanders directed traffic around him and rescue workers tried to free him. Co-worker Joe Grunbaum, 32, said Suarez seemed to be in a lot of pain, but the only casualty of the incident turned out to be Suarez’s right sneaker.

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A Turkish homeless man who was sentenced to house arrest in June has had his sentence altered to better reflect his circumstances. Baris Alkan, 31, had been confined to a specific area, an empty spot enclosed by metal plates, near a bus station after being detained for using and selling drugs. “I don’t have a home address, so I have to stay here,” he said. “Even though I don’t have a house, I’m under house arrest.” The court subsequently lifted the house arrest order and now requires Alkan to sign in at a nearby police station once a month.

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n An unnamed 35-year-old man in Liaoning Province in China was rushed to the hospital with intense pain and bloody urine in June, after having inserted sewing needles into his penis over the past year. It took doctors at the General Hospital of Shenyang Military Region only an hour and a half to remove 15 needles, measuring from about 2 to 4 inches long. The urologist, Dr. Cao Zhiqiang, said patients who engage in this type of behavior “are looking for excitement through unusual ways.” He suggested caution for those who “fascinate about peculiar sex.”

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An anonymous Australian tourist mailed back a small stone he lifted from the Cwmhir Abbey in Wales, a Cistercian monastery founded in 1176, in August. The thief included a note explaining his remorse: “I have been an avid follower of the Welsh kings and their history, and so I took this rock. Ever since, I have had the most awful luck as if Llewellyn (sic) himself was angry with me.” Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native prince of Wales, was beheaded and buried at the abbey in 1282, and legend says his ghost haunts the abbey. The trust that manages the abbey put the returned stone and the note on display, presumably to deter future sticky-fingered visitors.

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e give our children to the Government to do as they think best in teaching them the right way, hoping that the officers will, after a while, permit us to go and see them.” – Sharp Nose, Northern Arapaho, 1881. As the shovels gently broke the ground in the old Native American cemetery on the Army base in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a somber Arapaho song rang out, low and sorrowful. The Northern Arapaho tribe members who’d made the trek from the Wind River Reservation in western Wyoming watched intently as the forensic archaeologists carefully moved aside small piles of dirt and rubble, sifting through the soil to try and identify the remains of three boys who’d died at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in the late 1800s. The Northern Arapaho had fought for more than a decade to have their ancestors returned to the reservation, and the excavation was the final step in the process of bringing their family home. By the end of the ceremony, though, it would be clear that only two of the boys — Little Chief and Horse — would be on their way home to Wind River. The third, 9-year-old Little Plume, was to remain buried in the Pennsylvania cemetery among the rest of the Carlisle casualties—and a handful of soldiers— at least for now.

The Long, and Unclear, Road

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The story of how Little Chief, Little Plume and Horse ended up at Carlisle I n d i a n Industrial School, the first federally-funded Indian boarding school in the nation, is one mired in contradictory — and often outright whitewashed — misinformation. As with many issues relating to the federal government’s treatment of Native Americans, the issue of forced boarding schools has been swept under the rug for decades, making it tough to unravel the truth behind the story. Information about Native American boarding schools rarely even graces the page of a textbook. What is clear is this: The three boys left the reservation in western Wyoming on March 11, 1881 to travel to an Indian boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The boys would have traveled 2,000 miles to get there, which would have taken 11 or 12 days. Little Chief, Little Plume and Horse likely arrived at Carlisle in a group of 15 children — 13 boys and two girls -- most of whom were Northern Arapaho. Some Shoshone children were also in the group, but no matter the nation or

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tribe they hailed from, all of the would join the hundreds of other Native children who now called Carlisle home. “Carlisle was the first school of its kind,” Jim Gerencser, College Archivist for Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center, said. “It was specifically designed to take children far away from their families. The whole idea of Carlisle was taking them far away so they no longer have contact with cultures or families — so that they couldn’t take part in cultural ceremonies, traditional dress, and all of those kinds of things.” The purpose of Carlisle was simple: Assimilation. “They did that to isolate them, essentially, from their own culture, to have their assimilation from the perspective of the white man,” Gerencser said. Little Chief would have been 14 years old when he was sent to Pennsylvania,

sta nding about 4 ft 10.5 inches tall, according to documents archived by the Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center. He was the son of Sharp Nose, who would later go on to become chief of the Northern Arapaho. The rules at Carlisle dictated that students were to shed their Native names and take on anglicized names as part of the assimilation process. Upon enrollment, Little Chief became known as Dickens Nor. Little Plume was only 9 years old when he was sent to Carlisle, and was renamed Hayes Vanderbilt Friday, according to records from the school. Horse was just 11 years old when he was sent to Carlisle, and his name was changed to Horace Washington upon arrival.

Life at Carlisle

have been virtually nonexistent. The kids at Carlisle would have kept tight schedules: They would have been woken at 5:45 a.m. with – of course – the call of a military bugle. The children would have exercised and been forced to march, military style, before breakfast. Each day followed a similar schedule: Industrial work at 8:00 a.m., followed by school an hour later – both of which continued into the evening hours. The students at Carlisle would have had less than an hour of free time each

day, and were prohibited from speaking their native languages. Should they have been caught “speaking Indian,” corporal punishment likely would have followed, at times by the hand of one of their classmates, a handful of whom were chosen to act as leaders of Carlisle’s assimilation movement. There were other issues, too: The children were often used as laborers and farmhands on neighboring properties. Physical and sexual abuse ran rampant. All but a handful of accounts about life at Carlisle exist these days, but the ones that do exist are telling. Former Carlisle student Merta Bercier spoke with PBS about Carlisle’s assimilation tactics for a documentary that aired in 2006. “Did I want to be an Indian? After looking at the pictures of the Indians on the warpath — fighting, scalping women and children, and Oh! Such ugly faces. No! Indians were mean people — I’m glad I’m not an Indian, I thought,” Bercier said.

Pratt’s Plan Forced assimilation boarding schools were the brain child of a famous former U.S. Cavalry officer,Capt. Richard Henry Pratt, the source of the infamous quote about assimilation, BEFORE AND AFTER OF THREE LAKOTA BOYS

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“Kill the Indian, save the man.” In time, that quote would become the de-facto motto of Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Pratt’s first foray into forced assimilation took place well before he established Carlisle. In the 1870s, Pratt was in charge of a group of about a dozen prisoners who’d surrendered in the Indian Territory at the end of the Red River War at Fort Marion, Florida. During his time guarding the prisoners, Pratt worked to teach them guard duty, English, and a number of other skills deemed useful for taming the “savages.” From Pratt’s experiment in Florida came the idea that if you “transfer the savage born infant to the surroundings of a civilization, he will grow to possess a civilized language and habit.” Pratt used the success of his earlier assimilation project to sell the idea that federally-funded off-reservation boarding schools are not cruel or inhumane. Rather, they are a way to “save the Indians,” who Pratt saw as “a vanishing race,” one which must either be exterminated or assimilated. Pratt was a successful salesman of the need for assimilation, which worked in his favor in 1879, when he convinced the Bureau of Indian Affairs, three years after Custer’s Last Stand at Little Bighorn, to let him to establish a school where he could “civilize” the Indian. Enter Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. “A great general has said that the only good Indian is a dead one, and that high sanction of his destruction has been an enormous factor in promoting Indian massacres,” Pratt said in a 1892 speech, years after he founded Carlisle. “In a sense, I agree with the sentiment, but only in this: that all the Indian there is in the race should be dead. Kill the Indian in him, and save the man.” Pratt modeled the Carlisle school on the military: “with discipline, crystal clear instructions and total inflexibility,” pushing corporal punishment as a way to force Native children to become dependent on themselves. Pratt’s grand plan for forced assimilation didn’t stop at the boarding

Life at Carlisle couldn’t have been easy for the three boys from Northern Arapaho. The boys would have been forced to trade their families, Native culture and the jaw-dropping landscape of western Wyoming, dotted with red rocks, rivers and rolling hills for the strict rules and vastly different landscape of central Pennsylvania, where they would be forced to turn away from their Native heritage and culture upon arrival. Those challenges were just the beginning, though. In addition to being renamed, Little Chief, Little Plume and Horse would have been housed in a converted army barracks and given haircuts to remove their long braids, a symbol of much religious and cultural meaning for Native Americans. The boys would have been forced to wear military uniforms in place of their traditional Northern Arapaho dress. The Native girls sent to Carlisle weren’t issued military uniforms, but were instead forced to shed their native dress for those worn by the Quakers and Christian missionaries helping to run the school, complete with draping cloth and fitted bodices. “[Long hair] was the pride of all Indians. The boys, one by one, would break down and cry when they saw their braids thrown on the floor. All of the buckskin clothes had to go and we had to put on the clothes of the White Man. If we thought the days were bad, the nights were much worse. This is when the loneliness set in, for it was when we knew that we were all alone. Many boys ran away from the school because the treatment was so bad, but most of them were caught and brought back by the police,” Blackfoot tribe member and former Carlisle student Lone Wolf said. Students may also have been forced to convert to Christianity and many students were baptized during their time at Carlisle. Breakouts of consumption and tuberculosis were also common, especially during the early years when herd immunity among the children from tribes and nations across the United States would

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school doors, either. Upon release — or “graduation” — Pratt’s plan was to have students return to their tribes and act as ambassadors of European assimilation, and would be responsible for “taming” the rest of the Native American people from their tribes. As one can imagine, what actually happened when the former students returned to their homes was quite the opposite. Less than 10 percent of the Native children enrolled actually graduated from the school—although it’s unclear what graduation would have even entailed. Students who left Carlisle, by way of graduation or otherwise, would often return to the reservation only to suffer alienation from language and cultural barriers, amongst other issues, according to numerous first hand

accounts. Still, Pratt’s idea was a popular one among government officials, and by October 1879, Pratt had enrolled 82 boys and girls at Carlisle. The school officially opened its doors on November 1, one month later, with 147 students under its care – 84 Lakota, 52 Cheyenne, Kiowa and Pawnee, and 11 Apache. The three boys from Northern Arapaho would join them only two years later, but unlike some of the other students, Little Chief, Horse, and Little Plume would never return home.

