Identity
What is a Native American? How can we be defined?
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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...
I Strengthen My Nation: Caitlin
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), in partnership with We R...
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...
Culture is Prevention
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....
Aurora / Connection
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...
Defined by my Ancestors, Not Dead Presidents
Identity
JeMarie is a seventeen-year-old Californian of Native American descent, specifically Iroquois, Choctaw,...
What I am Thankful for
What I am Thankful For Tribal Ways I am thankful for our...
Elder Teachings
562
562: A photo project documenting all 562…now 566 tribes in the United...
A Native Candidate’s Story
When Barbara Vicknair (enrolled citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians...
MMIWG (Murdered Missing Indigenous Women and Girls)
Constance Owl
Hi everyone. I am Constance Owl, an enrolled member of the Eastern...
Culture is Prevention
Culture is Prevention: Native youth and elders explore underage drinking. Filmed at...
WRN Ambassadors
Represent We R Native
Erika Ramirez
My experience at the NIHB Native Youth Health Summit, was one of...
I Am Indian Country
Respect, honesty, love, bravery, humility, truth and wisdom are our cultural values....
Sequoia Dance
I Am Native. Sequoia Lynn Dance (Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, age 17) This is...
iLL Mind Of Ghost Dog: The Most Dangerous Native
As you ladies and gents read the title of my blog, “The...
Imelda Martina Sanchez
I am Imelda Martina Sanchez. I am a Native and Mexican American...
REPRESENT
Kayla Gebeck, Red Lake Ojibwe, studies linguistics and Native American Studies at...
Maria Martinez
Yah’teeh shi eya Maria Mary Martinez ye’she Ashihii nishlii haclishnee ba’sh’chiin, tlogi...
Native Identity: Stereotypes
When I first started college in Seattle, Washington, I started making a...
Represent – Computer Medicine
Mattie Harper, Bois Forte Ojibwe, is a Ph.D candidate in Ethnic Studies...
Native Youth Voting
Many of us have grown up listening to the adults around us...
Poetry Slam: I Know this to be True
I know this to be true – that I do not like...
We Are Still Here
What is today’s young Native American’s life like? What are the challenges...
Tiffany Benally
I am a young mother and wife. I was born in Fort...
Smudging
Have you ever been at a powwow or a ceremonial gathering and...
Identity-Proud Native American
A video poem that honors Anishinaabe heritage. The poem illustrates a young...
Tribal Sovereignty
After over 300 years of history, the question of Indian tribal sovereignty is...
Identity-Smoke Signals
A funny clip from the movie, Smoke Signals. How to be...
1/2
Monika lost her identity…but her identity never lost her. Instead of feeling...
Jaecie’s Story
Who’s important in your life? Who makes you happy? Jaecie gives us...
Around Here
Miss Indian Nations
A short conversation with Shanoa Pinkham (Yakama), 2011 Miss Indian Nations.
