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In Honor of Women’s History Month: Just a Few of My Female Indigenous Inspirations

Within Indigenous communities, the women lead. They lead...

The Violence Against Women Act: Gun Rights, Idle No More, and Why Most House Republicans Say Rape Is OK

INTRODUCTION: OF GUN RIGHTS AND POLITICS There is a...

All Over Your Face: Confessions of a Former Social Media Junkie

It has been roughly two months since I deactivated my...

The Idle No More Movement for Dummies (or, 'What The Heck Are All These Indians Acting All Indian-Ey About?')

INTRODUCTION Lately, Native people have taken to the...

Magic Mike, Idle No More, and Speakin' in Indian: Happy New Year

It’s been a long time since I wrote something for “The...

Isolated No More: Idle No More and the United States

How different would life be for Native Peoples if more of...

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The Russell Means I Knew

Robert Chanate

October 24, 2012

Russell Means was not only a visionary, he was also keeper of memories. Russell was both an orator and a man of action...

Native Family Reunions (A Classic Revisited)

Gyasi Ross

October 16, 2012

My family doesn't really have reunions. Not pre-planned family reunions, anyway—you know, the kind with hats, t-shirts and what have you...

Senator Scott Brown's Racist and Anti-Indian Campaign Rallies: Why Progressive People Should Give Money to Elizabeth Warren's Campaign in Order to Get this Bigot Out of Office

Gyasi Ross

September 26, 2012

Senator Scott Brown from Massachusetts. Hold that thought, please—indulge me for a few minutes while we talk about discrimination, outrage and offensive behavior...

Breaking News: Scarlett Johansson Is Hot, the Sky is Blue, Mitt is an Elitist, and Other Shocking Developments

Gyasi Ross

September 18, 2012

The results of some very serious investigative reporting just came in, with the following revelation: Apparently, Mitt Romney is a rich, white (although he wishes he were Mexican),...

Underdogs, Daniel LaRusso, and Democrats: Denise Juneau Rocked the House

Gyasi Ross

September 06, 2012

I root, unabashedly, for underdogs. Growing up cheering for the Seattle Mariners, Supersonics or Seahawks will do that to you...

A Pragmatic Look at Tribal Participation in Non-Native Elections: Mountains, Winds, and Abraham Lincoln the Gay, Woman and Minority Hunter

Gyasi Ross

August 30, 2012

An Indian Tribe—an autonomous Nation, comprising Natives, that has existed on this continent since time immemorial—deferring to a political party is like a mighty glacier conformin...

Todd Akin the Rape Excuser: Legitimate Rape, People Not Politics, and Virtuous Porn Stars

Gyasi Ross

August 22, 2012

I guess this is Part 1 of a short series on the upcoming elections and politics. These pieces will be kinda short, to-the-point, and not that artsy. The reason why?...

Pink Breechcloths, Political Correctness and Pretend Traditions (Like Two-Spirits): We Can't Always Wait for Tradition

Gyasi Ross

August 14, 2012

THEN: When I was just a wee, little, pigeon-toed lad at an elementary school called “Vina Chattin” within the great Blackfeet Nation, my male classmates and I were young gladiators...

The Thing About Skins Photo of the Week: 'Amberae'

Thosh Collins

August 09, 2012

ANTHONY “THOSH” COLLINS is a photographer from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Arizona who currently resides in Los Angeles, California...

The Thing About Skins Photo of the Week: 'Adam Beach'

Thosh Collins

August 02, 2012

ANTHONY “THOSH” COLLINS is a photographer from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Arizona who currently resides in Los Angeles, California...