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Museum Apologizes for Asking Native Mother to Remove Traditional Baby Carrier

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

The Blog is reposted from Laura Trace Hentz Museum Apologizes for Asking Native Mother to Remove Traditional Baby Carrier A staff member at the Portland Art Museum told her the basket violated … Museum Apologizes for Asking Native Mother to … Continue reading →

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LITTLE THEORIES

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

Reading Deeply I’ve been chewing on news about the College Board’s Advanced Placement test in African American Studies that made headlines over the past weeks, trying to sort out my sympathies. Let me disclose that I worked on a consulting … Continue reading →

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When Resolution Meets Revolution

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

JUST OPEN A CAN I miss the days when we made garlands with strips of colored paper folded into rings and glued together for the Christmas tree. In winter we would crack nuts that arrived with their shells intact. My … Continue reading →

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When Vegetarians and Meat-eaters Break Bread

Posted on December 31, 2022 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

CHRISTMAS DINNER 2022 Chacun à son Goût Uncredited linocut from the website Zazzle Today: I’m laundering cloth napkins. And ironing them. This is my kind of housework: I like to see things clean and shine. A tiny red streak on … Continue reading →

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Making Tamales

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

Celebrating the Holidays I spent Saturday afternoon at a friend’s home learning how to make tamales, a tradition in many Indigenous communities in North, South and Latin America. She invited a few pals to snack on hors d’oeuvres (deviled eggs, … Continue reading →

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Honoring A Native American Activist

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

Have a Merry Mankiller 5 DECEMBER 2022 I was thrilled to learn the US Mint issued a 25-cent coin to recognize Wilma Mankiller. This week I decided to track down some quarters to share with family as a holiday gift … Continue reading →

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Native American Heritage Month

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

NOVEMBER 2022 Image by Alesha Sivartha, Book of Life, 1898 Thanksgiving Floats the Media Bubble My social media bubble encircles friends and acquaintances who are–for the most part–kindhearted. I’ve grown weary of folks who shame communities online, drawing attention to … Continue reading →

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Native American Heritage Month

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

NOVEMBER 2022 Pictured: Oscar Howe (Yanktonai Dakota) is a modernist painter who shared his Sioux culture worldwide (1973). Credit: Digital Library of South Dakota (photographer not named).   OSCAR HOWE The Dakota Modern Exhibit Where identity is baked into aesthetics … Continue reading →

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Native American Heritage Month

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

NOVEMBER 2022 HONORING ANCESTORS Pictured: My great-grandmother, Eva Agnes Herridge, and her older sister, Mary. Photograph taken around the early 1890s by P.A. Miller. Agnes was born in South Dakota and settled in Oklahoma–in Stillwater and Fairfax (one of the … Continue reading →

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Taking Steps to Recognize Indigenous Peoples

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Cynthia Coleman Emery

Let’s Start with Names Seek-Seek-Qua by C. Coleman Emery When I returned home from a September camping trip, I opened my book (Night of the Living Rez) and found a plastic knife holding my place. I had used the knife … Continue reading →

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