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Supporting Research – Building TCU Intellectual Capacity

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Cheryl

I had the opportunity to listen to some of the research and projects of the Sloan and Mellon Fellows and Scholars associated with the American Indian College Fund over the last two days. (Regretably an appointment with an electrician and travel to SD prevented me from hearing all of them, something I will have to […]

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Reflection 1 – urban Indian living

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Cheryl

Reflections on place (1) – living urban and feeling a sense of place I am going to try for at least a monthly reflection on what it means to me to live in a big city. This is the first. Having finally reached the 2-week mark of living in our new urban setting, I am […]

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Reflections on a man of the people, John Trudell

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Cheryl

My niece graduated from the Institute of American Indian Arts last week. John Trudell spoke at their graduation and it reminded that I had this piece that was shared on the NWIC home page. Northwest Indian College was honored to host the noted Indian activist and artist, John Trudell on April 25. John is a […]

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Mother’s Day Lessons

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Cheryl

All of us have lots of loving words for our mothers. Those women who give birth to us and those who raise us. Many of us have deep connections to our mothers, aunties and grandmothers. Others of us live with a heartbreaking void where mothering is supposed to be. My mom always said she was […]

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Our Native calendar – Our own passage of time

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Cheryl

As the new calendar year starts, I am reminded of all the ways that people keep track of the passing of time and when we look hopefully toward what the future brings. The calendars for indigenous people are as varied as we are, some mark the passing of each day, some are based on the […]

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Celebrating Christ and Being Native

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Cheryl

Each year during the time surrounding the Christian days of the birth and resurrection of Jesus Christ, I find myself thinking about how I became a person who still goes to church. My father’s family is deeply immersed in Lakota religion and his grandparents became Episcopalians who had baptisms at their home. My great grandfather […]

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Collecting Indian stories about DC

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Cheryl

Our elected tribal leaders and many of our community and traditional leaders spent last week in Washington, DC visiting the Great White Father and the Halls of Congress. President Obama is generously in support of us – perhaps tied to his own experiences as a mixed race African/European American, perhaps because he really believes in […]

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