A Model Project Despite the clear issues with Carlisle, the boarding school was considered to be a success, and by the late 19th

and early 20th centuries, it had become the model for 26 other Bureau of Indian Affairs-run boarding schools across the nation. The private sector also used Carlisle as a model for hundreds of other Indian boarding schools, most of which were funded by religious organizations. The trend of removing Native children from their homes and placing them in federally-funded assimilation schools continued for several decades, with enrollment in the schools reaching its pinnacle in the early ‘70s. By the time the doors to Carlisle shut in 1918, an estimated 10,000 Native American children from tribes all over the nation – from anywhere between 50 and 120 different tribes, Ojibwa, Oneida, Apache, Lakota, Cheyenne, and, of course, Northern Arapaho – had walked through the doors of the nation’s first federally-funded Indian boarding school. And like Little Chief, Little Plume and Horse, many of them would never walk out.

What Happened to the Boys? As with much of Little Plume, Little Chief and Horse’s stories, details about their deaths remain scarce. The year that Little Chief left for Carlisle, his father, Sharp Nose, dictated a letter to the school, stating: “We are anxious to go on learning till we know how to do as white men do… There are not enough good men to show us how to plant and cultivate our crops. We give our children to the Government to do as they think best in teaching them the right way, hoping that the officers will, after a while, permit us to go and see them.” Sharp Nose’s plea in the letter, to one day be permitted to see his son, was not fulfilled. Little Chief died two years after being sent to Carlisle, and well before Sharp Nose was allowed to visit his son. According to Little Chief’s death records, he passed away on the same day as a sledding trip in the winter of 1882 from what was believed to be a bout of pneumonia. A letter written by a girl named “Rosa Ross” that was published in The Morning Star in February 1883 confirms the information, reading in part: “Dear Mother, Every month I have written my letter to Father, but this month I shall write it to you…Dickens, one of our school-mates, died on the 22nd of this month. William Sunke, another died yesterday morning and will be buried this afternoon. Capt.

Pratt was away when Dickens died. On the 22nd thirty-four girls went out for a sleigh ride. We had a delightful time…” The details on the deaths of Little Plume and Horse are just as hazy. According to Little Plume’s file, he died of what was suspected to be an infectious disease in Spring 1882 — on Saturday, April 15, 1882, to be exact. Just one bright red word, “dead,” is written in script is at the top of Little Plume’s enrollment card. No other notes or even a cause of death are recorded on it. The card lists Little Plume’s date of discharge as April 15, 1882, and hand-written in the box where administration were to note the reason for discharge is one word: died. While it’s impossible to be certain that infectious disease is what killed Little Plume, it’s highly likely that at least one of the boys died from such an illness. According to a 1928 Meriam report, infectious disease was widespread at the schools due to malnutrition, overcrowding, poor sanitary conditions, and students weakened by overwork. Horse’s file, like Little Plume’s, is eerily as devoid of information. The historical record contains only the word “dead” across the top in red ink. The date of discharge on his enrollment card is listed as June 12, 1882, and the cause of discharge simply reads “died.”

The Fight for the Boys

What caused Little Plume, Little Chief and Horse’s deaths remains be unclear, but one thing is certain: The Northern Arapaho have had to fight long and hard to have the remains of the three boys returned to the Wind River Reservation. Little Chief’s great-niece Yufna Soldier Wolf told the Star Tribune in 2016 that she learned about Little Chief from her grandfather, Scott Dewey, who was Little Chief’s younger brother. Soldier Wolf told the Tribune that her grandfather always told her the same thing: “Don’t forget about my brother.” Soldier Wolf first tried to bring home the remains of her great uncle while a college student nearly a decade ago, but the government red tape proved doing so would be a difficult and defeating process. Soldier Wolf wrote to Thomas Kane, the legal officer at the Army War College, and six months later, she received devastating news. The process was complicated in part

While Little Chief and Horse were successfully exhumed and identified by their remains on August 11, Little Plume was not. When the forensic anthropologists exhumed Little Plume’s gravesite, it became apparent that the area identified as the little boy’s plot was not where he was laid to rest. The grave contained instead the remains of two people much older than Little Plume. One set of remains was positively identified as those of a teenage male, but the other set was of unknown gender. “We looked at the remains and we just knew. We just knew,” Forensic anthropologist Elizabeth DiGangi told The Sentinel in August. “Neither of these people were biologically consistent with Little Plume. The skeleton associated with the gravesite of Little Chief was biologically consistent with his sex and his age, as was the skeleton associated with the gravesite of Horse,” DiGangi said. Given the question of whose remains were in Little Plume’s grave, the bodies

other person buried at Carlisle, a bit more complicated.

Down the Road, Hope Springs Eternal All hope is not lost in the search for Little Plume, however. While obtaining his remains will most likely require another round of petitions, studies and planning, there is light at the end of the tunnel. The city of Carlisle, Pennsylvania was home to another school during the late 1800s—Dickinson College. The college has a history with Carlisle that stems back to 1879, when t hen-Dick i nson President Dr. James A n d r e w McCauley became an advisor and friend to Pratt. McCau ley

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The government finally relented to the requests of Yufna Soldier Wolf and the Northern Arapaho earlier this year, agreeing to return the remains of Little Chief, Little Plume and Horse after numerous studies, hearings and planning were completed. “The U.S. Army honored its promise to reunite Native American families with their children who died more than 100 years ago at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School,” Army National Military Cemeteries Executive Director Karen Durham-Aguilera said in a statement. “We are thankful to the Northern

Where is Little Plume?

could not be turned over to the Arapaho for proper burial. The remains were reburied, and Little Plume’s whereabouts in that old Indian cemetery on the Army base remains a question without a firm answer. There are also questions as to whether the rest of the grave markers are accurate. An archival report written to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepare for the excavation said, “With the data at hand, it is impossible to definitively state whether the markers are correctly associated with the physical remains of the individuals’ names on these respective markers without physical investigation.” A couple of empty rows in the cemetery were also used to bury military people who died while stationed at the barracks during the 1930s and ‘40s, making the task of finding Little Plume, or any

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Arapaho families for their patience and collaboration during this process.” The remains of Little Chief and Horse were exhumed in a private ceremony on August 11, with about 15 members of the Northern Arapaho in attendance. A banner draped across the fence warned outsiders of the private Native ceremony taking place just behind the fence. A Northern Arapaho elder sang a song of healing as the boys were unearthed. The U.S. government paid the nearly $500,000 to exhume and ship the bodies back to the Wind River Reservation in western Wyoming, where the Northern Arapaho, and the boys’ relatives – at least some of them -- were finally able to lay the Northern Arapaho boys from Carlisle to rest. “It’s a long time coming,” Crawford White Sr., one of the tribe’s elders, told the Post-Gazette in August. “It’s something that had to be done for our tribe, and the healing begins.” “The Army is grateful to have the opportunity to help the Northern Arapaho families find closure by reuniting them with their relatives who were buried at Carlisle Barracks Cemetery more than 100 years ago,” Karen Durham-Aguilera, executive director of Army National Military Cemeteries, said in a statement issued in August. Still, while the exhumation was mostly successful, things didn’t go exactly as planned.

because the land where the boys were buried is now owned by the military. The U.S. Army took over the land shortly after Carlisle closed, and what remains of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School is now known as the Carlisle Barracks at the U.S. Army War College. What that means in layman’s terms is that the cemetery where Little Chief, Little Plume and Horse were laid to rest is considered a military cemetery, and the rules for exhuming remains are arduous. Kane responded to Soldier Wolf’s request with a letter, stating that in order to exhume the remains of their ancestors, Native tribes have to, among other things, provide notarized affidavits issued by “all close relatives of the decedent that they have no objection to the disinterment.” “I can understand and appreciate your desire to move the remains of your family member to your local burial site; however, this installation has serious concerns related to this proposal,” Kane wrote, in part. “The most obvious is that this cemetery has become part of our community and is a historic site. This cemetery represents one of the most beautiful tributes to the Native American people.” “We would hate to disrupt such a tranquil site, if such can be avoided,” Kane said. He ended the letter with a quote from Crazy Horse, the Oglala Sioux leader: “My lands are where my people lie buried.” Nearly a decade later, Soldier Wolf tried again, this time armed with help from members of Native American tribes and nonprofits across the nation. The group began requesting the return of not only Little Chief, but also Little Plume and Horse, in 2016. It would be nearly a year before any positive news would come of their work.

