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Hillary Jean-Bart
Aug 18, 20243 min read
Truth and Reconciliation in One's Own Words: Recap of an interview with Monique Gray Smith
Interview between Shelagh Rogers and Monique Gray Smith about the meaning and history of Orange Shirt Day for American Indigenous Peoples.
Hillary Jean-Bart
Feb 5, 20245 min read
The Indian Child Welfare Act and its Vital Yet Constantly Challenged Existence
Describes the devastating inhumane impact of the Indian Child Welfare Act on Indigenous human rights.
Emma Pratt
Aug 13, 20227 min read
Reclaiming Thanksgiving: Including Indigenous History & Perspectives
Summarizes how the Thanksgiving Holiday is experienced very differently by the American Indigenous Peoples.
J D
Jan 4, 20226 min read
Beyond The Orange Shirt Story
by Jessica Dropkin On September 21, 2021, Phyllis Jack Webstad, the author of The Orange Shirt Story, held an event with her aunt, Agness...
J D
Dec 28, 20216 min read
'Say Her Name' A Look at One Area of Many in the US with a High Count of MMIW
By Jessica Dropkin The National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Day of Awareness is on May 5th. There are many NGOs,...
J D
Dec 21, 20215 min read
Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration 2021 on Lenapehoking Land, AKA Randalls Island in NYC
By Jessica Dropkin “Indigenous Peoples Day is for us. It’s a day for Indigenous people to say, ‘Hey, we’re still here.’” - Cliff Matias,...
Emma Pratt
Oct 13, 20213 min read
Sierra Native Alliance Empowers Indigenous Youth in the Sierra Nevada
By Emma Pratt The Sierra Native Alliance (SNA) has been helping to empower Indigenous youth and their families in the Sierra Nevada...
Emma Pratt
Oct 6, 20214 min read
Indigenous Band Using Music As a Tool for Healing and Activism
By Emma Pratt Singer-songwriter Atsiaktonkie David of the Akwesasne band December Wind has released a song named “215”, to honor the 215...
J D
Oct 5, 20213 min read
Social Media Censorship and Virtual Social Justice Activism
By Jessica Dropkin May 5th was the National Day of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Awareness. Many users of the Facebook and...
Emma Pratt
Sep 30, 20216 min read
Encouraging Developments for Indigenous Activists in Utah
By Emma Pratt For well over a century, hundreds of government-funded residential schools for Indigenous children dotted the land in the...
J D
Sep 21, 20212 min read
VAWA Reauthorization, Funding and MMU Establishment
By Jessica Dropkin On May 4th, the Biden Administration released a statement regarding Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) and...
J D
Sep 14, 20212 min read
SCOTUS Reaffirms Sovereignty for Tribal Officers and Governments
By Jessica Dropkin The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) epidemic in the US and Canada in past years has been difficult to...
J D
Sep 7, 20215 min read
215 Bodies of Indigenous Children Uncovered at Boarding School in Canada
By Jessica Dropkin In May 2021, 215 buried remains of Indigenous children were found in a mass grave on the grounds of Kamloops Indian...
cthereser
Sep 1, 20215 min read
The Message Sent through the Burning of the Malahat Totem Pole
By Celine Ramos On July 1st, a gathering met on Vancouver Island in protest of Canada’s history of residential schools which were used to...
cthereser
Aug 24, 20213 min read
Pete Sands and Xak Wolfe Perform at a Concert to Aid MMIW Efforts
by Celine Ramos Lydia Lerma of the Lydia Lerma Foundation, along with Brandon Barrios, Dan Austin, and Steve Wiatrowski, organized a...
cthereser
Aug 18, 20214 min read
Jaime Black's 'REDress Project' Helps to Redress the MMIW Issue
By Celine Ramos Jaime Black is a Canadian artist with Métis blood who presented the first installation of her REDress Project in 2009 as...
J D
Jun 8, 20213 min read
MMIW Billboards Along the Highways
By Jessica Dropkin There has been an ongoing epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) in the US and Canada. Montana is #5...
J D
Jun 8, 20214 min read
The History of the Human Zoo
By Jessica Dropkin Merriam Webster’s Dictionary has quite a few definitions for the word exotic, most in reference to food, plants or...