Native American Issues
Indigenous Students Achieving Greatness
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Yesterday I met with Joseph Montoya, a student at San Jose State University and President of his club the “Native American Student Organization” which he started the Spring semester of his Freshman year at SJSU. I w... Read more »
#ThereIsHope – Suicide Prevention and Awareness on the Pine Ridge
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The Pine Ridge Reservation, a place that is often painted as one of the most impoverished, unhealthy and downright ugly places that you can imagine, whose 28,000 residents call this place home and choose not only to o... Read more »
Perception: Powerful Photo Series Tackles Stereotypes
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Winnipeg-based artist KC Adams (Métis) graduated from Concordia University with a BFA and works in many mediums including sculpture, installation, drawing, painting, photography, ceramics, printmaking and kinetic ... Read more »
LOL! 3 Native American Movies You Wished Were Real
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Have you guys checked out any of these parody movie trailers from Tomorrow's Here Productions? Seriously, why can't these be real movies? I'd sign up for a Kickstarter to make these real! Anyway, check out three of th... Read more »
Q&A with Artist and Activist Gregg Deal
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Gregg Deal is a Pyramid Lake Paiute artist and activist living in the Washinton DC area. I have personally followed both his art and activism for a year or so now, and was able to snag him from his crazy busy schedule... Read more »
Kiowa Filmmaker Explores the Power of Geronimo’s Name and Image
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In this short but powerful film by Jeffrey Palmer and Constance Squires they explore the lasting power of Geronimo’s name and image.
The distinction between his iconographic cultural presence and the life and death o... Read more »
Akicita Owicahe – Lakota Freedom Veterans Cemetery
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Growing up in a family of veterans, I was very used to seeing images of time served and hearing military talk that never seems to leave the individual, even if they’ve been separated from the military fo... Read more »
Native Youth Take on Mascot Issue at South Dakota School
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Elle magazine recently featured a story on the Damakota Youth Group, a group of female basketball players on the Lake Traverse Reservation in South Dakota who are trying to convince neighboring Sisseton Scho... Read more »
Navajo Kindergartner Sent Home First Day of School For Having Long Hair
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“Malachi was excited to start school all summer long. After we had enrolled him he was excited, everyday it was the question, ‘mom are we going to school?’” said Malachi’s mother, April Wilson.
Excited about his fi... Read more »
8 Native Women Fighting to Preserve Their Culture
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The September issue of Marie Claire (UK) magazine features eight strong and beautiful Native American women who are working hard to preserve their culture for future generations. Let's take a quick look at who they fe... Read more »