Category Archives: Indian

When the Ball Changes in Mid-Air

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

The trouble with mental catch, Adam Gopnik writes, is that the ball you throw changes in mid-air into another. Gopnik is speaking metaphorically in his short story The Rookie. He’s telling his son a bedtime tale and the intent gets … Continue reading →

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Redskins: The Elephant in the Room

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

The PR flacks are earning their salaries this week as Beacon Press promotes a new book that reveals the backstory about how owner George Preston Marshall refused to integrate the Washington DC football team called The Redskins.

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Tribal Fishers

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

When I visited Cascade Locks this summer I found a half-dozen booths where salmon was sold alongside fresh cherries, just picked that morning. One of the fishers, a young Yakama man, said that he didn’t feel strongly about the sea … Continue reading →

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Salmon People

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

I identify with the bear people as revealed in yesterday’s blog: the feeling is woven through my genes but not in my daily life. Every day I think and write about salmon, the focus of my current study about how … Continue reading →

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Indian Logos

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Conflicts over Indian mascots have been roiling over the past few days as the University of North Dakota decided to ditch the Fighting Sioux logomark. New stories frame the issue as the University buckling under pressure from the NCAA–which oversees … Continue reading →

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The Sum of the Parts

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Thinking about research my light bulb moment came when I learned that families, communities, organizations and structures have a greater influence on us than individuals, and that, when it comes to individual attributes, we often silence ourselves for the sake … Continue reading →

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Research as Politics: Shrimp on a Treadmill

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

A common insult to sling at your opponent is that she is “cherry picking” her data. When I hear cherry picking I think about cherries and then I think about pie, and then I’ve forgotten all about research.

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Odd Names, Weird Spellings

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

How odd that my grandmother’s name was Mary Leticia Grove, and that some of the documents list her family name as “Groves.” When I asked my mother why the difference, she just shrugged.

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A Frontier Marriage

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Bear Robe and Henri’s daughter Emilie was raised by relatives but Henri resumed his paternal duties when Emilie was about 16, bringing her to St. Louis to meet her future husband, a French-Osage-Kanza man named Benjamin Lessert.

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How Do Historians Do It?

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

I don’t know how historians do it: how do they cleave fiction from fact? As I dig through the stories of Francis Parkman’s French scout, the fierce Oglala chief Bull Bear and the Lesserts, Revards and Herridges of Osage tales, … Continue reading →

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