Category Archives: Indian

May I have your permission to land?

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

When visitors arrive in Nanaimo in their canoes, they ask permission to land. We learned this traipsing through Departure Bay, the waterfront of our new and temporary digs on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. We found a carving that faces … Continue reading →

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When News is Like Magic

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

What you don’t see can hurt you James Tankard, one of journalism’s key scholars, talks about news reporting as a “magician’s sleight of hand.” Tankard means that we muggles pay attention to the rabbit and the high-top hat, while oblivious … Continue reading →

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This Book will Haunt You

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Watch out for Teddy I’m beginning to hear voices. Ted Van Alst’s latest story about growing-up-Indian in Chicago has a captivating spirit that won me over. Completely. His character—Teddy—gets inside your head. Here’s a scene in the book (Sacred Smokes) … Continue reading →

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A Pescatarian’s Dream

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

I looked forward to sampling the local fish in India as we made our way farther and farther south. We landed at the southern-most tip in the lovely city of Kovalom at a resort with a pool, hot-running water and … Continue reading →

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Never Stop Learning  

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

It takes guts to examine your failures, but that’s just what we need to do in order to learn and grow. The take-away in a brief news item in today’s New York Times notes that taking time to consider why … Continue reading →

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Green or Blue?

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Digging into words can be tricky And not everyone agrees with the theories about how words mean, which can drive you crazy. The most basic, common-sense idea is that people who hear messages invoke their own sense of what they … Continue reading →

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Framing Thugs and Heroes

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Part 1 Next week I travel to the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom, where I’m honored to talk about how news media captured the essence of a story from my home-state: Oregon. Here’s the story: With no warning, … Continue reading →

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When Honor Meets Disrespect

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Cultural Mores & Travel I gasped when I spotted a bloke on the river boat in Thailand. His baggy sleeveless top–sometimes called a muscle shirt–revealed a black-inked Buddha covering the whole expanse of the left side of his front torso, … Continue reading →

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Good News, But

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Remain vigilant  Sunday—a day punctuated by football games and family dinners—is a poor timing choice for breaking important news, but the US Army Corps of Engineers announced today it “would not approve permits for construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline … Continue reading →

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Dread: locked and loaded

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

When Paralysis Takes Hold I am filled with dread as November comes to a close. November should have been cause for celebration: Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by a substantial margin and American Indians brought attention to craven injustices … Continue reading →

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