Initiating the white man

It’s an exciting time for rez families when a non-native person is seeking initiation. It is the proverbial turned table of colonization, and it typically…

If I never had to wash another dish

You know those hard times when it’s a “whatever’s-left-in-the-cupboard-is-what’s-for-dinner” kind of night? That’s what’s cooking in my household this month. For lunch today my daughter…

Dance Responsibly

The year Gramma Rovina got sick, we went to longhouse. We were sitting on the bench together, my Onondaga Beaver grandmother keeping me right under…

Introduction to Scone Dogs & Seed Beads

An amazing opportunity has presented itself to me in the last few weeks.  And that is, to etch out a place here in the Two…