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Missing truths

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Originally posted on Cynthia (Ištá Tȟó Tȟó) Coleman Emery's Blog:
Lithograph of Junipera Serra and subjects As a kid growing up in Southern California (we moved overseas when I was 10) we visited missions that dot the west,…

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Why beliefs matter with climate change

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

I wish I knew more about climate change. Problem is I’m occupied with discourse—the stories we grab from headlines, television and Twitter. How do we (I mean discourse) talk about climate change? What occurs in my circles is the sheer … Continue reading →

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Black Hawk’s Skull

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Science is often deployed to meet political ends but we don’t always recognize when. Phrenology emerged as a pseudo-scientific way to define race through empirical means. Scientists used painstaking measurements to show how the landscape of the skull—its ridges and … Continue reading →

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Science and Trust: What’s Rational?

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

The disenfranchised among us have a history of distrusting science. Some scientists just don’t get it: how can you overlook evolution? Climate change? Diabetes? Native Americans—and African-Americans and Hispanics—can point to specific examples when the mantle of science caused harm.

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Tobacco Cure

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

The question was innocent enough. My beloved asked me where the expression, “Blowing smoke up your arse” comes from. Thanks to the internet the answer came swiftly. The story begins in Indian Country (as all stories do during Native American … Continue reading →

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When Science meets Faith

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Musings on Native Science (by Cynthia-Lou Coleman)https://nativescience.wordpress.com/

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Why American Indians don’t have rights

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

The issue of “rights” in North America entered into conversation when I saw this week that—after 38 years—a judge ruled two ancient skeletons could be given to a California tribe for reburial. Unlike Kennewick Man—which has yet to be returned—a … Continue reading →

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Down to the bones

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery
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Sacred Masks

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Excellent insights into Native spirituality Desert Spirit Hopi Mask “The Sale of a sacred object cannot be dismissed with the wave of a hand as a mere commercial transaction” Philip J. Breeden, US Embassy, Paris; quoted in NY Times 6-30-2014. … Continue reading →

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Sacred Masks

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Sacred Masks.

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