Identity & Native Pride

Identity

 

What is a Native American? How can we be defined?

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History of the Sterilization of Native Women

It is no secret that the federal government has tried for centuries...

Why Medical Racism = Genocide

Racism is real. It influences all aspects of our lives, including whose...

I Strengthen My Nation: Caitlin

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), in partnership with We R...

What I Love About My Indigenous Features

As an Indigenous adult, I want to do everything I can to...

Being a Strong Indigenous Leader

Indigenous leadership is a hot topic these days. The truth is that...

Culture is Prevention

Our Stories Connect Us to Place and People

Indigenous people have always been some of the best storytellers, and recently...

6 Anthems by Queer and Two-Spirit Indigenous Artists to Pump You Up

Music is powerful medicine – especially when it’s coming from people who...

Aurora / Connection

Connecting to Our Land is Connecting to Our Culture

Our relationship with the land is a huge part of our culture...

History Through a Native Lens

Timeline Overview This timeline of historically traumatic events was authored by Karina...

MMIWG (Murdered Missing Indigenous Women and Girls)

Mixed Identity

I belong to two different tribes: to the Shoalwater Bay Indian tribe...

Native Pride

It is not documents that define us, but rather what is undocumented....

Defined by my Ancestors, Not Dead Presidents

Dealing with Stereotypes and Racism

Most of us know that racism and stereotypes suck. Some of us...

How Does a Person Become Resilient?

A number of factors contribute to a person’s ability to be resilient...

Elder Teachings

Identity

JeMarie is a seventeen-year-old Californian of Native American descent, specifically Iroquois, Choctaw,...

Erika Ramirez

My experience at the NIHB Native Youth Health Summit, was one of...

WRN Ambassadors

Represent We R Native

I Am Indian Country

Respect, honesty, love, bravery, humility, truth and wisdom are our cultural values....

iLL Mind Of Ghost Dog: The Most Dangerous Native

As you ladies and gents read the title of my blog, “The...

Sequoia Dance

I Am Native. Sequoia Lynn Dance (Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, age 17) This is...

Imelda Martina Sanchez

I am Imelda Martina Sanchez. I am a Native and Mexican American...

Maria Martinez

Yah’teeh shi eya Maria Mary Martinez ye’she Ashihii nishlii haclishnee ba’sh’chiin, tlogi...

REPRESENT

Kayla Gebeck, Red Lake Ojibwe, studies linguistics and Native American Studies at...

Native Identity: Stereotypes

When I first started college in Seattle, Washington, I started making a...

Native Youth Voting

Many of us have grown up listening to the adults around us...

Represent – Computer Medicine

Mattie Harper, Bois Forte Ojibwe, is a Ph.D candidate in Ethnic Studies...

Poetry Slam: I Know this to be True

I know this to be true – that I do not like...

Tiffany Benally

I am a young mother and wife. I was born in Fort...

We Are Still Here

What is today’s young Native American’s life like? What are the challenges...

What I am Thankful for

What I am Thankful For Tribal Ways I am thankful for our...

562

562: A photo project documenting all 562…now 566 tribes in the United...

Bullying

Bullying Is Not the Ojibwe Way  

A Native Candidate’s Story

When Barbara Vicknair (enrolled citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians...

Constance Owl

Hi everyone. I am Constance Owl, an enrolled member of the Eastern...

Choices

Life choices come at you fast. The choices you make today, affect...

Culture is Prevention

Culture is Prevention: Native youth and elders explore underage drinking. Filmed at...

Smudging

Have you ever been at a powwow or a ceremonial gathering and...

College Advice

James Dakota (Sauk-Suiattle), a student at Northwest Indian College, shares what he’s...

Tribal Sovereignty

After over 300 years of history, the question of Indian tribal sovereignty is...

Considering Using Drugs?

Are you considering using drugs? Lyle tells us what you may want...

Two Spirit

Two Spirited people have both a male and female spirit in them.

Dii ei Shighan (This Is My Home)

Graham Beyale. This is my DIGITAL STORY that was made at a...

Two Spirit Project (Garni)

Garni (Blackfoot Nation) talks about coming out as a lesbian and her...

Drugs And Alcohol

Vance Home Gun. How has alcohol affected your life? Vance shares a...

Family

Shante’s grandma has been there for her through thick and thin. She...

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