Sparked by George Floyd’s excruciating death by asphyxiation on the heels of Armaud Arberry’s execution in coastal Georgia, the United States is the ...
It’s May 31st, tomorrow is Osage Election Day, and I was going to write about the tension between Osages who live inside and ...
The Osage are a sovereign people, with land, shared culture and language and governance. The times we spend together, face to face during the dances ...
Last month, I wrote about learning to write Osage words via electronic media. We heard the Osage word for buzzard, and they’re back on ...
I’m studying Osage orthography. Last week in Wakonze Celena Noear’s orthography class we had a drill. Whenever I’m in Oklahoma, I take ...
January 1st was a mild day along the Columbia River where I live, with temperature in the 50s and sun breaks interspersed with gentle ...
Photo caption: The official poster for The Irishman, Martin Scorsese's latest film on Netflix. Courtesy Photo
The Irishman is Martin Scorsese’s latest film ...
Starting at least 100 years ago, advocates like the Cattaraugus Seneca scholar Dr. Arthur Caswell Parker worked to designate holidays to honor Native Americans in ...
In late August, I spent two weeks at the Mineral School, a small residency for artists and writers on the shoulders of Mt. Rainier, an ...
In late June, my husband and I went to Ashland to see Between Two Knees, the first play by the 1491s, an indigenous comedy troupe ...
