Professor Peterson's retirement event + gift

[Darren Modzelewski]

Hi all,

I just wanted to let ya'll know that I picked up a Pendleton blanket to give to professor Peterson this afternoon.

Here is a pic:

and a quick description:

Sky Woman is from an original painting by Native American watercolor artist Dawn Dark Mountain, of the Oneida tribe. She is a member of the turtle clan, and the turtle image appears in all of her paintings. The Iroquois say that long ago the sky people lived among the clouds. Sky Woman, who was with child, fell into the darkness of our world. As she fell, trying to hold on, she brought with her plants, roots and bits of earth. At last, birds helped her to land on the back of The Great Turtle in the water. Sea animals dived to find the sacred earth that fell with Sky Woman. Finally Muskrat spread some of the earth on Turtle’s back where it grew until it became the Earth. Then Turtle climbed into the sky and gathered lightning for the sun and the moon, and the world was no longer dark

For those of you who said you'd be willing to contribute, Thanks for the offer!  If you're still willing, that's appreciated, if not, totally understandable...BAR, end of the month, etc. If you're willing to kick in, send me a quick note again. Next week we can see how many folks there are, then divide the total (90.00 after taxes) evenly.  If the individual amount is greater than what you were planning/can kick in, not to worry.

Thank again.

Darren

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Darren Modzelewski, Ph.D 

J.D. Candidate, Berkeley Law

Fellow, Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues
Fellow, Center for Urban Ethnography