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Training Progams

After you’ve decided to start getting more fit and healthy, the next step usually involves going onto the internet and browsing for the best workout plans. Soon, you get overloaded with many plans, opinions, and programs that often ask you to pay money. When you are just starting, narrow down…
Categories: My Body, Training

Bullying

Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include: An Imbalance of Power: People who bully use their power –…
Categories: Bullying Prevention, My Life, My Mind

Finding Out You’re Adopted

The definition of adoption is the formation of a new and permanent relationship between an adoptive parent and child. This means that according to the law, there is no difference between an adopted child and a child born into a family. People find out that they’re adopted in different ways.…
Categories: Dealing with Adoption or Foster Care, Life Hacks, My Life

The Seventh Fire

The Seventh Fire looks at two Native gang members at decidedly different stages of their lives and, so to speak, careers. Rob Brown, a gang kingpin in his 30s, has been sentenced to prison for a fifth time and feels some remorse for having inflicted gang and drug culture on…
Categories: Gangs

Adolescence

When we are children, the world is presented as having a certain sense of order. We learn our multiplication tables, how to write in cursive, how to read in our non-Native language, and any other assets the dominant culture thinks practical and necessary. At home, if we live near our…
Categories: Coming-of-Age

Grief

My cousin passed away the week before my college graduation. I had spent two weeks preparing for a poetry reading I was doing on campus, because my poetry was being published in my school’s literary journal. The day of my reading, I heard the news of his death. My heart…
Categories: Coming-of-Age

Love

The first time I fell in love, I didn’t have the foresight to know that it would end up hurting. A lot. I just remember being thirteen years old and reveling in the fact that somebody wanted to go to homecoming with me, somebody wanted to walk around the football…
Categories: Coming-of-Age, My Relationships

Teaching From the Aroostook Band of Micmacs

Goose (Infant) The goose teaches their young to share and communicate at an early age. How to work together and respect each other is a lesson goose medicine teaches. Geese form a V shape when they fly and the point of the V or arrow is the teacher. Geese never…
Categories: Coming-of-Age

Community Gardens

If you’re looking for an activity that people of all ages can enjoy, start a community garden. Rallying support from your neighbors, friends, Tribe or community organizations is a great way to start a garden in your community! Oh, and you get to grow and eat your own healthy food.…
Categories: Land, My Environment, My Impact, Native Energy, Recycling, Take Action, Water

Be the Solution to Pollution

From downloading music, to reducing the need for packaging, to hosting clothing swaps… there are a number of things we can do to reduce the amount of waste filling landfills, while preserving the land for future generations. Every little bit helps. Here are some quick ideas you can do to…
Categories: My Environment, Recycling

Bringing Hydropower to Native Lands

Hydropower is the largest source of power in the nation. This clean, renewable source of power is generated from water flowing through dams and can provide our communities with a source of income and energy. One example is the PGE & Warm Springs Water & Power Enterprises Pelton Round Butte…
Categories: My Environment, Water

Cleaning Up Through Recycling

Recycling is an important part of preserving the environment for future generations. It helps keep our communities clean, conserves materials, saves energy, and reduces garbage in landfills. Keeping the communities we live clean is important. Not only does it look nice, but it can save energy, money, and resources. By…
Categories: Recycling
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