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Articles by Nazune Menka
Financial Self-Determination for Native Nations
A Supreme Court decision enhances Native Nations’ self-determination by requiring the federal government to reimburse certain healthcare costs.
Embracing an Indigenous Worldview of Climate Change
Food for Thought If you are asking what you might do to assist Indigenous communities in restoring a right relationship with the earth, perhaps begin with educating yourself about the land you inhabit. Whose ancestral homelands are you reading this article from? What, if any, Indigenous-held land remains in your state or region? How can land be returned to Indigenous stewardship in your area? What other forms of liberatory actions can we as a society engage in?
Supreme Court to Progressives: Wake Up
The Supreme Court just sent us a wake-up call. Pro-reality Americans, i.e. the 40% of voters to the left of the Democratic Party, should be grateful. A freedom essential to half the population never should have hinged upon a flimsy and poorly-reasoned legal opinion. Congress should have followed the example of other countries where abortion is legal, and passed a federal law decades ago. Instead, neither party acted on behalf of women.
Vow of Silence (But Now Quite Yet)
Time to let women speak their minds about the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v Wade. Men have spoken, made rules, passed laws, literally pontificated, and generally exercised dominator control over women far far far too long. Do you want women telling you what you must eat, drink, smoke, or what sorts of healthcare procedures you can and cannot have? Yeah, didn't think so. It is women and women only who bear the burden, the pain, and sometimes the existential threat of pregnancy.
Overturning Roe: The (colonial) Supreme Court
The United States Supreme Court’s history and jurisprudence is rooted in a colonial violence, Indigenous land dispossession, genocide, and slavery, but we are still surprised when, in 2022, it determines a woman no longer has a Constitutional right to bodily autonomy. Why?
Overturning Roe: The Supreme(ly Colonial) Court
Details By Nazune Menka June 27, 2022 Guest Opinion. The United States Supreme Court’s history and jurisprudence is rooted in a colonial violence, Indigenous land dispossession, genocide, and slavery, but we are still surprised when, in 2022, it determines a woman no longer has a Constitutional right to bodily autonomy. Why?
Overturning Roe: The (colonial) Supreme Court
The United States Supreme Court’s history and jurisprudence is rooted in a colonial violence, Indigenous land dispossession, genocide, and slavery, but we are still surprised when, in 2022, it determines a woman no longer has a Constitutional right to bodily autonomy. Why?
Secretary Haaland Confirmed as First Native American Woman to Lead a Federal Agency
Today Secretary Deb Haaland (Pueblo of Laguna) became the first Indigenous woman confirmed as Secretary of a federal agency. She will the lead of the Department of the Interior (DOI). This historic day calls for a recognition of the resiliency, survivance, and fortitude Indigenous communities have led with since 1492.
On National Native American Heritage Day: A Call to Action
Happy National Native American Heritage Day (Nov. 27th)!!! Dzaanh Nezoonh or Good Day in Denaakke’ (Koyukon Athabascan). I hope that wherever you may be reading this from, you give thanks and acknowledgement to the Indigenous communities on whose land you reside. For those of us at Berkeley, I recognize we are on the ancestral and unceded homelands of the Ohlone people. Celebrating this month and day are important to increasing our collective community awareness and inclusiveness.
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