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Indigenous scientists honored in France for horse research
Lyla June Special to ICT A recent scientific publication co-authored by both traditional Indigenous scientists and Western scientists confirms Indigenous narratives about the horse. These findings disprove the accepted and dominant narrative that northern Native Nations acquired horses only after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. For centuries, the dominant narrative has been that Spanish colonists reintroduced the horse to Native People after the species died out in the Americas during the Ice Age.
3000-year-old solutions to modern problems | Lyla June | TEDxKC
By Lyla June Johnston, originally published by Youtube In this profoundly hopeful talk, Diné musician, scholar, and cultural historian Lyla June outlines a series of timeless human success stories focusing on Native American food and land management techniques and strategies. Lyla June is an Indigenous musician, scholar and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages.
Business not as usual: Future is Indigenous women
Lyla June Johnston Diné As I step out of the Albuquerque sun into the breezy, Indigenous-led offices on Gold and Third Street, I am met by Native women, their warm greetings, their laughter. Little did I know their financial revolution—rooted in Indigenous values and worldviews—would soon leave me awestruck and in tears.
Job hunting in the creative industry while autistic: “We have to pretty much hide our traits”
There have also been some assessments where it seems like they want me to make perfectly good work for free. Sure, coming up with a low-budget ad campaign for skincare products was fun, but when you have to make an Instagram reel about how to make the best sandwich in London, whilst applying for an apprenticeship that’s less than £10k a year, you just feel used – especially when you’re neurodivergent and barely have the energy.
Yes world, there were horses in Native culture before the settlers came
Yvette Running Horse Collin’s recent dissertation may have rewritten every natural history book on the shelf. A Lakota/Nakota/Cheyenne scholar, Collin worked within the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Indigenous Studies program to synthesize fossil evidence, historical documents and oral history to present a compelling new story of the horse in the Americas. The horse was here well before the settlers. “We have calmly known we've always had the horse, way before the settlers came.
June 2020 - Indigenous History Month
Make June a Jubilee! June is Indigenous History Month—a time to intentionally reflect on Indigenous-Settler relationships both past and present; a time to grow in right relations with host peoples and the lands in which we live. We encourage everyone to pick up a great book—like Chelsea Vowel’s “Indigenous Writes”, or Barker and Lowman’s “Settler” or other reads—to learn more about how we can pursue paths of decolonization.
10 Stories You Loved In 2019
Venus de Milo stands amid the ashes of the massive wildfire that destroyed much of Santa Rosa, Calif. in October 2017. Read Santa Rosa evacuee Dianne Monroe’s story, Field Notes from the Santa Rosa Fire, here. As I write this, I am waiting to board a plane to Matamoros, Mexico, one of the world’s most dangerous places, where thousands of asylum seekers — men, women, and children — await their fate.
Declaring Indigenous Rights in Poetry
Declaring Indigenous Rights in Poetry by Lyla June Johnston; Joy De Vito The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is a powerful proclamation of the principles that should guide Indigenous-Settler relations around the world. Some call it a blueprint for reconciliation. Some say that, if taken seriously, it could help states and Settler societies repair significant historic injustices and reject present colonialism.
Lyla June on the Forest as Farm
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest. (CC Public Domain) This is the second part of a series on indigenous food systems with Diné artist, activist and scholar Lyla June. In Part One: Kelp Gardens, Piñon Forests, she shares some of her personal journey with food and agriculture and what inspired her to focus the next stage of her life on traditional food systems and language.
Were horses in Native culture before the settlers came? New study says yes
Yvette Running Horse Collin’s recent dissertation, historical documents and oral histories have presented a compelling new story of the horse in the Americas. (Photo courtesy of ICT) Lyla June Johnston, Indian Country Today Originally published Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at 11:02a.m. Yes world, there were horses in Native culture before the settlers came. Yvette Running Horse Collin’s recent dissertation may have rewritten every natural history book on the shelf.
Yes world, there were horses in Native culture before the settlers came
Yvette Running Horse Collin’s recent dissertation may have rewritten every natural history book on the shelf. A Lakota/Nakota/Cheyenne scholar, Collin worked within the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Indigenous Studies program to synthesize fossil evidence, historical documents and oral history to present a compelling new story of the horse in the Americas. The horse was here well before the settlers. “We have calmly known we've always had the horse, way before the settlers came.
Yes world, there were horses in Native culture before the settlers came
Yvette Running Horse Collin’s recent dissertation may have rewritten every natural history book on the shelf. A Lakota/Nakota/Cheyenne scholar, Collin worked within the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Indigenous Studies program to synthesize fossil evidence, historical documents and oral history to present a compelling new story of the horse in the Americas. The horse was here well before the settlers. “We have calmly known we've always had the horse, way before the settlers came.
Yes world, there were horses in Native culture before the settlers came
Yvette Running Horse Collin’s recent dissertation may have rewritten every natural history book on the shelf. A Lakota/Nakota/Cheyenne scholar, Collin worked within the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Indigenous Studies program to synthesize fossil evidence, historical documents and oral history to present a compelling new story of the horse in the Americas. The horse was here well before the settlers. “We have calmly known we've always had the horse, way before the settlers came.
Yes world, there were horses in Native culture before the settlers came
Yvette Running Horse Collin’s recent dissertation may have rewritten every natural history book on the shelf. A Lakota/Nakota/Cheyenne scholar, Collin worked within the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Indigenous Studies program to synthesize fossil evidence, historical documents and oral history to present a compelling new story of the horse in the Americas. The horse was here well before the settlers. “We have calmly known we've always had the horse, way before the settlers came.
Opinion: How many more PNM shenanigans can we take?
Let me get this straight… In the pending rate hike request PNM wants to spend $280 million more on coal and nuclear energy sources? Every penny of which and more I will pay back to PNM through my electric bill? Just after PNM asked the PRC to approve another $580 million coal contract, earlier this year? Aren’t we hearing the cries of the earth as she wails in hurricanes, weeps in melting ice shelves, drowns in floods and smolders in the wake of forest fires?
Guest Column: How many more PNM shenanigans can we take?
Let me get this straight … in the pending rate hike request Public Service Company of New Mexico wants to spend $280 million more on coal and nuclear energy sources? Every penny of which and more I will pay back to PNM through my electric bill? Just after PNM asked the Public Regulation Commission to approve another $580 million coal contract, earlier this year?
Education Self-Determination Superstars: Cochiti Pueblo Takes On Language-Learning
It all started when Trisha Moquino entered the public school system as an elementary school teacher. An indigenous woman from Cochiti, Santo Domingo and Ohkay Owingeh Pueblos, she became frustrated with the school’s unwillingness to teach language and culture to Native students. The situation hit a deeper chord when Moquino looked into her daughter’s eyes and thought of the future she wanted for her.
10th Lakȟótiyapi Summer Institute Generates Army of Language Teachers, Learners
The Standing Rock Lakota Nation wrapped up its 10th anniversary Lakȟótiyapi Summer Institute for language revitalization on Friday, June 24. The three-week intensive program offered an array of in-depth explorations of Lakota/Dakota language and culture such as Intensive Lakota/Dakota for Beginners, Lakota Ethnobotany, Lakota Poetry Composition, Lakota Syntax and several professional development courses for Lakota language teachers.
Young Navajos Stage 200-Mile Journey for Existence
At dawn on January 6, 2015, a group of young Diné (Navajo) women and their supporters gathered at sunrise near the fire department at the base of Dził Na'oodiłii (Huerfano Mountain).
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