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began collaborating with the school, offering entrance into Dickinson Preparatory School and college level education to some of the students at Carlisle. The relationship continued through the years and through several other university presidents, with Dickinson, which sat just two miles down the road, playing a crucial role in the education of Carlisle students. Unlike Carlisle, Dickinson is still around these days, and is working to help piece together a history long lost to the erased narrative and whitewashing, as well as some simpler issues, like shoddy record-keeping. The project is formally known as the Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center, and is a collaborative effort between college researchers and archivists and the community at large. The mission of the digital resource center is simple: To develop a comprehensive

searchable database of Carlisle Indian School resources, including digital copies of school records, old photos and documents from Carlisle, which may help piece the mystery of where Little Plume has been placed at rest. “At the beginning of 2013, we obtained a grant that made us well-positioned to digitize information on Carlisle that’s not readily available to the public,” Gerencser said. Gerencser works alongside Sociology Professor and Director of the Community Studies Center Susan Rose, Special Collections Librarian Malinda Triller Doran, and a host of other project partners: Cara Holtry Curtis and Barbara Landis, both from the Cumberland County Historical Society; Jacqueline Fear-Segal, a professor at University of East Anglia; Dovie Thomason, Lakota, Kiowa Apache Stor yteller and

author; and Dickinson College Professor of American Cultures Sharon O’Brien. The group sends out teams armed with laptops and scanners to the National Archives in Washington, D.C., where they work to take original documents related to Carlisle and put them in digital format. So far, the project has been pretty darn successful. Gerencser said they’ve archived over 8,500 pages of documents related to the school at this point, including photos, documents, enrollment information and burial information for the Carlisle cemetery where Horse, Little Chief and Little Plume were laid to rest all those years ago. Given the incomplete history of America’s sordid affair with Indian boarding schools, the task of digging up and archiving information on Carlisle is a monumental one, and is ongoing. It’s also a monumentally important one, one that the folks at Dickinson hope will help to answer questions and heal wounds.

But with the success of the archives and a crude original plot of the cemetery from 1935, Gerencser said the group thinks they may know where Little Plume is buried. “There are two cases where they appear to have made mistakes when replacing the headstone,” Gerencser said. One is a student named Samson Noran, and the other, Little Plume. “When we learned that Friday that the tribe had publicly announced the remains of one student were not found, we looked and noticed that where they had dug for the third student was not where our research showed him to be,” Gerencser said. The project leaders quickly got in touch with Yufna Soldier Wolf, a relative of Little Chief whose great-grandfather also attended Carlisle. The group from Dickinson met with the leaders of Northern Arapaho the Sunday after the exhumation took place to share with them what they’d found.

Does Dickinson Know?

What’s Next?

While there’s no way to be sure, Gerencser said the group may have a pretty good idea of where Little Plume’s true burial plot is. “When the first students died at the school, it was clearly something they (Pratt and administrators) had not considered,” Gerencser said. “They did not have a plan for that at first, so what happened is they began a cemetery on the grounds at school.” That initial site was located on the grounds of Carlisle, and was dotted with headstones to mark each child. “Over those 39 years that the school operated, roughly 190 to 195 were buried in that cemetery including infants of the students; a number of infant burials,” Gerencser said. Given the lack of planning for a formal cemetery by the school’s founders, mistakes were made in marking the original plots. Further complicating the situation was the Army’s relocation of the old cemetery, done during an expansion of the military campus. “In the 1920s the military base needed to expand, and in 1927 they moved the original cemetery to its current location,” across the street from the Army school, Gerencser said. New headstones were apparently issued for all of the graves at some point, too, and these days, not all of them even bear identifying information.

Perhaps the work at Dickinson can help solve the mystery of where Little Plume’s body lays, bringing some peace of mind to his relatives, and the young boy whose life ended at Carlisle to his rightful resting place. Although simply identifying where Little Plume probably isn’t enough to prompt another exhumation out at the old Carlisle cemetery, it’s a good place to start. And while the petition by the Northern Arapaho only succeeded in bringing home two of its boys, it’s ignited a conversation among nations and tribes whose relatives are being held at the military cemetery, far from the lands they call home. The Rosebud Sioux, a tribe from South Dakota, have 10 children buried at Carlisle, and the other 188 or so children still need to be returned to their rightful resting places, too. Officials with the Office of Army National Military Cemeteries said in August that the Northern Arapaho children are just the first to be returned to their tribe, and while there are no other disinterment plans right now, the army expects there will be more, similar efforts in the future. With any luck, and some good old-fashioned research at Dickinson, one of those efforts will be for Little Plume, the last of the Northern Arapaho children to remain at Carlisle. As with Little Chief and Horse, it’s time for Little Plume to go home. PJH

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someone follow him around Fr. Ubald’s in Forgiveness: The Secret of Peace, which premieres September 27 at the Center for the Arts. with a camera instead. “He can’t be everywhere, He began the Mushaka Unity and but a film can be,” said co-producer Katsey Long. “We knew his story Reconciliation Program in 2006 for victims and perpetrators of violence to learn was big enough and broad enough. Fr. Ubald was a Catholic priest before about, and exercise, forgiveness. It’s a practice he has had to complete the genocide, and has had a life that’s conhimself. After the genocide, Fr. Ubald sistently been dotted by violence. The priest’s father was killed in 1967 in found the man who killed his mothRwanda, and Fr. Ubald fled to Burundi in er—and paid tuition for the man’s two high school to escape “division and ethnic children. His mother’s killer now works alonghatred,” Long said. Tragedy struck again on April 6, side Fr. Ubald. “Forgiveness, it is a way to survive,” 1994, when Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana’s plane was shot out of the Fr. Ubald said. “When you realize that, air. The act was the catalyst for violence you are a free man.” But it’s not always that had long been brewing between the easy. First, he says, the victim must make an active decision to forgive. “Then you Hutu and the Tutsis. Violence broke out in Rwanda, and fight.” “Forgiveness always incorporates eighty members of Fr. Ubald’s family were killed. Members of his parish turned on grief,” Long said. “Because you’ve lost him, and Fr. Ubald, whose mission has something. You go through the stages of always been to preach kindness, was grief, and work through that emotional component.” arrested. Fr. Ubald is currently working to build “Because I was a Tutsi,” he said. “Coming back I said—cried—it is injus- a Center for the Secret of Peace in Rwanda, tice. I have been arrested because of and takes his message and his mission around the world. belonging to Tutsi ethnic.” There will always be violence, he says, But ethnicities, Fr. Ubald said, are a but there is also always hope. human creation. “We are all people, we are all humans. “God created people, not ethnicities,” he said. And to kill someone for the way We have to preach about forgiveness. they were born is to fight God, according There is injustice of course, but we are fighting to have justice all the time.” PJH to Fr. Ubald. Fr. Ubald’s film debuts September 27 at After the violence in Rwanda had finally calmed, Fr. Ubald made it his mission to 6:30 pm. Tickets are $15 and are available at JHCenterForTheArts.org. preach peace through forgiveness.

ather Ubald Rugirangoga is in the business of healing. Parishioners allege he has cured leukemia, helped a paralyzed person walk out of a wheelchair, and saved a leg from amputation. But more important are the wounds we cannot see, according to Fr. Ubald. Wounds, he said, are more than just physical. They are spiritual, and that is where Fr. Ubald said he has the deepest understanding. Fr. Ubald survived the Rwandan genocide of 1994 that killed upwards of 800,000 people. He offered refuge on his church property to 45,000 people. Every one of them was killed was killed on the church property within days. “It was a surprise to me,” he said. “To decide to kill people, children… because of who you are. Not because you’ve done wrong.” He tenses up recalling memories of the genocide that killed the refugees his church housed, along with much of his family. But anger and hatred are heavy burdens to bear, Fr. Ubald said. To demonstrate, he lifts people [this reporter included] onto his back. “To stay with such hatred, it is a weight to carry,” he said. “When you are carrying a big weight, you are crying. You are suffering.” So he teaches people to forgive and to ask for forgiveness. Only then, he said, is anyone truly free. Fr. Ubald’s journey from Rwandan refugee to a missionary who claims to have healing powers is the subject of an upcoming documentary, Forgiveness: The Secret of Peace. The film premieres September 27 at the Center for the Arts in Jackson. “What you experience is not only yours,” Fr. Ubald said of his decision to participate in the film. “You have to share with society.” The best ways to share, he said, are by writing a book or making a film. He doesn’t have time for a book yet—he evangelizes and heals around the world, and is constantly on the road—so he let

