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Michael V. Nixon
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Lawyer, Strategist, Consultant, an' 'at.

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Western Apache crown dancers photo courtesy of Elias Butler, Photographer
https://www.eliasbutler.com
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Apache Stronghold, a nonprofit org:

Protect #OakFlat

Homepage: www.apache-stronghold.com

2025 News: www.apache-stronghold.com/2025-press-r...

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Poster of a color photograph of a young Western Apache woman in traditional black, white, blue & yellow beaded Apache dress, with red face paint & rawhide headband with abalone shell. Banner on poster header reads: “Save Oak Flat.”
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Nov 26 2025
DAY 4: ALICE - BEFORE TIME BEGAN

“Today, we are dropping in from the ‘Tales of ‘69’ album with the tale of ‘Alice - Before Time Began’. This is the longest take on this classic song, clocking in at a whopping 30:08!” ~ Arlo Guthrie

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Psychedelic artwork and photographic portrait of the Arlo Guthrie album cover for ‘Tales of ‘69’.
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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“A is for A**#%!@$.”
Big Bird in Sesame Street Big Bird reading a storybook during a taping of Sesame Street, 2008. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Big-Bird
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Yes, indeed!

And among the other indigenous scared places that needs to be protected again, too, as you know (thank you!), is #OakFlat

Many prayers…. 🙏 ✨

www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/oa...
IMAGE 1: Grove of Emory Oaks at Chi'Chil Biłdagoteel National Historic District & Western Apache Traditional Cultural Property. Photograph by Russ McSpadden / Center for Biological Diversity, from “The Mine at Oak Flat: A Timeline of Government Bad Faith” by Asa Burroughs, Moyers On Democracy (December 29, 2020). Available online at https://billmoyers.com/story/the-mine-at-oak-flat-a-timeline-of-a- government-bad-faith/ Some of the supporters visiting the campground at the Western Apache sacred place of Oak Flat, holding signs saying “Protect Oak Flat.”
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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“Needs more cowbell.”
Color photo of actor Christopher Walken from the ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch ‘More Cowbell’ — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Cowbell
November 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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No small feat.
Photo of Lowell George by Dave Nuttycombe, courtesy of the Little Feat website.
November 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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October 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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October 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Indeed.
October 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Wyoming.
Color still photo of actor John Cazale in ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ (1975)
October 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Still color photo of NBC’s Saturday Night Live actor Jon Lovitz in character as the pathological liar Tommy Flanagan, grinning as he sits at a desk in front of a map of the world with the caption of the pathological liar’s catch phrase, “Yeah that’s the ticket”.
October 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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This was a happening:
Poster for Robbie Krieger playing The Doors’ ‘The Soft Parade’ album live at the Whisky a Go Go July 26, 2025. Photo of Robbie Krieger playing ‘Riders on the Storm’ with surprise special guest singer Dennis Quaid, “an actor out on loan”, live at the Whisky a Go Go, July 26, 2025.
October 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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“Don’t forget about the strawberries.”
Humphrey Bogart in character as Captain Queeg sitting at the galley table of his ship in the movie ‘The Caine Mutiny’ (1955, Edward Dmytryk, Director).
October 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Color photograph of Greta Thunberg & Jane Goodall after Greta’s fiery & inspiring address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 2019. (Photographer unknown).
October 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Color photograph of climate protection & human rights activist, Greta Thunberg smiling while sitting in a sunny spot in an orange T-shirt that reads “Decolonize” in red letters, while held illegally by Israeli Defense Forces kidnappers after participating in the international food relief flotilla to Gaza.
October 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Color photograph of climate protection & human rights activist, Greta Thunberg smiling while sitting in a sunny spot in an orange T-shirt that reads “Decolonize” in red letters, while held illegally by Israeli Defense Forces kidnappers after participating in the international food relief flotilla to Gaza.
October 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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HaPpY BiRtHdAy!

Live it up!
September 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Indeed! And so, too:

Protect #OakFlat
Poster of a color photograph of a young Western Apache woman in traditional black, white, blue & yellow beaded Apache dress, with red face paint & rawhide headband with abalone shell. Banner on poster header reads: “Save Oak Flat.”
September 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Star Wars’ Jabba the Hutt with members of his staff in his palace chamber room.
September 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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Thanks, darth. I’m a lawyer helping my dear Apache Stronghold friends trying to protect their very sacred place, Chi'chil Biłdagoteel (“Emory oak extends on a level” aka “Oak Flat”), from total destruction and obliteration by the U.S. government & foreign copper mining corporations. Many prayers….✨
Poster of a color photograph of a young Western Apache woman in traditional black, white, blue & yellow beaded Apache dress, with red face paint & rawhide headband with abalone shell. Banner on poster header reads: “Save Oak Flat.”
September 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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It should happen.
“Pittsburgh's 41-year-old quarterback Aaron Rodgers celebrates winning his debut for the Steelers in a victory over his previous NFL team, the New York Jets (Mitchell Leff)”
September 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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But they have to climb over the wall & up the fence to get in.

And us early birds get BOGO souvenir bats & a T-shirt.
Mad Magazine color portrait image of the Alfred E. Neumann character with the famous iconic “What? Me Worry?” caption.
August 4, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Under a tree canopy at #OakFlat, members of the Land Justice Futures delegation hold signs in support of Apache religious freedoms and rights. (Courtesy of Land Justice Futures):
Under a tree canopy at Oak Flat, members of the Land Justice Futures delegation hold signs in support of Apache religious freedoms and rights. (Courtesy of Land Justice Futures)
August 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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In a color ‘Peanuts’ comic panel by Charles Schulz, Lucy Van Pelt is walking behind her brother Linus, exclaiming “We’re doomed, Linus. Doomed!!” And Linus looking straight ahead replies, “Doomed?”
July 16, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands, frowning.
July 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM