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The Story of the Grieving Woman and the Sage-Grouse

Grouse: Episode Five
Image: A male Greater Sage-Grouse

 

The Greater Sage-Grouse appears in the the songs, stories, and dances of many Indigenous Peoples of the West. In this episode of Grouse, Wilson Wewa, an elder of the Northern Paiute Nation of the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon, remembers the first time he encountered a sage-grouse lek as a child. He also shares an ancient story from the Wasco Nation about a grieving woman who finds solace among the sage hens. We are losing these birds, Wilson says, but they can still provide important lessons about hope and joy in a world that is short on both. 

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This episode of BirdNote Presents was made possible with generous support from Jim and Birte Falconer.

Greater Sage-Grouse photo by Bob Wick, BLM, CC

Grouse artwork by Kima Lenaghan

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