Building the railroads was fundamental to that effort. The Homestead Act gave people 160 acres of land for a small fee if the independent farmer would live on the land and cultivate it for five years. After the US Civil War, the US government wanted people to move into Wyoming and Nebraska and settle there. Wyoming’s history plays an important part in the creation of present day US. In Cheyenne, I could sense a part of American history still alive there that one is less aware of when living far from that part of the US. There’s a sense of oneness between earth and sky, as when looking out over the ocean where the sea meets the sky. The sky holds you inside its rich, blue center and presents you with its expansive heart. Traveling across the landscape to get to Cheyenne, I felt the wide embrace of the grassy plain, and a calm, deep presence of the earth’s steadfastness. Though I never lived in Wyoming, I have ancestors who once did, and I wanted to experience what it felt like standing on that earth and to absorb some of the history of this part of the US through being there. Recently, I travelled to Cheyenne, Wyoming via Fort Collins, Colorado. Curtice, Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day Let’s learn from one another as we go.” Kaitlin B. This is what it means to be human, to love and be loved. “Our work is to call each other home, to call to one another’s spirits and say, “This is for you.
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