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Feelin’ Future Islands A big name in Synthpop set to take the stage in Jackson, complete with dad moves. BY SHANNON SOLLITT

ven if you’re not familiar with the wild synthpop band Future Islands, you’re probably still familiar with their name. They are, after all, a main staple on nearly every large festival lineup each season. Known for wicked performances and some, well, pretty sweet dad dance moves, Future Islands arguably “made it” pretty darn big after an awkward and unforgettable performance on The Late Show with David Letterman in 2014 went viral. If you haven’t had the opportunity or luck to stumble across the YouTube video of Future Islands’ performance on Letterman, here’s the synopsis: Front man Samuel T. Herring, donned in black pants and a black, tucked-in t-shirt, sings “Seasons (Waiting on You)” through

a series of dramatic, one might say old (think dad at a wedding) dance moves. His voice was equal parts tonal and gravelly, going so far as to occasionally drop into a low growl. The performance was mesmerizing, however objectively good or bad Herring’s dancing was, and the band’s enthusiasm for making music helped them carve a niche into the hearts of many Letterman watchers and music junkies alike. And lucky for you, Future Islands’ killer performance, alongside Herring’s dance moves, is coming to Jackson. That’s right, folks. Herring and his Future Islands cohorts—the brilliant guitar and bassist William Cashion and sweet, sweet keyboardist Gerrit Welmers—are set to take the Pink Garter stage on September 28 for the first time in Teton history. Jackson is by far the smallest town on the Baltimore trio’s current tour, which celebrates the release of their newest album “The Far Field,” stopping in cities like Los Angeles and Dallas, just to name a few. Big names in small towns seems to be a Jackson trend these days, with many a decent national act opting for this town over, say, more Salt Lake-y stops. And we’re lucky they are. Such treats offer something to look forward to during the dull, cold shoulder season for those

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accurately characterized by Rolling Stone as synth pop: energetic keyboard tracks play behind Herring’s raspy voice. But far from the shallow head-bopping pop of the ‘80s, every lyric in Herring’s songs are full of feeling. “The tremble of a word can make you cry,” Herring told Rolling Stone earlier this year. “You don’t [necessarily] recognize what about it, but something can make you break down. It’s fucking beautiful.” Future Islands evolved from their college band “Art Lord and the Self-Portraits,” whose music was a staple East Carolina University (in North Carolina, actually). The rock n’ roll lifestyle caught up pretty quickly to a young Herring, who has spoken openly about how partying and the limelight led to a cocaine addiction. As with Future Islands’ baffling but brilliant performances, Herring’s tale of addiction in his early years is one of resurrection. Herring came clean to his parents at 22 years old, and cleaned up on his own before moving away from home. He told Rolling Stone he hasn’t felt “the dark darkness” in years, but shadows of depression still haunt his lyrics, even today. Herring says he doesn’t really have a “happy place”—except on stage. “That’s where I have purpose,” he said. “ It’s what makes me know I deserve to be—not that I need to be—on this earth.” PJH

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who are dumb enough (or perhaps smart enough, depending on your affinity for lots and lots of snow) to stick around for it. Big venue, small venue, big town or small town, you’re in for it if you head over to their show at the Pink Garter in late September, because live performances are where Future Islands’ songs really come to life. Herring is even known to rip clothes on stage because, well, clothing can’t contain moves like his. We know the feeling. “The ultimate goal [of our shows] is to bring people together, for people to feel free to be emotional, to be open with themselves, and open with who they love or complete strangers,” Herring told GQ in a recent interview. “To create that space, that environment for people to feel free to be who they are.” Herring says his songs are never fully complete until they have been before a live audience. Even the lyrics’ meanings change. It was widely reported that Herring even cried on stage at an L.A. show during a performance of a new song, “Cave.” Perhaps with good reason, mind you: “Cave” was, after all, originally written as a love song, but the lyrics and meaning evolved to make a statement on the political climate. “This country is so fucked up,” he told GQ post-show. Future Islands’ musicis perhaps most

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Future Islands (L), on tour with their new album ‘The Far Field’ (above), graces the Pink Garter Stage September 28. Doors open at 8 pm, the show begins at 9. Tickets are $20 and available at PinkGarterTheater.com. As with all Pink Garter shows, this gig is 21 and up.

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CULTURE KLASH

Outsider Art Kevin Chin’s art melds questions and bright inks to answer an age old question BY KELSEY DAYTON @Kelsey_Dayton

or most people, there isn’t a simple answer to what should be a simple question: Where are you from? That question can mean where one was born, where one lived most recently, where one feels is home, or even take on meaning beyond physical places, such as the type of neighborhood or family one grew up in. “There’s just so much wrapped up in that idea of ‘where are you from,’” said artist Kevin Chin. The idea of displacement, feeling like an outsider, moving between places and making one’s home in a foreign place inspire Chins’ paintings, which piece together fragments from different times and places.

‘Pilgrimage,’ 2017, oil on linen, 132 x 198 cm

Chin knows what it’s like to feel caught between worlds, or like an outsider. Chin moved to Australia from Malaysia when he was two years old, and was the only non-white student in his class throughout elementary school. Kids often asked where he was from. While not malicious, the question still fostered in Chin a sense he didn’t belong. As an adult, he bucked his working-class parents’ dreams of him having a practical career and decided to become an artist. His large oil-on-linen paintings explore cultural hybridity, the sense of being caught between two places and feeling foreign. “My goal is to create these hybrid scenes and rethink how we think about time and belonging,” he said. Chin, who is Teton ArtLab’s September artist-in-residence, hopes to further explore the idea of outsiders and belonging while he’s in the United States, a timely topic in the current political climate, he said.

His paintings pull fragments from different times, scenes and places, and look like an actual scene or place until the viewer looks closer and notices how its pieced together. Chin’s work begins with photographs he takes on his travels. He then prints and cuts the images, tacking them together in a collage, filling in holes with bits and pieces. His work might go through 30 iterations before he has a map of his next painting. His work blends together the styles and other influences, creating work that can look like multiple people painted it. “It’s so many different things going on and so many styles on one canvas,” he said. Chin is “fanatical” about color, he said, working with gel pigments he mixes himself to create color relationships that bleed through his work and tie together not only the painting, but also his body of work. Chin has already spent his time in Jackson collecting source material in the form of more than 5,000

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discovery inspired work where he further explored belonging through “symbolically contradictory” paintings, like one that featured pine trees, Japanese cherry blossoms and Australian eucalyptus. “I hope my paintings have a more global sense of place,” he said. Yet at the same time he wants them to convey a feeling of placeless or being between two places. Belonging, in Chin’s view, is more fluid than most people realize. “Place is really just something that is in the imagination, or something that is not tied to geography,” he said. “People have different ways of connecting or associating where they want to be, beyond where they just grew up or where they might be at the moment.” Chin, who is represented by This is No Fantasy gallery in Australia is in Jackson as an artist-in-residence at the Teton ArtLab for September. His trip to Jackson is supported by arts funding through the Australia Council. PJH Chin will talk about his work at 6 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Teton ArtLab.

photographs taken in Yellowstone, Grand Teton and the rodeo, which evoked a sense a sense of exploration and a new frontier with the cowboys and cowgirls. The rodeo also invoked a strong sense of nationalism with the presentation of the American flag and the National anthem, he said. As an observer, he’s interested in all the pieces that come together to make up a place. Chin’s interest in art stems back to his childhood, when Chinese watercolors graced the walls of his home, where he was always drawing. In art school, he studied traditional western oil painting. He likes blending the traditional history of western oil painting, with his Australian training and Malaysian roots. It adds to the cultural hybridity his work explores, he said. But while his younger years may have ignited Chin’s interest in art, it was during a residency in Japan in 2014 that the artist discovered a strong connection between nationality and ethnicity, a new concept for him. That

‘Hole in Paradise,’ 2017, oil on linen, 183 x 147cm

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Deep Focus Stronger tells a tragic story with an emphasis on human connection. BY SCOTT RENSHAW @scottrenshaw

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arly in Stronger, director David Gordon Green constructs a scene that should be taught in film schools as a paradigm for avoiding exploitation of a real-life tragedy. In this case, it’s the story of Jeff Bauman (Jake Gyllenhaal), a working-class Boston man who was one of the victims of the 2014 terrorist attack at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, losing both of his legs in the explosion. The scene in question is both simple and harrowing, involving doctors changing the bandages on Jeff’s amputated legs for the first time. As the actual dressing

Tatiana Maslany and Jake Gyllenhaal in Stronger.

change takes place in an out-of-focus background, Green keeps the focus in the foreground, as Jeff’s on-again/offagain girlfriend Erin Hurley (Tatiana Maslany) tries to comfort him through the pain. It would be easy enough to focus on how much more gracefully Stronger approaches this horrible event than last year’s grotesquely misguided Patriots Day, but that wouldn’t be giving the creative team here nearly enough credit. Even as it remains intently concentrated on one family’s very personal story, it feels like a mission statement on how art can tell that kind of story while still showing a deep respect for the pain—physical and emotional—that was involved. Green and screenwriter John Pollono do a terrific job from the outset of building the world in which these characters live, which could come off as a cliché of sports-obsessed, foul-mouthed,

bar-dwelling Bostonians, yet instead simply feels richly authentic. The banter between Jeff and his buddies, or with his hard-drinking mother (Miranda Richardson), establishes the no-nonsense outward toughness that makes it perhaps more of a challenge for Jeff to begin his recovery. How do you heal when pissing and moaning is considered a cultural taboo, and where the omnipresent slogan of “Boston Strong” makes it harder to admit when you need help? Gyllenhaal embodies those tangled feelings in a performance that’s more than just a showcase for representing a physical disability. He turns in terrifically complex work, whether it’s representing Jeff’s panic attack during a public appearance at a hockey game, or conveying the emasculation he feels when getting into a bar fight where nobody is willing to punch him. Jeff Bauman’s story is inspirational, but the

