Category Archives: framing

All my relations

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

The Osage-Lakota connection When my colleague Cornel Pewewardy sends emails to the Native American Studies faculty on our campus he often addresses us as “Relatives.” In a similar vein, when I meet a fellow Osage I think of her or … Continue reading →

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Interconnectedness

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Is science “naked”? Laura Nader likes to write about metaphors and science, and asserts in her book that science is naked.

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In the name of progress

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Sometimes science prevails, sometimes ethics Yesterday I wrote about science discourse and the framing of Native Americans as anti-progressive. Often this occurs within the context of controversies that have the effect of cleaving one side from another: us versus them, … Continue reading →

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