Category Archives: authenticity

Meek’s Cutoff

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

I write today without doing my homework. Don’t tell my students. Second daughter (Wee-Hey) and I saw Meek’s Cutoff and I resist reading the reviews and backstories while the movie floats through my soul and brain.

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Intuition

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

From a scientific view, intuition can be a curse.

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Dead Critters

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

A mole took up residence in my basement. A dead mole. Or mouse. A dark gray and blue furriness that looks like my dog’s toy is curled up on the concrete near the washing machine and dryer.

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Table of Contents

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

I am grateful to be part of a cohort of academics who have been pulled together to write a new 2-volume book on American Indians and Popular Culture for a textbook that will be published this year. Yesterday the editor … Continue reading →

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Salmon Bake Controversy

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Each May the Native students at our university host a salmon bake, inviting the campus community to an outdoor feast in celebration of the return of the salmon. The event is intended to embrace the community: to build bridges rather … Continue reading →

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Like Kernels of Corn

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

If you google Native Science chances are you will land on the name Gregory Cajete, one of the foremost scholars who teaches and writes about indigenous ways-of-knowing. Cajete talked to an audience at our university this week and illuminated how … Continue reading →

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Spirits in the Cave

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

I dragged my pal Bob to a packed theatre to see the new documentary about caves in France that reveal stories of ancestors from 32,000 years ago. Werner Herzog’s new film, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, explores the pristine Chauvet Cave, … Continue reading →

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Kennewick Man Exterminated

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Folks who study mass media and popular culture can’t help but consider the absurdity of how we interpret phenomena, often through the lens of media. Some theorists call this intertextuality–when one representation stands for another. An example is one of … Continue reading →

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Granny

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

My grandmother practically ran rather than walked when she moved her 5-foot frame: anxious to get to the next place. She seemed smaller than she was, because, as a youngster raised on the Osage Indian reserve, she contracted tuberculosis.

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Explaining Native Science

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Spending stolen moments writing a research grant in Native Science is a little crazy-making. The grant is aimed at folks sequestered in the humanities. Problem is, I’m a social scientist.

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