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n Maker 3-5 p.m.Valley of the Tetons Library, n Hootenanny 6 p.m.Dornan’s, Free, 307-733-2415 n Master Workshop: Design with Light with Laura K. Ellis 6-8:30 p.m.Art Association of Jackson Hole Multi-Purpose Studio, $215.00 - $258.00, 307-733-6379 n MICHAEL SCOTT Million Dollar Cowboy Bar n JEFF BUCHOLTZ IS BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND. A SPACE TO SPEAK: CREATING A CULTURE OF RESPECT NOT RAPE 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Jackson Hole Community School

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

n REFIT® 8:30-9:30 a.m.Dancers’ Workshop, $10.00 $20.00, 307-733-6398 n Active Agers GTNP Elk Bugling Outing 4:30-7:30 p.m.Teton Recreation Center, 307739-9025 n Green Drinks JH 5:30-7 p.m.The Rose, Free, n Bluegrass Tuesdays with One Ton Pig 7:30-11 p.m.Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n KHOL Presents: Sinkane 9 p.m.Pink Garter Theatre

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Star Trek: Discovery, Young Sheldon, The Good Doctor and more fall debuts.

t’s finally here—and CBS won’t let TV critics see it in advance. Everything’s probably fine, just fine. Star Trek: Discovery (series debut, Sunday, Sept. 24, CBS) has been a troubled production since it was announced two years ago, the least of its problems being that it’ll move to yet another paid streaming service (CBS All Access, whatever that is) after it debuts on CBS proper. The showrunner (Bryan Fuller, moving onto America Gods) dropped out; casting the lead took forever (finally going to The Walking Dead’s Sonequa Martin-Green); the premiere date kept getting pushed back. Now, no reviews allowed? Maybe the debut will hook you into another subscription service. If not, there’s always The Orville. Young Sheldon (series debut, Monday, Sept. 25, CBS) … dear God, no. As if an origin story for the most annoying, played-out character on television weren’t enough, one-note Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons also narrates this comingof-meh tale of 9-year-old Sheldon Cooper (Iain Armitage). Pluses: There’s no laugh track, and Li’l Shelly’s mom is played by the daughter (Zoe Perry) of his Big Bang Theory mother Laurie Metcalf, which is a cool twist. Beyond that, Young Sheldon is just an overly-sentimental sitcom that’s short on actual laughs and long on relying on a child actor who, oddly, displays more range than Parsons ever has. With all six seasons of The Wonder Years on Netflix, there’s no need for this. As irritating as Young Sheldon is, at least it has focus. Which is waaay more that you can say about Me, Myself & I (series debut, Monday, Sept. 25, CBS), a time-spanning, three-generational sitcom that apparently wants to be a cross between a floor-demo single-camera comedy and, ugh, This is Us. You have 1991 Alex (Jack Dylan Grazer), who’s dealing with high-school shit; 2017 Alex (Bobby Moynihan), who’s dealing with professional/marital stress, as well as Urkel (Jaleel White); and 2042 Alex (John Larroquette), who’s dealing with being a

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rich, white old guy in President Ivanka Trump’s America (just kidding … or am I?). I’d say “first cancellation of the season,” but it’s a turrible year all around, so … No entertainment rag has declared “Autism is the new black!” just yet, but the season is young. As is The Good Doctor (series debut, Monday, Sept. 25, ABC), who’s played by former “Norman” Freddie Highmore (Bates Motel). Like Netflix’s Atypical, it’s a series about a young man living with autism; unlike Atypical, The Good Doctor’s Shaun Murphy (Highmore) is a 20-something surgeon with the power of life and death in his hands, man! Don’t you understand the gravity?! It’s probably going to be that every week, even though the pilot episode sets up what could have been an unusual medical drama—networks don’t like “unusual,” so ABC will micromanage this into a case-of-the-week yawner. Yes, Lifetime recently aired a Menendez Brothers movie (with Courtney Love as Momma Menendez!), but who cares? The first eight-episode installment of new anthology show Law & Order: True Crime (series debut, Tuesday, Sept. 26, NBC) gives ‘90s murder dreamboats Lyle and Erik Menendez more of an in-depth, American Crime Story-esque treatment with bigger names (well, Anthony Edwards and Heather Graham), but no convincing answer to the question, “Uh, why?” It’s fun watching familiar stars playing historical dress-up (though Lolita Davidovich’s Kitty is no match for Courtney Love’s), but episodes 237 and 238 of crime-comedy series The Last Podcast on the Left are more entertaining, and educational. To appeal/pander to the red-state regressives who voted in the New Orange Order, CBS brings you SEAL Team (series debut, Wednesday, Sept. 27, CBS), a military procedural that’s just a weak clone of History Channel’s Navy SEAL drama Six that swaps out the incomparable Walton Goggins for the inconsequential David Boreanaz and adds more models in uniform. They’re pretty ’Merican heroes with ugly personal probs! Don’t we already have, like, eight NCISes? If I also don’t automatically thumbs-up similar new military dramas The Brave (NBC) and Valor (The CW … yes, The CW), am I just a Liberal Media weenie who doesn’t Support the Troops? Send those letters c/o this publication! PJH

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STRONGER

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

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character’s arc in Stronger from selfpity to some measure of acceptance never feels like a product smoothed out for mass-market uplift. As great as Gyllenhaal is, however, Maslany is even better. There’s a fascinating dynamic built into the relationship between Jeff and Erin, predicated on the guilt Erin feels because Jeff was only at the finish line as a romantic gesture to support her running in the marathon, at a time when they were actually broken up. Maslany gets a couple of solid big speeches as she tries to tough-love Jeff out of his despair, but the real magic in her performance is physical—all about body language and eye movements, and revealing the ferocious strength in this woman. If there’s a better supporting performance in 2017, it will be a great year indeed. While Stronger never takes the spotlight off of the relationships between its main characters, the narrative eventually does circle back to the events of April 15, 2014, in a scene that captures the chaos and carnage in a way that’s honest and hard to watch but still restrained. Yet while that scene might serve as the emotional climax in a dumber, uglier version of this story, this movie instead builds to the meeting between Jeff and Carlos (Carlos Sanz), the man whose intervention at the scene of the bombing saved Jeff’s life. It’s a true lump-in-the-throat exchange—one of many in Stronger— because it’s all about the inexplicable things that people can need in order to feel whole again. This is why Stronger—even as the pacing drags a bit in its second half, and it makes unfortunate use of the cliché of the Purging Shower—proves so surprisingly touching when Jeff ultimately finds himself able to acknowledge why anyone might see him as a hero, when all he did in his own mind was lose his legs. Everything circles back to the vision embodied by that scene of Jeff’s dressings getting changed, because Green’s camera isn’t focused on what Jeff has lost. It focuses on two people, and on the connections that make it possible to crawl back from the abyss. PJH

4-5 p.m.Valley of the Tetons Library, n Canyon Kids 7:30-11 p.m.Silver Dollar Showroom, Free, 307-732-3939 n Live Music at the Mangy Moose Saloon: Ian McIver 7:30-10:30 p.m.Mangy Moose Saloon, Free, n Free Public Stargazing Programs 9-11 p.m.Rendezvous Park, 1-844-996-7827 n Friday Night DJs 10 p.m.The Rose, Free, 307-733-1500

TRUE TV

BY BILL FROST

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EAT IT!

Play The Curried Game East meets West with this exotic preparation for game meats. BY ANNIE FENN, MD

hen my copy of Buck, Buck, Moose: Recipes and Techniques for Cooking Deer, Elk, Antelope, Moose and Other Antlered Things by Hank Shaw came in the mail, I went straight to the chapter on ground venison. Like most hunting families, we happen to have a lot of ground meat in the freezer. And just in case all the elements of the hunt line up perfectly for my husband and his bow, we’ll have an elk coming soon. All this means that it behooves me to get to the bottom of my freezer and make room. Shaw’s chapter on meatballs, burgers and other ground meat dishes is just what my wild game recipe repertoire hungered for. There’s a recipe for mushroom burgers using venison, fresh mushrooms and dried morels. Morels! Shaw also reveals his secret to making perfect venison smashburgers. (Hint: it’s all about the fineness of the grind and the percentage of fat.) But the recipes that I am immediately drawn to are the meatballs. Rolling meat into balls and simmering them in a bubbling pot seems to be part of my DNA. My Sicilian grandparents were raised in a culture of frugality in which meat made a rare appearance at the table. By mixing meatballs with bread crumbs,

finely chopped vegetables, From herbs, garlic and whatever tidbits of food needed to be used up, Sicilians were masters of stretching a meal to feed many mouths. My grandmother placed two raisins inside each meatball “to keep them moist.” I can’t help but think she just had a lot of raisins in her larder. Given the delicious nip in the air, I was immediately drawn to Shaw’s Indian Kofta Meatball Curry. I love making curry, especially with wild game meats, but I have never rolled ground venison into balls and simmered them in an Indian curry sauce. For this, Shaw’s new cookbook has already paid for itself in my mind. If you are also a fan of making curries, you probably already have the spices for this recipe on hand—garam masala, fennel seed, ground fenugreek, turmeric and a good curry powder. It’s important that the spices are fresh so this would be a good time to take a spice cabinet inventory. Another ingredient in this recipe may be new to you: chickpea flour. The meatballs are coated in chickpea flour then pan-fried in oil before being added to the curry. Shaw gives you permission to skip this step and just gently place your meatballs directly into the curry, but I suggest you give the chickpea flour coating a try. For the last few years I’ve fallen hard for chickpea flour. The first thing I ever tasted made with chickpea flour was a fritter called panelle from the streets of Palermo, Sicily, where it is a local specialty. I have been obsessed with the ingredient ever since. Anyone who is gluten-free is probably already cooking with chickpea flour, also called gram flour or besan. I love it for its nutty flavor and because it is a nutrient dense food high in protein, iron and fiber. Plain old white flour just doesn’t compare.

