Category Archives: Indian relocation

Return the bones

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

You would probably get upset if someone wanted to remove your grandparents’ bones from their graves and put the skeletons on display in a museum. That’s a no-brainer. So it’s no surprise that Native American tribes have tried to protect … Continue reading →

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By the Numbers

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

It’s all in the numbers. Let’s say you want to conduct a national survey of American voters and you want to make sure that you’ve heard from minority groups. National pollsters who interview voters will survey about 1200 people. That’s … Continue reading →

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Vanishing Race

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

When our girls were little we travelled up and down the Oregon and California coasts to visit relatives. One day we stopped at a tourist outpost in the redwoods. The outpost sold American Indian jewelry and crafts manufactured in Taiwan—not … Continue reading →

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Race explained

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

A public exhibit on race invites you to examine your beliefs. The exhibit declares there is no real scientific rationale for the word race and then walks visitors through a series of videos and narratives describing how race has been … Continue reading →

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Return to tradition

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

We arrived just in time for the last few songs at a November gathering in Gray Horse under the scaffold of the newly built roundhouse. Drummers kept a beat while dancers circled under the arbor as a cool breeze invited … Continue reading →

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Roadkill

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Dog. Opossum. Raccoon. Armadillo. We counted roadkill on the Oklahoma roads. An armadillo lay belly-up, with only the curve of its shell terra-bound. As we passed the armadillo a bald eagle circled ahead, making slow moons above the armored animal … Continue reading →

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Home away from home

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

What better way to greet Native American Heritage Month than by travelling to the rez? My beloved and I are headed to Oklahoma and he will have his first opportunity to see my Osage relatives. If it weren’t for my … Continue reading →

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