by Staff | May 9, 2013 | Blog, Field Notes
Last week I got to share my love of the River with four spirited women. On our way to the Quapaw outpost in Arkansas, we got a taste of history as we drove through the historic Stovall Plantation, the place where the great blues legend Muddy Waters was raised by his...
by Staff | Apr 12, 2013 | Blog, Field Notes
The rains seem to last throughout the month of April in the Delta as the Mississippi River and its tributaries rise above their muddy banks, refilling the wetlands and estuaries needed during the breeding season for many amphibians and reptiles. The cypress trees are...
by Staff | Jan 8, 2013 | Blog, Field Notes
As I sit here singing Sam Cooke’s version of “Change is Gonna Come”, a beautiful red tail hawk lands on the large sycamore branch above me. It is a fitting song since Cooke was born here in Clarksdale, Mississippi, not far from where I sit now...
by Staff | Dec 13, 2012 | Blog, Field Notes
By Mark “River” Peoples Mighty Quapaw Youth Leader 1 Mississippi Southern Regional Intern www.1mississippi.org I awake on the Sunrise Bar with a layer of ice on the canopy of my tent with the Chickasaw Bluffs in the distance. We are one day into our Low Water...
by Staff | Nov 26, 2012 | Blog, Field Notes
“What is a River Citizen?” I hear this question on a daily basis, but how can I answer it fully? How can one explain a feeling that is so wholly infused with one’s spirit? For me, I guess the first step to understanding what it means to be a River Citizen is...
by Staff | Nov 8, 2012 | Blog, Field Notes
By Mark “River” Peoples 1 Mississippi Intern, Quapaw Canoe Company We wake at the banks of the Yellowstone River. Instantly I start to reflect upon the sites, sounds, distinct landscapes and settings we use as boundaries. Separation by east, west, north,...
