Category Archives: Indian

Spirituality and science

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Honoring spider Tomorrow I head for Oklahoma, my mother’s home, where we will lay a headstone in her memory at the Osage cemetery at Grayhorse. This requires special permission and my family is grateful to the elders for their endorsement.

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Question of ownership

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Who keeps the spoils? My work began in the late 1980s with examinations of how people think about risk, health and the environment and how such scientific topics unfold in mass media. And when science issues impact American Indians, I … Continue reading →

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Science exposed

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Ethics and research I teach social science research methods and students learn that great care must be taken to prevent harming anyone in the name of research. In fact, if people are involved in a research project on our campus … Continue reading →

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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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