Tag Archive for: Indigenous

Women Are Surging Into Political Power
Renee Van Nett. (Photo by Lori Braun, Godcha Infocus)
Renee…

Global Lessons From Indigenous Education
There are 100 million Indigenous people in this hemisphere.

First Nations Women’s Caucus
L-R: Mary Kunesh-Podein, Susan Allen, Jamie Becker-Finn and…

Stories transcend words
Dr. Gwen Westerman (Courtesy Photo)
For Dr. Gwen Westerman…

Ojibwe women
Brenda Child, photo by Lisa Miller, University of Minnesota
As…

Water is life
Standing Rock (Courtesy Photo)
"We are caretakers," says…

Welcome home
Sandy White Hawk (Photo by Sarah Whiting)
Who am I? Where…

Turning defeat into victory
Carri Jones (Courtesy Photo)
Women chair four of the 11 federally…

Who is at the table?
Sharon M. Day (Courtesy Photo)
To be humble is a virtue in…

Walking the water
Ecosystem content is made possible by Organic Lawns by LUNSETH
Sharon…

Memory maps: Mona Smith finds stories about the past in order to create a better future
Mona Smith at Minnehaha Falls, a sacred Dakota site. (Photo…


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