Are we are all George Zimmerman?
That's the question posed by Rich Benjamin in a recent NYT op-ed titled, "The Gated Community Mentality", and I think it is spot-on.
View ArticleColumbus Day: Calling in Sick. Really Sick.
I won’t be going to work Monday because Columbus Day makes me sick. Really sick.I could be honest with my employers and tell them I'm staying home to celebrate Native American Day like they do in South...
View ArticleGenocide (in America). Just the Facts, Ma'am!
Genocide. So color me macabre, or masochistic, or just call me "Debby Downer". It's a subject I've concerned myself since high school. At one time, I even considered getting my PhD in "comparative...
View ArticleMemo from the Department of Homeland Insecurity: Can We Quit the Blame Game...
In this latest wave of post-trauma handwringing, heartrending, and soul-searching, we have seen many efforts to direct attention to the root causes of epidemic violence in America, its relationship to...
View ArticleBREAKING: Black-on-Black Peace Efforts Erupting Nationwide
I sat down to write a diary about people’s experience with gun violence in this country. I planned to ask a simple question: How many people do you know who have been killed (or injured) by gun...
View ArticleYou are on Indian Land.
It's Proud to Be Indigenous Week, and I've written this piece in honor of my cousin Mel Rasmussen of Lac Du Flambeau, who recently (May 11) passed to the other side.You are on Indian Land.Over the past...
View ArticleMinnesota Native Group Threatened with Arrest
Mall of America management threatens to arrest participants in Idle No More's second annual round dance celebration on Dec. 31, 2013!THIS IS AN ACTION DIARY REQUESTING IMMEDIATE INVOLVEMENT IN WHATEVER...
View ArticleJingle, Jingle, Jingle: Round Dance at Mall of America moves forward despite...
This is a re-post of a diary originally posted on 12/26/2013, concerning threats on the part of Mall of America to arrest individuals participating in a peaceful, secular manifestation of American...
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Something Sacred is Afoot: Treaty Awareness Walk 2015
So. It's that time of year again. Columbus Day. The good news is that at least 9 US cities have abolished it in favor of Indigenous Peoples Day. But I'd like to draw your attention to something else...
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It takes more than a village: It takes a Nation
Thank you to the many people who shared, rec'd and commented on Monday's call to support and draw attention to the Treaty Awareness Walk to DC!Special thanks to the Rescue Rangers and ongoing community...
View ArticleStanding Rock: It hurts....this land means everything.
xVimeo Video(1) bisons from videobuzz on Vimeo.I don’t know where to begin. I am haunted by these images. And this particular video sums it up for me. I feel this hurt that these guys won’t never...
View ArticleWater Walker Warrior Arrested at Standing Rock ... Word from the Frontline
This is Joseph. Remember Joseph? I wrote about his walk carrying the sacred eagle staff from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to Washington DC , here and here. Joseph is a friend of mine. We met in Lansing...
View ArticleSurviving Suicide: An Old Post Revisited
Most of you probably know about the two teenagers from Parkland who committed suicide last week. If not, here is a link to the story. In 2005, when one of the lesser known mass school shootings in the...
View ArticleMotherhood is Overrated
Two stories about parenting gone bad have made national news in recent weeks: The tragic tale of AJ Freund, whose parents—after years of neglect and abuse—beat him to death and buried him in a shallow...
View ArticleSending out an SOS
Forenote: I haven’t been around this place for a very long time. Not a lot of people know me. Those who DO know that I wasn’t even supposed to LIVE this long: I was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer...
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