Color Lines
I've travelled many places and feel fortunate to have had that opportunity. It never failed that once someone met me I could see that they where trying to figure out - "What I was." Go to any zoo...
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Blood quanta, what is that? Most people know what it is, but don't know the term. Americans have been brainwashed to ask the question shortly after meeting a Native American - "How much American...
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What Will FCC Do Now?
What will the FCC do now? That is the question as the movement under #FCCcomplaintRSKIN takes hold across Indian Country. A fortuitous intersection of people allowed me to be on the twitter floor,...
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The Untouchables: The Brain-washed, The Self-haters & The Proud
Encountering ignorance is something we all deal with. Albert Einstein has an often repeated quote about the infinity of human stupidity, and like so many of his mathematical equations, it's true....
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Megyn Kelly Isn't Just Holding Black Santa For Ransom
A decade ago I was standing in a mall in Monroe, Louisiana. The only mall, at the time, I'm going to guess that Pecanland Mall is still the only mall. Anyway, it was around this time of year and I...
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Will 2014 Be Another Year Of Blackouts?
I read about two cities in California (I posted a link at the end) that are getting handed a Federal lawsuit for discrimination of Native American & Black students. The allegations are dire....
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Al-Qaeda-linked Model Wears Medal of Honor Thong
Let me start off by apologizing for the traumatizing title of this blog post. I'm sure just reading that caused shock, not unlike mine by reading the headlines in November 2012 that Victoria...
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Repressed Reminisce
Frozen drops of dew, millions of crystallized thoughts suspended Before they could trickle down into a solid pool of reminisce.My head was full of them.He was the sunlight of my soul melting away the...
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An MLK Peace Walk Story
For most of us, our elders had a front row seat to the civil rights movement and the changes in society that still impact our lives. Afterall, I can go eat at the same table as a white person....
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Being a Real Life Monuments Man
"If you destroy their history, destroy their achievements, it's as if they never existed." -George Clooney as Frank Stokes in The Monuments Men I can not help but feel frustration at the...
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Johnny Depp and Hollywood's Tonto Complex
America is my homeland. It is not simply the land I was born in. It is not simply the place I chose to live. Like many people, I never immigrated here. Nor do I have parents that immigrated here....
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Soul Of An American Generation
The previous blog, Johnny Depp & Hollywood's Tonto Complex, has raised several questions about how some American Indians feel about western iconography and how they have incorporated it into...
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#SaintPatricksDay
Miraculously, I found myself free of children and college class. It was spring break. I was packing a bag as fast as I could. I grabbed my big sunglasses and was driving past Vicksburg, MS on my...
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American Sovereign Mother
"I am an Indian, what else could I be?"- Jacqueline Keeler special thanks for allowing me to use your quote and expound on it I read most of what Jacqueline Keeler writes. I wish I had time to...
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Open Letter To Washington R*dskins Original Americans Foundation
Dear Sir, I am just a mom. A Cherokee Nation one, in fact. I read in a letter published online by Dan Snyder that you [Gary Edwards, Cherokee] are going to run his Original Americans Foundation. I...
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#CancelColbert Collateral Damage to EONM (Eradicating OffensiveNativeMascotry)
Updated April 21, 2014 with screen captures and extra commentary to combat some spurious claims. Tonight, Stephen Colbert will be on Comedy Central. Everyone is okay with that, even Suey Park who...
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Native Moses
As a child, some times you latch on to things that often get overlooked. For instance, most people remember the part of the Moses story were he was telling pharaoh to, "let his people go." the...
View ArticleGuest Blog!!! REappropriate: How #NotYourMascot Passed Me By, and How I Was...
This post is part of a week of solidarity between Asian American and Pacific Islander bloggers and Native writers who have spear-headed the #NotYourMascot campaign. For a full list of posts included in...
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Racially Related
This post is part of a week of solidarity between Asian American and Pacific Islander bloggers and Native writers who have spear-headed the #NotYourMascot campaign. For a full list of posts included in...
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In These Hills, Down In The Hollow
This post is dedicated to Faith Spotted Eagle, who is in DC right now and Jaqueline Keeler, her niece. Read about Faith Spotted Eagle...
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