December 2021

As a tribal member of the Quapaw five hundred years ago would have probably found the women by the river under a tree talking about the crops of corn, squash and beans, or the three sisters, and pottery, the men were probably out hunting deer or buffalo. Artist Betty Gaedtke is doing what she can as a one-quarter Quapaw, to rebuild what has been called a dying nation, having lost 80% to smallpox. She has said that her mother was a half-blood and noted the full bloods of the tribe have died. Her mother, now recently gone, was the daughter of the oldest pure blood and her mom was the eldest living half blood.

Raccoons Have High IQ Levels. When considering the mammal intelligence scale, raccoons rank closer to humans than most people would normally think. In general, monkeys are ranked right below humans and great apes, and with raccoons scoring average IQ levels below monkeys, they are considerably close to human IQ levels as well. In addition to their high IQ scores, raccoons are known to have evolving intelligence and methods of thinking. They can learn from past experiences and engage in critical and problem-solving thinking when obstacles arise. Moreover, because of their notable intelligence, raccoons were once candidates for lab testing alongside rats and monkeys but were discarded for being too smart, adaptive and strong-willed. Raccoons can make