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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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Flexing Our Muscles at the Polls: Natives Voting Native in 2012

Renee Holt

February 07, 2012

The year 2012 is a big one for the country...

Goodbye, Spam, Hello Healthy Foods! I Feel Like A Traitor.

Robert Chanate

February 03, 2012

I understand Spam is bad for us but I feel like I’m turning my back on an old friend by banning it from my menu...

How I Met Your Mother (on Facebook, of Course)

Gyasi Ross

January 30, 2012

Facebook has replaced pow-wow parking lots, Haskell, AISES/NCAI/other major Indian conferences and Santa Fe Indian Market as the leading place for Indian singles to snag up their p...

Crazy Talk and Behavior on a Bus

Robert Chanate

January 26, 2012

You see some crazy behavior and hear unhinged conversations when riding on a Greyhound Bus...

Down the Powwow Highway in a '53

Cetan Wanbli Williams

January 15, 2012

Facing a bleak outlook on mutual fund investments, she bought a 1953 Chevy pick-up. “She’s been saving her winnings since she was 8 years old!” said Michael Roberts...

When Customs Become Confusing

Robert Chanate

January 12, 2012

When we accepted an invitation to the sweat lodge we had no idea that white people were going to be going in with us...

Turquoise Intervention

Gyasi Ross

January 09, 2012

I've always been fascinated by those shows Intervention , Animal Hoarders , et al...

To D.C., Via the Past

Robert Chanate

January 03, 2012

(Note to readers: I origina lly wrote this in September—prior to the Keystone XL pipeline delay—and am sharing it because the opposition is ongoing.) On a late August afternoon, I ...