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How can I prove my lineage without my grandmothers help and become enrolled as Mescalero?

Hi Auntie. I’m Alicia. My grandmother is my last living Mescalero relative. I have asked her many times for information about herself and her father because I would like to be enrolled as Native Mescalero. She strongly refuses to talk about our lineage. How can I prove my lineage without…

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Topics: Culture and Language, Identity, Spirituality

Can you bead a condom?

Can you bead a condom? Good question. No you cannot bead a condom if you’re planning on using it for sex, though it may look pretty rad. You never want to put holes or sharp objects, like scissors or beading needles near a condom you’re planning on using. That’s because…

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Topics: Culture and Language, Life Tips, Sexual Health

I was able to track my DNA to the yaqui and apache, can I be recognized

Hi Auntie, I’m 50% native and I was able to track my native DNA to the Yaqui of the Sonora and the apache of Arizona, can I be recognized in these tribes even though I have no records since my birth mother and I were adopted? Glad to help you…

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Topics: Culture and Language, Identity

I have been vegan for about eight months. I have been looked down upon by the Native community. How do I approach this issue?

Question: I have been vegan for about eight months now because I know it’s best for the earth, animals, and my health. However, I have been looked down upon by the Native community because it is not traditional. How do I approach this issue? Thank you for your question. There…

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Topics: Culture and Language, Identity, Mental Health, Physical Health

Hi Auntie, Are you supposed to throw a celebration when you get your period?

What a wonderful question to ask. Many Native American tribes celebrate all stages of life with what is commonly known as “right of passage” or “coming of age”. The can be naming ceremonies of babies and adults, vision quests, marriage, and women’s coming of age. The Navajo Puberty Ceremony celebrating…

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Topics: Culture and Language, Identity, Physical Health, Sexual Health

How do I learn my languge ?

How do I learn my language? Yeah for you! Stoked you want to learn more about your culture by learning to speak your language. Luckily there are a lot of language revitalization programs happening. There are even seven tribes who have partnered with Rosetta Stone. Language Classes The first thing…

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Topics: Culture and Language, Identity

I often struggle with feeling native "enough."

I often struggle with feeling native “enough.” My grandma on my dad’s side is Ojibwe (Sault Ste Marie, MI) and my grandma on my mom’s side is Mexican and knows that she has ties to the Aztec and Kikapu people. Do other people struggle with this? This is a tricky…

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Topics: Culture and Language, Identity, Mental Health

White kids don’t get pow wow’s

White kids don’t get pow wow’s, longhouse, and Native funerals. They keep mocking stuff that i have shown that I have made for those events. How do I make them stop? It can be hard when things you hold sacred are mocked or made fun of by others. How do…

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Topics: Culture and Language, Non-Native Allies

Why do people say there weren’t horses in the plains?

Why do people say there weren’t horses in the plains when our elders say we always have had them? Great question! Horse culture is so ingrained in some of our tribe’s history, especially for plains tribes that it seems like we’ve always had them. However, horses did not arrive in…

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Topics: Culture and Language, Identity

Way of solving depression and anxiety

Hi, I’m from the Southern Ute and Jicarilla Apache tribe. I face depression and anxiety. I was wondering if you have a way of solving the depression and anxiety? Thank you so much for writing in. I commend you for following your gut to get help. There are certainly things…

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Topics: Culture and Language, Identity, Mental Health

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How can I prove my lineage without my grandmothers help and become enrolled as Mescalero?

Can you bead a condom?

I was able to track my DNA to the yaqui and apache, can I be recognized

I have been vegan for about eight months. I have been looked down upon by the Native community. How do I approach this issue?

Hi Auntie, Are you supposed to throw a celebration when you get your period?

How do I learn my languge ?

I often struggle with feeling native "enough."

White kids don’t get pow wow’s

Why do people say there weren’t horses in the plains?

Way of solving depression and anxiety

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