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Voices: Russell Means (1939-2012)
- Russell Means, May 2011. One thing about Russell I always remembered, and I think someone else once said it, you may have loved him, or you may have disliked him, but you couldn’t ignore him. I’ll...
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Excerpt: On Halloween And ‘Native’ Costumes
The Wider Society Says: Totally cool. They are honoring Native Americans…they are just having fun…these people claim Native American ancestry…these are not racist costumes…so its okay… I guess the...
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Russell Means, Lightning, And Sexiness: The Toughest Indian In The Whole World
A young Russell Means. Image via Race-Talk.org By Guest Contributor Gyasi Ross, cross-posted from Race-Talk … After I die, I’m coming back as lightning. When it zaps the White House, they’ll know it’s...
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Nothing Says Native American Heritage Month Like White Girls In Headdresses
By Guest Contributor Sasha Houston Brown Gwen Stefani in No Doubt’s “Looking Hot” video. Via theinsider.com There is something insidiously ironic about being American Indian during the fall of the 21st...
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Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman And The State Of Period Dramas
By Guest Contributor Kendra James Principal cast of “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.” Late in the second season of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, there’s an episode where the Klu Klux Klan comes to Colorado...
View ArticleThanksgiving Special: RECLAIMING Their VOICE: The Native American Vote in New...
While the public at large is asked to celebrate a very Eurocentric account of history as relates to the Native American population, we’d like to invite you to take a look at the perspective shared in...
View ArticleOne Heartbeat: Idle No More Prepares To Drum Across North America
By Arturo R. García At noon Central Standard Time today, the Idle No More campaign is calling for members of all indigenous nations to drum together in the highest point of a campaign, originated in...
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Idle No More 101
By Guest Contributor Gyasi Ross Illustration by Steven Paul Judd. Lately, Native people have taken to the streets malls in demonstrations of Public Indian-ness (“PI”) that surpasses the sheer volume of...
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Meanwhile, On Tumblr: Hundreds Of Love For Eartha Kitt’s Catwoman…Among Quite...
By Andrea Plaid Stumbling back from the back-end blue field called Tumblr, I can say that a whole lot of you Racializens seriously enjoyed what we posted this week–like hundreds of you! So let me say...
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Meet The Chiefs
By Guest Contributor Caleb Borchers, cross-posted from Uni Watch Over the last few months, the issue of Native American imagery in US sports has been a hot topic in the Uni Watch community. Sadly, that...
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Quoted: Native American Lawmaker Schools Congressman
Kansas state Rep. Ponka-We Victors (D). Image via Kansas state legislature. The hearing concerned the legality of offering children of illegal immigrants to pay the in-state tuition rate to attend...
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Meanwhile, On TumblR: Red-Carpet Bossness, Accurate Maps, And Memorial Day’s...
By Andrea Plaid Let’s start off this post with appreciating the bossness captured in this photo: According to People Of Color With Killer Fashion: Focus on the two ladies: Michelle Thrush, from the...
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Of Scalps and Savages: How Colonial Language Enforces Discrimination against...
By Guest Contributor Ruth Hopkins, cross-posted from Last Real Indians “The Death of Jane McCrea” by John Vanderlyn (1804) Before I head out the door, I watch Morning Joe on MSNBC. It’s part of my...
View ArticleMeanwhile On Tumblr: Taking The Piss Out Of White People Who Think They’re...
By Andrea Plaid While Twitter is having a whole bunch of brilliant fun at the expense of Paula Deen and her racism (and rightfully so), Above Average Productions makes fun of those white folks who feel...
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Meanwhile, On Tumblr: Surprise, Surprise! SCOTUS Rules Against Native Americans
By Andrea Plaid Image via pbs.org. As you know, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) did the One Step Forward/Three Steps Back Dance when it came to rights for marginalized people. The Supreme Court ruled in...
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Cheering for the Chicago Blackhawks: A Tradition of Racial Play
By Guest Contributor Charles Fruehling Springwood Members of the Chicago Blackhawk celebrate winning the Stanley Cup in a June 28 parade. Image by tanveer.i.ali via Flickr creative commons. As a white...
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I Saw The Lone Ranger So You Don’t Have To
By Guest Contributor Adrienne K.; originally published at Native Appropriations It’s been 12 hours since I saw The Lone Ranger, and I still have the darn William Tell Overture stuck in my head. I...
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The SDCC Files: Arturo’s Collected Coverage
By Arturo R. García This year, we expanded our coverage at San Diego Comic-Con to bring you more panels, more interviews, and more images from pop culture’s weekend-long prom. Kicking us off: a roundup...
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Quoted: Race + Sports and Native Mascots
Photograph by Jim McIsaac/Getty You’d think that a team represented by a giant anthropomorphized baseball would be able to remain safely outside the perennial controversies surrounding the sports...
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Thanks for the severed head. You proved my point
[Note: The image above has been making the rounds of social media recently. Adrienne K. of Native Appropriations pointed out on Facebook that the image "makes a powerful statement against Indian...
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