Buck, Buck, Moose: Recipes and Techniques for Cooking Deer, Elk, Antelope, Moose and Other Antlered Things, available locally at Valley Book Store Inc for $29.95.

INDIAN KOFTA MEATBALL CURRY Recipe from Buck, Buck, Moose: Recipes and Techniques for Cooking Deer, Elk, Antelope, Moose and Other Antlered Things. If you don’t have time to make the curry sauce from scratch, use storebought Kashmiri curry in a jar. Serves 4 to 6

Meatballs 1 ½ pounds finely ground venison 1 small onion, grated on a box grater One 2-inch piece of ginger, minced and mashed into a rough puree ¼ cup chopped cilantro 1 tablespoon garam masala 2 teaspoons ground fennel seed 1 egg 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup chickpea flour (optional) 1 cup vegetable oil (optional)

Curry (or 2 jars of store-bought Kashmiri curry sauce) One 3-inch piece of ginger, minced 1 onion, minced 2 small, hot chilies, such as cayenne, chopped 5 garlic cloves, minced ¼ cup clarified butter (ghee), mustard oil, or vegetable oil One 6-ounce can of tomato paste 2 teaspoons garam masala 2 teaspoons curry powder or turmeric ½ teaspoon fenugreek (optional) ½ teaspoon cornstarch ½ cup plain, full-fat yogurt If you’re using store-bought curry, get it simmering in a pot large enough to hold all the meatballs. Alternatively, if you’re making your own curry, whisk

the cornstarch with the yogurt, and set aside at room temperature. Now you need to turn the ginger, onions, chiles and garlic into a paste. You can do this several ways. Most traditional would be to pound it into submission with a mortar and pestle. Your other option is to put everything in a blender with just enough water to get the blades to run normally. The blender method sounds easier, but it’s not; if you put too much water into the mix, you’ll wreck the next step, which is cooking the paste in butter. When you have the vegetables mashed into a paste, fry them in the ghee over medium-low heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Don’t let it brown. Mix in the tomato paste and turn the heat to medium. Fill the tomato paste can with water and stir that in. Stir in the garam masala, curry powder, and fenugreek, if using. Add enough water to make the curry into a thin gravy, and bring it to a gentle simmer. To make the meatballs, mix all the ingredients together, and form into balls the size of a walnut. You can either cook them entirely in the curry, or coat them in the chickpea flour and fry them in the oil. When the last meatball goes into the curry, simmer everything for 10 minutes or so to make sure everything’s cooked through. Turn off the heat and when the curry stops bubbling, add the yogurt by folding it in. Serve with long-grain rice. PJH

After delivering babies and practicing gynecology for 20 years in Jackson, Annie traded her life as a doctor to pursue her other passion: writing about food, health, sustainability and the local food scene.

Serving the world’s most exciting cuisine. Teton Thai offers a splendid array of flavors: sweet, hot, sour, salt and bitter. All balanced and blended perfectly, satisfying the most discriminating palate. Open daily. 7432 Granite Loop Road in Teton Village, (307) 733-0022 and in Driggs, (208) 787-8424, tetonthai.com.

THAI ME UP

Home of Melvin Brewing Co. Freshly remodeled offering modern Thai cuisine in a relaxed setting. New tap system with 20 craft beers. New $8 wine list and extensive bottled beer menu. Open daily for dinner at 5pm. Downtown at 75 East Pearl Street. View our tap list at thaijh.com/brews. 307-733-0005.

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THE BLUE LION

A Jackson Hole favorite for 39 years. Join us in the charming atmosphere of a historic home. Serving fresh fish, elk, poultry, steaks, and vegetarian entrées. Ask a local about our rack of lamb. Live acoustic guitar music most nights. Open nightly at 5:30 p.m. Early Bird Special: 20% off entire bill between 5:30 & 6 p.m Must mention ad. Reservations recommended, walkins welcome. 160 N. Millward, (307) 733-3912, bluelionrestaurant.com

PICNIC

LOTUS ORGANIC RESTAURANT

Serving organic, freshly-made world cuisine while catering to all eating styles. Endless organic and natural meat, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free choices. Offering super smoothies, fresh extracted juices, espresso and tea. Full bar and house-infused botanical spirits. Serving breakfast, lunch & dinner starting at 8am daily. 140 N. Cache, (307) 7340882, theorganiclotus.com.

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MANGY MOOSE

Mangy Moose Restaurant, with locally sourced, seasonally fresh food at reasonable prices, is a always a fun place to go with family or friends for a unique dining experience. The personable staff will make you feel right at home and the funky western decor will keep you entertained throughout your entire visit. Teton Village, (307) 733-4913, mangymoose.com.

MOE’S BBQ

Opened in Jackson Hole by Tom Fay and David

FAMILY FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT PIZZAS, PASTAS & MORE HOUSEMADE BREAD & DESSERTS FRESH, LOCALLY SOURCED OFFERINGS TAKE OUT AVAILABLE Dining room and bar open nightly at 5:00pm (307) 733-2460 • 2560 Moose Wilson Road • Wilson, WY

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Our mission is simple: offer good food, made fresh, all day, every day. We know everyone’s busy, so we cater to on-the-go lifestyles with

Local, a modern American steakhouse and bar, is located on Jackson’s historic town square. Our menu features both classic and specialty cuts of locally-ranched meats and wild game alongside fresh seafood, shellfish, house-ground burgers, and seasonallyinspired food. We offer an extensive wine list and an abundance of locally-sourced products. Offering a casual and vibrant bar atmosphere with 12 beers on tap as well as a relaxed dining room, Local is the perfect spot to grab a burger for lunch or to have drinks and dinner with friends. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30am. Dinner Nightly 5:30pm. 55 North Cache, (307) 201-1717, localjh.com.

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Mangy Moose Restaurant, with locally sourced, seasonally FRESH FOOD at reasonable prices, is a always a FUN PLACE to go with family or friends for a unique dining experience. The personable staff will make you feel RIGHT AT HOME and the funky western decor will keep you entertained throughout your entire visit. Reservations at (307) 733-4913 3295 Village Drive • Teton Village, WY

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Serving authentic Swiss cuisine, the Alpenhof features European style breakfast entrées and alpine lunch fare. Dine in the Bistro for a casual meal or join us in the Alpenrose dining room for a relaxed dinner experience. Breakfast 7:30am-10am. Coffee & pastry 10am-11:30am. Lunch 11:30am-3pm. Aprés 3pm-5:30pm. Dinner 6pm-9pm. For reservations at the Bistro or Alpenrose, call 307-733-3242.

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Enjoy all the perks of fine dining, minus the dress code at Eleanor’s, serving rich, saucy dishes in a warm and friendly setting. Its bar alone is an attraction, thanks to reasonably priced drinks and a loyal crowd. Come get a belly-full of our two-time gold medal wings. Open at 11 a.m. daily. 832 W. Broadway, (307) 733-7901.

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Featuring dining destinations from buffets and rooms with a view to mom and pop joints, chic cuisine and some of our dining critic’s faves!

quick, tasty options for breakfast and lunch, including pastries and treats from our sister restaurant Persephone. Also offering coffee and espresso drinks plus wine and cocktails. Open Mon-Fri 7am-5pm, Wknds 7am-3pm 1110 Maple Way in West Jackson 307-2642956www.picnicjh.com

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(307) 733-0330 520 S. Hwy. 89 • Jackson, WY

Fogg, Moe’s Original Bar B Que features a Southern Soul Food Revival through its award-winning Alabama-style pulled pork, ribs, wings, turkey and chicken smoked over hardwood served with two unique sauces in addition to Catfish and a Shrimp Moe-Boy sandwich. A daily rotation of traditional Southern sides and tasty desserts are served fresh daily. Moe’s BBQ stays open late and features a menu for any budget. While the setting is familyfriendly, a full premium bar offers a lively scene with HDTVs for sports fans, music, shuffle board and other games upstairs. Large party takeout orders and full service catering with delivery is also available.

MILLION DOLLAR COWBOY STEAKHOUSE

Jackson’s first Speakeasy Steakhouse. The Million Dollar Cowboy Steakhouse is a hidden gem located below the world famous Million Dollar Cowboy Bar. Our menu offers guests the best in American steakhouse cuisine. Top quality chops and steaks sourced from local farms, imported Japanese Wagyu beef, and house-cured meats and sausages. Accentuated with a variety of thoughtful side dishes, innovative appetizers, creative vegetarian items, and decadent desserts, a meal at this landmark location is sure to be a memorable one. Reservations are highly recommended.

SNAKE RIVER BREWERY & RESTAURANT

America’s most award-winning microbrewery is serving lunch and dinner. Take in the atmosphere while enjoying wood-fired pizzas, pastas, burgers, sandwiches, soups, salads and desserts. $9 lunch menu. Happy hour 4 to 6 p.m., including tasty hot wings. The freshest beer in the valley, right from the source! Free WiFi. Open 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. 265 S. Millward. (307) 739-2337, snakeriverbrewing. com.

ITALIAN CALICO

A Jackson Hole favorite since 1965, the Calico continues to be one of the most popular restaurants in the Valley. The Calico offers the right combination of really good food, (much of which is grown in our own gardens in the summer), friendly staff; a reasonably priced menu and a large

selection of wine. Our bar scene is eclectic with a welcoming vibe. Open nightly at 5 p.m. 2560 Moose Wilson Rd., (307) 733-2460.

MEXICAN EL ABUELITO

Serving authentic Mexican cuisine and appetizers in a unique Mexican atmosphere. Home of the original Jumbo Margarita. Featuring a full bar with a large selection of authentic Mexican beers. Lunch served weekdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nightly dinner specials. Open seven days, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. 385 W. Broadway, (307) 733-1207.

PIZZA DOMINO’S PIZZA

Hot and delicious delivered to your door. Handtossed, deep dish, crunchy thin, Brooklyn style and artisan pizzas; bread bowl pastas, and oven baked sandwiches; chicken wings, cheesy breads and desserts. Delivery. 520 S. Hwy. 89 in Kmart Plaza, (307) 733-0330.

PINKY G’S

The locals favorite! Voted Best Pizza in Jackson Hole 2012-2016. Seek out this hidden gem under the Pink Garter Theatre for NY pizza by the slice, salads, strombolis, calzones and many appetizers to choose from. Try the $7 ‘Triple S’ lunch special. Happy hours 10 p.m. - 12 a.m. Sun.- Thu. Text PINK to 71441 for discounts. Delivery and take-out. Open daily 11a.m. to 2 a.m. 50 W. Broadway, (307) 734-PINK.

PIZZERIA CALDERA

Jackson Hole’s only dedicated stone-hearth oven pizzeria, serving Napolitana-style pies using the

freshest ingredients in traditional and creative combinations. Five local micro-brews on tap, a great selection of red and white wines by the glass and bottle, and one of the best views of the Town Square from our upstairs deck. Daily lunch special includes slice, salad or soup, any two for $8. Happy hour: half off drinks by the glass from 4 - 6 daily. Dine in or carry out. Or order online at PizzeriaCaldera.com, or download our app for iOS or Android. Open from 11am - 9:30pm daily at 20 West Broadway. 307-201-1472.

BEER, WINE & SPIRITS

Wine & Swine Getting the skinny on piggish wine pairings. BY GUS MAGANN

all add up to influence the choice of wine—far more than merely the pork itself. The pork we find in our supermarkets has been bred over the past few decades to be extremely lean. On the other hand, more and more people are seeking out the heritage breeds of yesteryear (e.g., Berkshire) which are fattier and much more flavorful. The reason I bring this up is that a fattier piece of meat can stand up to a bigger, oakier wine better than its leaner counterpart. These heritage breeds are pricey, so most of us must deal with what we can get at the corner store. But even within the same animal, different pig parts are fattier than others, of course. Method of preparation is indeed important. Roasting or braising intensifies flavors, resulting in heartier dishes than will a simple sauté. Accompaniments are all-important; turn that simple sauté into a stir fry and the soy/ chile/hoisin component is the most prominent factor to contend with, not the pork. The infamous

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season’s game are, well, game. Pork shoulder offers another insight. From chile verde to a slow-roasted fennel/ orange-zest spiked main course, how and with what the meat is prepared means everything. Subjectivity reigns supreme when it comes to wine pairings (don’t let anyone tell you otherwise), so the dining situation also plays a big role. Notwithstanding key flavor components in a dish, an attention-getting crown roast of pork with chestnut dressing calls for a special-occasion wine, much more than Wednesdaynight Italian sausage and peppers (although yours truly will always opt for the sausage and peppers, but that’s my preference). These brief examples only begin to show how the cut of meat, method of preparation, accompaniments and situation are important factors when considering what to serve with pork and other “neutral” meats, such as chicken and veal. Please remember, though, even at the table, the large part of your sipping will be the wine on its own, so, as always, drink what you like. This is not rocket science, and even if your wine selection is an utter failure, it’s fall, after all—you always have bourbon. PJH

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Local is a modern American steakhouse and bar located on Jackson’s historic town square. Serving locally raised beef and, regional game, fresh seafood and seasonally inspired food, Local offers the perfect setting for lunch, drinks or dinner.

sautéed pork chops with apple sauce and a crisp German Riesling or Spanish Albarino make my lips smack. But jam pack those chops with brioche stuffing and braise them in a Dijon cream sauce, and an oaky California Chardonnay finds a place at the table. Oven-roasted with a porcini mushroom reduction, and the red wines mentioned above for the

t the table this time of year, many appetites dream of wild game. And as the various preparations go for this gamey fare, so goes the wine: hearty red wines with lots of fruit, spice and earthiness to them. Roasted pheasant with Oregon Pinot Noir or French Red Burgundy; braised venison shoulder with a Syrah from Washington state or the Northern Rhone Valley of France; rack of wild boar with a Zinfandel from California’s Sierra foothills or a Chianti Classico from Tuscany—that’s the ticket. But wait a minute. On the subject of wild boar, what about its domestic cousin? After all, is autumn not the traditional time of year for hog festivals and sausage making? And, while the wines meant for wild game seem to make themselves quite apparent, pork is an entirely different matter. Pork, in general, is what we call a “neutral” meat, meaning that it is a chameleon when it comes to wine pairings, depending on a variety of factors. Fattiness, method of preparation, accompaniments and the situation

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SUDOKU

Complete the grid so that each row, column, diagonal and 3x3 square contain all of the numbers 1 to 9. No math is involved. The grid has numbers, but nothing has to add up to anything else. Solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic. Solving time is typically 10 to 30 minutes, depending on your skill and experience.

L.A.TIMES “ENCAPSULATING” By MATT McKINLEY

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

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Parcel of land Confused state Chapter XXVIII of “Moby-Dick” Creator of a quirky cartoon family 19 Island veranda 20 Old cereal box no. 21 __ Alto 22 Vacation option 23 Designated meditation area? 25 Key to a discography including “Purple Rain”? 27 Writer known for his surprise endings 28 Old lemon 29 Pick 30 Longtime TV host Carol 33 Expansive 34 Lhasa __: small dog 36 Dots in l’océan 37 Lift 40 Exist 41 Library attention-getter 45 Purity meas. 46 Vacant look, e.g.? 49 Annual report VIP 50 Quaint “before” 51 High school phase for many 52 Testing site 53 Oral dozen 55 Got out of the stable, say 57 “Platoon” setting 60 Atlantic and Pacific, e.g. 62 Lincoln in-law 63 One who doesn’t stay put 65 Bard’s bedtime 66 __ Reader 67 Southampton sword 69 Tirade from an underground worker? 71 Smartened (up) 72 Stopper 73 Water control project 74 Hound attraction

75 Spanish ayes 76 Fashionable sort? 79 Witch 80 In abundance 83 Emcee responsibilities 84 Opposite of pref. 86 Dominated 88 “That’s surprising” 89 Loving murmur 90 Elegant knight’s accoutrement? 94 Tap choice, for short 95 Lombardy Castle city 97 USO show audience 98 “Me too” 99 Tech news website 100 Browning, e.g. 102 Rocky areas?: Abbr. 103 Oversees 105 Unemotional 108 Farewell that’s bid 110 One of two using matched weapons 112 New Englander from Lhasa? 114 Viper’s bar order? 118 Storied restaurant 119 Suit to __ 120 Fallen space station 121 Rink fakes 122 Hems in 123 Hires competitor 124 BART stop, e.g. 125 Rarely ordered food?

