Fall 2020 Growing up, I thought I had a good sense of how the Indian Wars played out. To my knowledge, the last battle fought in the Indian Wars was “The Battle of Wounded Knee.” There were early Army accounts that depicted the “battle” as heroic. I was wrong. My …
Fall 2020 Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner is a writer and performer of Marshall Island ancestry. Kijiner was born in the Marshall Islands and was raised in Hawaii, and she currently lives in Majuro, the capital of Marshall Islands. Kijiner’s work specializes in storytelling, performance, and poetry. She has used her creative practice …
Fall 2020 Mni Wiconi. This Lakota phrase, which translates to water is life, has taken on great meaning in the #NoDAPL movement in the U.S. (Estes 2017, 115). In 2014, Energy Transfer Partners applied to build a pipeline that would carry half a million barrels of crude oil through four …
Fall 2020 Non-Native people have often used Native land for nuclear testing and mining, to the great harm of Native people and Native land.
Fall 2020 Raising awareness on the #MMIWG2S movement by highlighting critical changes in policy surrounding criminal jurisdiction by tribal nations, historical resilience by Native womxn, and resources where readers can learn more on the movement. Sarah Winnemucca: Public DomainDeborah Parker: Image courtesy the National Congress of American Indians
Fall 2020 The Kingdom of Hawaii’s government was overthrown by the Republic of Hawaii with the aid of American politicians and businessmen, resulting in the illegal annexation of Hawaii and its eventual statehood.
Fall 2020 As white settlers moved to California, more and more of the Indigenous population were murdered, forced into an exploitative labor system, or removed from their homeland. Check out this mini-podcast (6:42) for more. References Blakemore, Erin. “California’s Little-Known Genocide.” History.com. November 16, 2017. https://www.history.com/news/californias-little-known-genocide. Calloway, Colin G. First …
