Category: Culture
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Throwback – Power and Place: Indian Education in America
Power and Place: Indian Education in America by Vine Deloria Jr. and Daniel Wildcat is today’s Throwback Thursday. Deloria and Wildcat offer this as a “declaration of American Indian intellectual sovereignty and self-determination.” An excerpt from a review by Jason Schreiner: With such a revolutionary agenda at stake, they dispense with reformist proposals aimed at “sensitizing” educators and administrators…
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Navajo Nation court to hear language issue affecting candidate
Here, from Indianz.com. The Navajo Nation Supreme Court will hear arguments on Friday in a case that could end the campaign of presidential candidate Chris Deschene. Deschene, 38, is popular on the reservation — he came in second in the tribe’s primary last month. But some tribal members question whether he is fluent in the…
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Native Sun News: Honoring song ‘nixed’ at Chamberlain school
Here. An excerpt: CHAMBERLAIN — Despite a letter coming from one of the biggest names in civil rights, the Chamberlain School Board still reaffirms its stand that the topic of an honoring song for graduates will “never” be allowed at their meetings. In April, the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in…
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ICT: Suicide Chronicles, Part 1 of 5: A Conversation Native People Need to Have
First part of five that highlights the need to have a discussion about this issue in our communities, here. An excerpt: Silence kills. Suicide is a HUGE problem within our Native communities, yet it’s something that we barely speak about. I put myself in this category as well—even though we’ve had several people within my family commit…
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Between the lines
An interesting read from Up Here about traditional Inuit and northern tattoos. An excerpt: The process itself, says Raboff, “was deliberate. I wouldn’t describe it as spiritual. I was just reenacting something that was done over a century before.” But living with her tattoos over time, she says, “that’s the spiritual practice. Every day I wash my…