Tag Archive for: Indigenous

Playwright Rhiana Yazzie Premieres Latest Play at New Native Theatre
"It represents the full breadth of Native existence, from humor to grief and everything in between.”

The Art of Organizing: A Tribute to My Mother
“Your mother’s art…

2022 Changemaker Missy Whiteman: Indigenous Media Innovator
“This is the way we create now — we come together and use art as ceremony.”

What I Learned About Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives
My new documentary, “Bring Her Home,” is now available on Twin Cities Public Television (TPT).

New Indigenous-Led Operatic Film Portrays the Life of Zitkála-Šá
It is the first opera to include lyrics in the Dakota language.

Women in Politics Series: Sen. Mary Kunesh on Educating Decision-Makers
This ongoing series of conversations with Minnesota women…

Why Nature Needs Legal Rights: The Manoomin Case
"There is no accounting for the dead beaver, the dead muskrat, the poison in the water."

Through the Ojibwe Language, Baabiitaw Boyd Understands Her World and Herself
Talking about the impact of learning Ojibwemowin, the importance of language revitalization and the role of language in grieving, and hopes for an expansive Ojibwemowin curriculum in Minnesota schools.

Rep. Heather Keeler on Transparency, Gun Violence, Inclusion
If I can be honest in who I am, and the opportunity that I have in this seat, hopefully there is a little girl out there who can hear or see a message and realize that it is a possibility for them — that they are not too broken to do this work. We all deserve to be in this space and make these changes together.

CALL: Chris Stark on Love as Healing and Space as Memory
Treat each other with true kindness and humility and gentleness and love, because that is our way forward. That is how we are going to find ways to heal the harm that has been inflicted on so many of us, and the land, and the water.

Let’s make it easier for moms to breastfeed if they want to | Column
Support is everything.

Sovereign Science
Instead of relying on governments, Indigenous scientists and allies gather water quality data themselves.


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