Category Archives: science communication

Two-Eyed Seeing

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Inviting Natives to the Table One of the world’s leading scientific journals devotes space to Native Science this week. The article in Science begins with the cry, “Don’t shoot the leaders.” The entreaty comes from aboriginal hunters of North America … Continue reading →

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Muggles for Science

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

Why we need politicians who are vigilant We took to the streets Saturday (April 21, 2017) to join the March for Science. Thousands met in downtown Portland at the waterfront to hear speakers try to raise our emotions about science … Continue reading →

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How Science makes us Smarter

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Feeling Rotten, Part 3 I mourn the loss of integrity when shenanigans from high-ranking folks we elected make headlines. What happened to grace and goodness? I’m embarrassed to learn that Republicans voted to gut ethics standards from our nation’s core … Continue reading →

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Bring Back Integrity

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Feeling Rotten, Part 2 Yup: the lies, the venom, the cronyism and the bigotry repulse me. We have buried integrity in the political landscape. Two examples of integrity loom: one made headlines this week, and the other may be hidden … 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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The gift of world travel

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Tear down the wall Once, while eating supper at a restaurant in Germany, I over-heard an American visitor complain the menu was in German only: she wanted to see it in English. How ironic to discover that nowadays menus in … Continue reading →

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Native science & rhetoric

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

An elder once told me, “Traditional knowledge is thousands of years of applied science.” Those words came from one of the speakers at the Indigenous Environments conference I was fortunate to attend this week in Norwich, England. She points out … Continue reading →

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Irony Attack

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

A full-throttle example of irony begins with a drive to visit relatives south of Portland on a beautiful spring day. We sit and chat inside, so it is odd indeed that by twilight I discover my arms and hands have … Continue reading →

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Playing the Woman Card

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Don’t look now: media are priming us. Priming in the same sense that you prime a pump by activating the flow of water. When you want to extract water from a well, you first need to “prime the pump” by … Continue reading →

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