The Chief Seattle Club, CSC, has long since tended to and nurtured the seeds for growth, sowing opportunities, and holding space for healing. I
Read MoreIndigenous authors featured in new anthology, ‘The Haunted States of America’.
Read MoreFormed in 2016 during the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline, Mazaska Talks seeks to leverage economic power to fight repression of Indigenous rights and the desecration of Mother Earth.
Read MoreMikayla is a born storyteller, finding the inspiration for her stories in both the real world and the created worlds weaving them into the dreams and possibilities we all need to hear.
Read MoreNakani is a word that comes from the Tlingit language. Nakani is defined as a person, or entity, which serves as a connector and/ or go between for different people, places, and cultures.
Read MoreIn many ways, westernized medical practices are lacking in regard to cultural competency, especially towards Indigenous people and traditional practices. Stereotypes and misconceptions are reinforced by overworked and understaffed professionals.
Read MoreThrough hosting drum circles for healing, to providing medicines, and grass-roots organizing Unkitawa exemplifies the spirit of giving and selflessness. They have grown from one man’s good intentions into an organization recognized for their selfless acts.
Read MoreGoodbye is never easy
Read MoreOne hundred years later, after the Treaty of Walla Walla was signed, tribes watched their sacred rivers and waterfalls being dammed one after another. The fishing wars had begun as the American government tried to take away treaty rights from Northwest tribes.
Read MoreFinally, a book is written from the heart of Indigenous endurance, highlighting the strength of spirit we pass with love from one generation to the next generation. This story is written with a bright and beautiful spirit leading to the truth of colonialism’s monstrous intent and with their very real impacts woven throughout this thoughtful story, Christopher, the Ogre Cologre it’s Over! by Dr. Oriel Maria Siu.
Read MoreThis is not new to our communities. Since the first European stepped foot on our lands, violence against the Native people has not only been allowed, but also celebrated.
Read MoreEvery life form on our planet has power and absorbs energy, our Mother Earth included. This energy comes from the sun and is absorbed or consumed by the life thriving on our planet even after they are dead and buried.
Read MoreThis is not a Native issue, it is a world issue, the outcome of this fight will affect all life on our beautiful planet.
Read MoreShantel Hayes has been fighting for her mother and sister’s right to justice since their murder on March 10th, 1997. Shantel was just a child when she lost her mother. Her mother and baby sister’s murder forced Shantel to grow up fast. Shantel has had to fight a hard uphill and painful battle to keep their murderer behind bars.
Read MoreIt hurts my heart hearing about and watching people suffer. Dying without loved ones feels cold and cruel, for the ones left behind and to those passing. Still, this is where we are because of all the actions taken under falsified and tainted gossip passed off as truth.
Read MoreWhat impressed me about these young people is none of them let their fear cripple them. Instead working with Sarah Sense-Wilson as volunteers they reached out to help and protect others. They came together as a collective to protect our Elders and families.
Read MoreThe California Parole Board along with Governor Gavin Newson have agreed to release the murderer of an indigenous woman.
Read MoreOn October 21, 2016, Muckleshoot tribal citizen Renee Davis was shot and killed by King County Sheriffs who were conducting a welfare check in her home. Renee was pregnant at the time of the shooting. Her family continues to demand justice.
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