It affects all of us.
“What affects her community affects my community, what affects us affects them. When one nation loses the right to subsist on their own...
I'm Doing Something About It.
“Quite honestly I'm tired of talking about cultural appropriation, I’m doing something about it. I simply want to carve out a space where...
#DearNativeYouth
You know, I don't really write (or read) as often as I used to. At one point in my life I was a voracious reader and also dreamed of...
#ShellNo
"Us kids were told never to touch the water because it's so polluted. We can't get clams or fish or anything that the tribe used to be...
On using traditional Native ingredients...
“They’re like our old ancestors. They’ve been with our great, great grandfathers and their great, great grandfathers for so long. [This...
Native people didn't see land as something you owned.
“My tribe was originally from Nebraska. They were removed in 1876 to create land for the white settlers. Native people didn’t see land as...
The arrival of Tiger Lily
Guess who arrived in the mail today? Somehow, I don't think she'll end a robot like Robohontas, but we'll just have to see. She has more...
The Artwork of Julie Buffalohead
I first saw Julie Buffalohead's (Ponca) artwork when I was in Minneapolis several years ago on a work trip. In general, I saw a lot of...
Food has a culture.
"Food for us comes from our relatives, whether they have wings or fins or roots. That is how we consider food. Food has a culture. It has...
The Regalia's Value
"The regalia’s value is that it connects us directly with our primordial origins. Through this connection we experience feelings of...
