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for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas atThis spring, a torrent of rain sent a river rushing over a field on the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin, destroying most of what was in its path, including the traditionally important crop of white corn.
Families tried planting a second time, but it was too wet; many seeds dissolved in the water-soaked soil. The corn that did sprout was patchy and stunted.It looked “anemic,” said Lea Zeise, one of the coordinators of Ohe·láku, a non-profit that works with the families planting crops. “Really skinny and really frail.”Members of Ohe·laku, a non-profit that works with the families planting crops, pick white corn in its early form known as green corn during a harvest on the Oneida Nation Reservation on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Oneida, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
Members of Ohe·laku, a non-profit that works with the families planting crops, pick white corn in its early form known as green corn during a harvest on the Oneida Nation Reservation on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Oneida, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)Lea Zeise, one of Ohe·laku’s co-coordinators of the non-profit that works with the families planting crops, examines a cob of white corn in its early form known as green corn during a harvest on the Oneida Nation Reservation, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Oneida, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
Lea Zeise, one of Ohe·laku’s co-coordinators of the non-profit that works with the families planting crops, examines a cob of white corn in its early form known as green corn during a harvest on the Oneida Nation Reservation, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Oneida, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
A few members picked what remained at the end of August in its early form, known as green corn, but it was barely enough to go around. There will be none of their white corn in the annual food boxes sent to tribal elders next year. And the harvest moon event, traditionally an important time for ceremonies and community gathering, has been canceled.U.S. stocks leapt after China and the United States announced a 90-day truce in their trade war.
The S&P 500 jumped 3.3% Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 1,100 points, and the Nasdaq composite rallied 4.3%.Hopes for an economy less encumbered by tariffs also sent crude oil prices higher. The U.S. dollar strengthened against other currencies, and Treasury yields jumped on expectations the Federal Reserve won’t have to cut interest rates so deeply this year in order to protect the economy.
Analysts warned conditions could still quickly change, as has so often happened in President Donald Trump’s trade wars.The S&P 500 rose 184.28 points, or 3.3%, to 5,844.19.