11 Posh party invitees 12 Doggy bag item 13 Expert 14 Hangs on a line 15 Longtime rubber company 16 Personal assistant 17 PC speed unit 18 Suggestive message 24 Took back 26 Shannon’s county 30 Yamaha user 31 Extreme 32 What to click in response to an offensive tweet? 33 Fight (for) 35 Writers 38 ICU personnel 39 Infomercial urging 40 Completely surrounding 42 Insufficient medley? 43 Calm 44 Like green salads 46 Time for una siesta 47 Down 48 From A __ 54 Title name that “Every little breeze seems to whisper,” in a Chevalier song 56 One may be exposed by an expert 58 Iowa State city 59 Spring time 61 First got acquainted DOWN 63 Serious foe 1 Comfort during a tough time, for 64 De Matteo of “The short Sopranos” 2 Bleachers sound 67 Do film editing work 3 California’s Santa __ River 68 Program with steps 4 Camera choices 69 Green eggs advo5 10% donation cate 6 Like the biggest stories 70 Namibia neighbor 7 Smell 71 Author who wrote 8 Reminiscent of venison “Life imitates Art 9 Soothe far more than Art 10 Aggressive marketing imitates Life”

73 Two pills, perhaps 75 Cereal brand since 1955 77 49-Acrosses lead them 78 More than trot 80 “Archie Bunker’s Place” co-star 81 Plains dwelling 82 Dublin-born poet 85 Nailed, say 87 Sound file suffix 91 Business baron 92 Cold War protest sign slogan 93 They don’t play the field: Abbr. 96 Each 99 Floor covering 101 Two trios and a duo 102 Mazda sports car 104 Requirements 105 Shot in the dark 106 Floor covering 107 Kimono holders 109 Twosome 110 Mil. awards 111 Quart, say 113 Pack animal 115 ’50s White House nickname 116 1995 Tony honoree for Excellence in the Theatre: Abbr. 117 Sound of reproach

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Bear Medicine for Changing Seasons “O’ GREAT SPIRIT help me always…to remember the peace that may be found in silence.” Cherokee prayer

Bear Medicine Native American peoples look to nature to teach them how to live in harmony and how to align with both the practical and the spiritual potentials of each season. In Native American tradition, the bear is the animal which teaches the deeper meaning of autumn. We are fortunate to live among the bears in the greater Teton area. Bear Medicine, or wisdom, is the power of introspection, of going deep within, and says that all the answers to whatever we want to know lie within us.

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Intuition, inner peace, insight, higher intelligence and unconditional love are all states of being which are sourced from within. Bear Medicine shows us how important it is to go into the deepest states of stillness. The den, or the cave is the symbol for the inner self or the higher self, which connects us to all of Creation. Many tribes have called this space of inner-knowing the Dream Lodge, where we can perceive beyond this physical reality into the expansiveness of eternity. We all have the ability to go into the silence and to know. The higher self or the soulful self is the “you” that is so much more than this physical body. It’s “you” the infinite, eternal, loving, intelligent consciousness of pure awareness. Soulful guidance bypasses the mind. How do you know when your soul or higher self is answering a question and directing you? You just know. Then the mind can fill in the logistics and support data.

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Follow the autumn rhythms by slowing down and allowing it. For us, it means less time doing and more time just being. Ways to go within include: meditating, practicing yoga, walking in silence, listening to peaceful music, going for a hike and taking in the beauty, unplugging from devices, practicing gratitude, watching logs burn in the fireplace, journaling, remembering dreams, watching a sunset, gazing at the stars… There are also workshops, classes, books, movies, webinars and mentors to guide the way. Email me if you’d like suggestions. Lastly… keep in mind the following: “In busyness we get lost; in stillness we get conscious.”~ unknown PJH

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Right now, the bear is teaching us to transition seasons in order to go within. The bear’s process is to consume food from the end of summer harvest to support its life until spring. This is its preparation to den deep within Mother Earth where it will hibernate for many months in communion with the planet’s greater intelligence and wisdom. We are also meant to gather in the bounty of the harvest and to take stock of what we need and no longer need in support of harmonizing with the shorter days, colder temps and more muted colors of fall. This is also a time for us to clear our physical closets and our emotional closets, so that we keep only what is essential as we move into the next seasons. There are fall foods which add to grounding and calibrating to the new

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Filmmakers often have test audiences evaluate their products before releasing it to the masses. If a lot of viewers express a particular critique, the filmmaker may make changes, even cutting out certain scenes or altering the ending. You might want to try a similar tack in the coming weeks, Virgo. Solicit feedback on the new projects and trends you’ve been working on—not just from anyone, of course, but rather from smart people who respect you. And be sure they’re not inclined to tell you only what you want to hear. Get yourself in the mood to treasure honesty and objectivity. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) The poet E. E. Cummings said, “To be nobody-but-yourself—in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else—means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” On the other hand, naturalist and writer Henry David Thoreau declared that “We are constantly invited to be who we are,” to become “something worthy and noble.” So which of these two views is correct? Is fate aligned against us, working hard to prevent us from knowing and showing our authentic self? Or is fate forever conspiring in our behalf, seducing us to master our fullest expression? I’m not sure if there’s a final, definitive answer, but I can tell you this, Libra: In the coming months, Thoreau’s view will be your predominant truth.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Author Barbara Ehrenreich has done extensive research on the annals of partying. She says modern historians are astounded by the prodigious amount of time that medieval Europeans spent having fun together. “People feasted, drank, and danced for days on end,” she writes. Seventeenth-century Spaniards celebrated festivals five months of each year. In 16th-century France, peasants devoted an average of one day out of every four to “carnival revelry.” In accordance with current astrological omens, you Sagittarians are authorized to match those levels of conviviality in the coming weeks.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) “If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.” declared comedian Steven Wright. My Great Uncle Ned had a different perspective. “If at first you don’t succeed,” he told me, “redefine the meaning of success.” I’m not a fan of Wright’s advice, but Ned’s counsel has served me well. I recommend you try it out, Gemini. Here’s another bit of folk wisdom that might be helpful. Psychotherapist Dick Olney said that what a good therapist does is help her clients wake up from the delusion that they are the image they have of themselves. CANCER (June 21-July 22) What is home? The poet Elizabeth Corn pondered that question. She then told her lover that home was “the stars on the tip of your tongue, the flowers sprouting from your mouth, the roots entwined in the gaps between your fingers, the ocean echoing inside of your ribcage.” I offer this as inspiration, Cancerian, since now is a perfect time to dream up your own poetic testimonial about home. What experiences make you love yourself best? What situations bring out your most natural exuberance? What influences feel like gifts and blessings? Those are all clues to the beloved riddle “What is home?” LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You’re most likely to thrive if you weave together a variety of styles and methods. The coming weeks will be a highly miscellaneous time, and you can’t afford to get stuck in any single persona or approach. As an example of how to proceed, I invite you to borrow from both the thoughtful wisdom of the ancient Greek poet Homer and the silly wisdom of the cartoon character Homer Simpson. First, the poet: “As we learn, we must daily unlearn something which it has cost us no small labor and anxiety to acquire.” Now here’s Homer Simpson: “Every time I learn something new, it pushes out something old.”

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) “The brain is wider than the sky,” wrote Emily Dickinson. “The brain is deeper than the sea.” I hope you cultivate a vivid awareness of those truths in the coming days, Aquarius. In order to accomplish the improbable tasks you have ahead of you, you’ve got to unleash your imagination, allowing it to bloom to its full power so it can encompass vast expanses and delve down into hidden abysses. Try this visualization exercise: Picture yourself bigger than the planet Earth, holding it tenderly in your hands.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) If the weather turns bad or your allies get sad or the news of the world grows even crazier, you will thrive. I’m not exaggerating or flattering you. It’s exactly when events threaten to demoralize you that you’ll have maximum power to redouble your fortitude and effectiveness. Developments that other people regard as daunting will trigger breakthroughs for you. Your allies’ confusion will mobilize you to manifest your unique visions of what it takes to live a good life.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Kittens made French Emperor Napoleon III lose his composure. He shook and screamed around them. Butterflies scare actress Nicole Kidman. My friend Allie is frightened by photos of Donald Trump. As for me, I have an unnatural fear of watching reality TV. What about you, Capricorn? Are you susceptible to any odd anxieties or nervous fantasies that provoke agitation? If so, the coming weeks will be a perfect time to overcome them. Why? Because you’ll be host to an unprecedented slow-motion outbreak of courage that you can use to free yourself from long-standing worries.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Psychologists say most people need a scapegoat—a personification of wickedness and ignorance onto which they can project the unacknowledged darkness in their own hearts. That’s the bad news. Here’s the good news: The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to neutralize that reflex and at least partially divest yourself of the need for scapegoats. How? The first thing to do is identify your own darkness with courageous clarity. Get to know it better. Converse with it. Negotiate with it. The more conscientiously you deal with that shadowy stuff within you, the less likely you’ll be to demonize other people.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) “When you do your best, you’re depending to a large extent on your unconscious, because you’re waiting for the thing you can’t think of.” So said Scorpio director Mike Nichols in describing his process of making films. Now I’m conveying this idea to you just in time for the beginning of a phase I call “Eruptions from Your Unconscious.” In the coming weeks, you will be ripe to receive and make good use of messages from the depths of your psyche. At any other time, these simmering bits of brilliance might remain below the threshold of your awareness, but for the foreseeable future they’ll be bursting through and making themselves available to be plucked.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) I got an email from a fan of Piscean singer Rihanna. He complained that my horoscopes rarely mention celebrities. “People love astrological predictions about big stars,” he wrote. “So what’s your problem? Are you too ‘cultured’ to give us what we the people really want? Get off your high horse and ‘lower’ yourself to writing about our heroes. You could start with the lovely, talented, and very rich Rihanna.” I told Rihanna’s fan that my advice for mega-stars is sometimes different from what it is for average folks. For Piscean mega-stars like Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Ellen Page, and Bryan Cranston, for example, the coming weeks will be a time to lay low, chill out, and recharge. But non-famous Pisceans will have prime opportunities to boost their reputation, expand their reach, and wield a stronger-than-usual influence in the domains they frequent.

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