The Republic, Columbus, Indiana, May 8, 1893

Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte;

Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte was the first Native American woman to earn a medical degree. She attended the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia, graduating in 1889. La Flesche Picotte grew up on the Omaha Reservation and returned there after completing her studies, opening a hospital for its residents in 1913 which was the first privately funded hospital in Omaha.

The hospital building still remains today and has been converted into a museum in her honour, featuring her work as a doctor and preserving the legacy of Omaha and the Ho-Chunk tribes that resided their. It also has a centre for the care of children named in Susan’s honour and has been designated as a National Historical Landmark.

cute date idea: we sit by the river and watch the sky. you talk about the universe and I can’t help but grin at the fact your eyes shine brighter than the sun rising in the background. you are my universe. i want to love you forever.

Hey guys, I need a bit of an emergency fund. On the way to California this weekend, me and my seven friends were in a four vehicle car accident. On the way back, our remaining car broke down just after we crossed state lines. If you can support us at all, the amount raised will be split between everyone who was road trip. Though we are all okay, we still need to go to doctors and get repairs to our cars. I also just lost my job a couple days before leaving, so this puts me in a really tight spot. If you guys could share or donate, I would really appreciate it! All I can do is send you a personalized message or a shout out or a follow back, but please know I would be so eternally greatful.

Wonderful new book from Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers and author Kyle Cassidy, This Is What a Librarian Looks Like: A Celebration of Libraries, Communities, and Access to Information.

Gili Islands, Indonesia | by Travis Burke

“St. Lawrence Sailboat” by Great Wide World Photography 

A sailboat spends the night before entering the Rideau Canal from the St. Lawrence River in Ottawa, Ontario. 

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You know in the movies where the white guys are paddling down a river and come across the skulls of animals hanging from tree’s as the music turns to eerie and somber.  A hunter once told me that signs like that aren’t dire or meant to be scary. The idea is to tell other hunters which animals have been hunted recently. The skulls are hung up by their soft tissue and eventually they’ll fall to the ground.  In this way they are able to practice conservation by not hunting the most recent kills in the area. 

Very true!