Love, Hope and Courage

There is a coin I keep in my wallet. It’s one of those inspirational tokens you can pick up in the hospital gift shop. On…

There is No Victory for Us in U.S. or Canadian Courts

The embarrassing failure of the U.S. prosecutor in the Three Feathers Casino trial is not a win. It's not even a draw! Surviving the persecution…

SIX NAY SLANG

It has been brought to my attention that our wonderful readers are not all from my rez and may be unfamiliar with my vernacular.

Stop Trying to “Solve” the Great Mystery!

When you pull up my blog online , this is my intro: "People are free to be consumed with contemplating their existence, their origins, the…

Stolen children, forgotten elders

I am an urban Indian, some of the time, well at least half of the time. I am a major participant in Oshkimaadziig camp, but…

The difficult sayings of Nelson Mandela

The Facebook community has been remembering the Mandela the revolutionary man and anti-colonial freedom fighter this week.

UK Music Video depicts Rez life

Drum and bass artists Chase & Status have released a new album “Brand New Machine” December 4, 2013 and the music video premiere for single…

Neil Young Honours the Treaties

Neil Young has announced that he will perform 4 benefit shows in Canada to raise money for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) Legal Defense…

Redskin Code Talkers?

To avoid arguments in the White world we are told to avoid talking about religion or politics.

Everybody back off and let me bead

My most prized possession of all are my 13/0 Charlotte cut seed beads. These rare and tiny beads may seem plain to the untrained eye,…

Al-Jazeera covers “Let’s Talk Native”

BUFFALO – On Sunday, Nov. 17, the “Let’s Talk Native… with John Kane” live radio show had some very special guests. In addition to the…

Pearls of Wisdom from my Mother-in-law

After weeks of life taking over my schedule I finally found some time to clean. Together the kids and I determined to sort through old…

Our “Special Month” — Almost in the Bag

So as we head into the final week of National Native American Heritage Month as proclaimed by the 44th Rahnatakaias, or as I call it,…

Farewell to Jake

The greatest leader of the Onyota’aka died last week. There, I said it — the greatest leader. And let there be no mistake, because in…

Who defines the seventh generation?

When I was growing up, whenever my mom referred to a mixed breed of anything she would call them a Heinz 57. Usually this was…