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11/25/13

This interview with Randy Reinholz (Choctaw) originally appeared on the blog Native Voices @ the Autry. Excitement is in the room as we begin our second First Look Series workshop of the season. Described as "Blazing Saddles meets Shakespeare," Measure for Measure: A Boarding School Comedy is...

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Jessica Ordon

Politics & Policy

11/25/13

This blog post originally appeared on the blog lara (author-blogger) . I am honored to take part in the Moms Rising Blog Carnival and bring awareness to "Raising the Voices of Native Americans." I wrote a blog post "Anger Turned Inside: The Fight for Native Families" to coincide with a documentary...

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Trace A. DeMeyer

Politics & Policy

11/25/13

This blog post originally appeared on the blog Bad NDNS . I wrote this poem as a reminder to myself that we are never alone, that within us are countless years of experience and wisdom from our Ancestors - if we can just remember to ask for help! Our DNA is a map made of stories. A genealogy of...

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Deborah A. Miranda

Politics & Policy

11/25/13

This blog post originally appeared on the blog Beyond the Mesas . Earlier this summer the University of Illinois granted me promotion to associate professor with indefinite tenure in American Indian Studies & history. Since then, I've been thinking a lot about my path to tenure, and the road I...

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Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert

Politics & Policy

11/25/13

This blog post originally appeared on the website The Flute Portal . I want to share what has been shared with me over my career in a good way and try and touch the souls of young people that stories matter. As a cultural outreach & world flute artist I try and bring the universal language of...

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Gary Stroutsos

Food!

11/25/13

Editor's Note: This blog post originally appeared in the online forum Native American Netroots . The recipes come from different tribal nations from across the country. -Elisa Batista, MomsRising.org photo credit: Aaron Huey Friday, November 29th, the day after Thanksgiving is American Indian...

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Native American Netroots

Politics & Policy

11/25/13

This blog post originally appeared in the online forum Native American Netroots . During the seventeenth century Europeans wrote a number of books about American Indians which both created and perpetuated many of the common stereotypes and misconceptions about Indians. Some of these books were...

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Ojibwa

Politics & Policy

11/25/13

This blog post originally appeared in the online forum Native American Netroots . My mother passed away on June 25, 2010 at her home in Richfield, Utah. She was 86. My brother, sister and I were by her side when she breathed her last breath. This is the tribute I gave at her funeral: Another elder...

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Neeta Lind

Politics & Policy

11/25/13

Editor's Note: Denise Juneau won re-election as head of Montana's public schools on November 6, 2012. This profile about her originally appeared in the online forum Native American Netroots . -Elisa Batista, MomsRising.org For six minutes between the speeches last week at the Democratic National...

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Timothy Lange

11/25/13

On this show we cover hunger in America, including exploring how it came to be that 1 in 5 kids in our nation are experiencing food scarcity. Next, we find out what sparked a leading activist to fight for women, and to fight for paid FAMILY leave. After that, we hear the lowdown from the front...

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