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By Santee Ross, University of Montana
“So do you smoke peyote?” “Are you the feather or dot kind of Indian?” “What’s your spirit animal?” “Do you still live in a tipi?”
Yes these are real questions that people ask all – and I do mean ALL – Native people constantly, possibly daily, in their lives.
By Santee Ross, University of Montana
I am a total sucker for a Native man in a good pair of wranglers—a site I sneak second looks for. Aside from my heart, Native cowboys are also on the minds of a lot of people lately with the 2011 National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas according to.
By Santee Ross, University of Montana
The Crazy Horse Monument in South Dakota has been ingrained in my memory since birth. The giant mountain memorial has also seemed frozen in time, in all the years since my birth—granted that’s not long but still.
By Stacy Thacker, University of Montana
With the holiday season usually comes cold weather and bad conditions but it could also mean life or death for many who are suffering from substance abuse.
On Wednesday November 30th Encompassing Health Services, a detox center in Page, Ariz., closed its doors. Funding for the program was cut and with no backup plan the community is worried about what will happen to those left out in the cold.
By Santee Ross
A good Indian taco is the most amazing food in the world. When I think of Indian taco I think of a gathering like a powwow or auntie’s house and now, apparently, a little place in Denver called Tocabe.
The food network’s Guy Fieri of “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives,” visited an American Indian Eatery in Denver earlier this year.
By Stacy Thacker, University of Montana
Let’s just say it: Frybread is a delicacy that most in Indian Country cannot resist. That also goes for a new Native super hero whose weapons include hot grease and dough.
Frybread Man is a hero who fights for Native American rights as created by Ryan Huna Smith, Navajo and Chemehuevi, of the Mojave Desert. He is a hero for every man, Smith said.
“His humor is real cheesy but that's how I wanted it to be," Smith said in a phone interview.
By Santee Ross, University of Montana
President Barack Obama is by far my favorite president of all time. I love him for his brilliant ad campaign posters—maybe his good looks too. The main reason I love Obama is because he actually gives a damn about Native Americans.
By Santee Ross, University of Montana
Breaking records and becoming champions is just how the Hopi High boys and girls cross country teams roll—state titles, say what.
Earlier this month. both the Hopi High boys’ and girls cross country teams won the Arizona state championship. The boys team set a national record by winning the 22nd consecutive in the state while the girls won their fifth consecutive championship.
By Santee Ross, University of Montana
Thanksgiving is the one holiday where gluttony becomes everybody’s sin but I’m not judging because I love food as much as Emeril loves to say “BAM!”
I can’t think of any American who doesn’t love a plate (or several plates) of good food, football, the couch and family. That’s just living the dream right there.
Now most families have the traditional spread—turkey, stuffing, cranberries, mashed potatoes and some bread with butter. My family is slightly non-traditional.
By Stacy Thacker, University of Montana
A recent study shows that Native Americans in New Mexico are smoking more than any other race in the state. Being a New Mexican and Native American I found this shocking!
According to the Farmington (N.M) Daily Times, nearly a quarter of people who live on tribal land in New Mexico smoke. This rise in smoking has occurred only recently, in previous years the rate of Native smokers was lower than other ethnic groups.
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