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Welcome to my advocacy blog. My goal is to post relevant information that will spark action, discussion and interaction, creating a catalyst for solutions and ideas to impact the challenges we face in our society. We welcome comments, suggestions and submissions in support of those seeking a voice. "…Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear…"

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Category: Native Americans

We Americans are dancing on the Titanic. Our iceberg is not far away

The greatest shock of all would be to wake up and find that while we were driving the kids to … More

a country divided, Abortion rights, angry and mean, draconian, dystopian, ignoring citizens wants and needs, Republican right wing, Roe v Wade, short sighted, US Supreme Court decision

Mad About Roe? Here’s What to Do Now.

By Robin Marty – Ms. Marty is the director of operations at the West Alabama Women’s Center and the author of … More

activism, Advocacy, Education, NYB Times, Obortion, Robin Marty, Roe Overturned!!, Science, truth, US Supreme Court

Free Leonard Peltier

Huff Post – Jennifer Bendery – 7 May 2022 “Leonard Peltier knows his time is running out. The Native American … More

Advocacy, FBI, Friends, history, Huff Post, injustice, Jennifer Bendery, justice, Leonard Peltier, Native Americans, Secretary Deb Haaland, truth, Turtle Mountain Chippewa

Star Hardridge – Artist

Starr Hardridge uses art as a medium to connect with his late father and his Muscogee Creek roots. Ellise Pierce … More

Advocacy, art, Education, environment, Friends, history, Muscogee Creek, Native American, Nature, Star Hardridge, truth

Revolution, Coast Salish Style now! Video Imbedded

Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe on accepting failure as a path to creative healing in her debut memoir, ‘Red Paint.’ Sasha taqʷšəblu … More

Advocacy, Christine Trudeau, Education, Friends, High Country News, history, Red Paint, Research, Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe

Cheyenne Dog Soldiers

The awesome warriors were “armed to the teeth with revolvers and bows… proud, haughty, defiant as should become those who … More

Adobe Walls, Advocacy, Apache, Cheyenne, Chief Joseph, Comanche, Custer, Dog Soldiers, Dull Knife, Education, history, Kiowa, Plains Indians, Research, Sioux

Women of the White Buffalo

The Lakota women living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota are rising up against the forces that … More

Advocacy, Education, Friends, history, Indigenous peoples, Lakota people, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, truth

Meet Some Unforgettable People Who May Well Change Your life…

As seen on Reader IQ. $2.99 through Monday on Amazon. “Meet some unforgettable people who may well change your life!”

Advocacy, biographies, conviction, Courage, Education, environment, Friends, health, Heros, HIV/AIDS, hope, M Barrett Miller, Memoir, Native Americans, Nature, short stories

Native Americans Urge Scottish Museum to Return Artifacts From Wounded Knee Massacre

David Kindy – Smithsonian Magazine – 24 February 2022 “The Lakota tribe is in talks with the institution for the … More

Advocacy, David Kindy, Education, Ghost Dance, history, Lakota, Native American Art, Native Americans, Pine Ridge Reservation, