By Santee Ross, University of Montana
Isn’t it every little girl’s dream to fall in love, get married and live happily ever after? I know it was mine and still is minus the whole sappy aspect of it. However, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau Native Americans hold the highest percentage of unmarried partner households.
By Stacy Thacker, University of
Montana
In 2010 a young Navajo man named Vincent Kee was a victim of a racial hate crime in Farmington, N.M. He had swastika's branded into his skin and shaved into the back of his head. Kee is mentally disabled and wasn't able to defend himself from his attackers.
By Lee Longhorn
Santee Ross, University of
Montana
The first and last time I was on a skateboard I landed on my butt after two seconds of attempting to skate. One minute I was on the board and the next I was staring at the sky with shoots of pain all over my body. My bruised butt and ego decided right then and there that skateboarding was not for me.
By Santee Ross, University of
Montana
As classes are coming to their
final weeks I notice that I’m eating less
and less. I’ve gone from making oatmeal or
eggs for breakfast straight to skipping the
most important meal of the day altogether. I
could blame my recent bad-eating habit on
the stress of the last weeks of school but
let’s get real here, I just am not in the
mood to cook anymore.
By Santee Ross, University of
Montana
April showers don’t just bring
May flowers, it also brings bullying
awareness. April marks the National Child
Abuse Prevention Month and Indian Health
Services has taken part by releasing a
anti-bullying video.
The video shows three young
Native girls at the National Museum of the
American Indian in Washington, D.C. sending
the message that “Bullying is not
Native.”
By Santee Ross, University of
Montana
Medical care is something of a
joke in Indian Country.
If you need medical assistance from Indian
Health Services you can expect to wait hours
and hours only to be given some aspirin for
the pain, and antibiotics so you don’t die
of infection.
This is why I always
laugh when my mom tells me to go to the
clinic when we have Tylenol in the bathroom.
By Santee Ross, University of
Montana
I’m pretty sure the creator gave us thumbs
to play video games. Every mother would
argue against it but how else can you
explain the ability to hold down R1, toggle
left while hitting the X and O button all at
the same time?
About 72 percent of Americans know what I’m talking about since that’s the percent of households that play video games according to Entertainment Software Association.
By Santee Ross, University of
Montana
Spring weather in Wyoming and
I’ve even found here in Montana, is random.
One minute it will be nice and sunny, the
next it’s snowing. But for those fleeting
windows of time when the sun is demanding an
afternoon nap and the grass is a welcoming
bed, spring weather in the Rockies is
beautiful.
