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GO HERE: Carrying Messages

High Desert Museum exhibit spotlights Indigenous runners
by Charlotte Ferguson

In dedication to Native American culture, the High Desert Museum will soon display a new exhibit titled, “Carrying Messages: Native Runners, Ancestral Homelands and Awakening.” The new exhibit “highlights the historical significance of running in Native cultures in the Western United States and the ways that some Native people today are drawing on running as […]

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Giving Thanks for What the Land Provides

Local indigenous farmer is part of a growing nationwide movement to restore native foodways, and a connection to the land
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

This Thanksgiving, while many Americans are fussing over turkeys and emptying cans of cranberry “sauce” onto plates, Spring Olson will be cooking up a meal of pheasant stuffed with sweetgrass, topped with bison-cedar gravy and served with sides of green beans and wild rice. If that seems like a far cry from the traditional Thanksgiving […]

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Music With A Mission

Nahko and Medicine for the People are set to inspire and empower
Avatar photo Chris Young

“As an indigenous mutt, I have the unique gift to create bridges between many communities through music, activism and social work,” says Nahko Bear, the singer, songwriter and band leader of the worldly collective that carries his name. His project, Nahko and Medicine for the People, is one that nurtures a mission and delivers a […]

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Talking Back

Native American perspectives on Edward Curtis’ iconic photography
Avatar photo Erin Rook

Like many creators of iconic portraits, Edward S. Curtis became famous for taking photos of people whose names the average viewer is unlikely to ever know. His prolific work—thousands of striking sepia-tone portraits of Indigenous people living in the American West in the early 1900s—offers a romanticized perspective on Native life shaped by Curtis’ aesthetic […]

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