Tag Archives: Indigenous Science

Manufactroversy

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Here’s a word to stitch into your vocabulary pocket. Manufactroversy. The word means a manufactured controversy. And what an elegant word to share with my propaganda, persuasion and framing students.

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When words aren’t what they seem

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

How fortuitous that Native American Heritage Month comes at a time when I’ve been invited to write a book chapter about my work in Native Science. Below I’ve woven together words that describe what I do for the book’s editors … Continue reading →

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It’s in the name

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Beloved and I traipsed down to the county office this week to fill out the forms, show our identification cards and hand over 60 bucks for an Oregon marriage license. The clerk asked if I wanted to change my name. … Continue reading →

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Return to tradition

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

We arrived just in time for the last few songs at a November gathering in Gray Horse under the scaffold of the newly built roundhouse. Drummers kept a beat while dancers circled under the arbor as a cool breeze invited … Continue reading →

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Home away from home

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

What better way to greet Native American Heritage Month than by travelling to the rez? My beloved and I are headed to Oklahoma and he will have his first opportunity to see my Osage relatives. If it weren’t for my … Continue reading →

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Write

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

I welcome the chance to beef up my blog in November. Native American Heritage Month beckons me, and, starting last year, I wrote a blog a day in November. The idea of “once a day” comes from Suzan-Lori Parks: a … Continue reading →

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Anderson Cooper: 29 across

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Combing the web earlier this week I was looking for squibs on Anderson Cooper. Cooper enlivened crowds in Portland, talking shop on news and reporting. My job was to introduce him to students and faculty for an informal question-and-answer session.

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And one for Wakonta

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

You just can’t find good coffee outside Portland. That’s a fib. We found tasty java in New York. But Istanbul? Paris? Rapid City?

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Java tales

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Returning to Portland after a jaunt to the East Coast put coffee in perspective. Our hunt for New Jersey java focused our activities. Each morning we watched as the beach denizens, robed in shorts and sweatshirts, bellied up to the … Continue reading →

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Massaging the facts

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

I am awed and distressed at propaganda that envelopes us. Sure we recognize the obvious sales pitches: • The clerk pops your prescription pills into a paper bag festooned with an ad for a new medicine • The tennis champ’s … Continue reading →

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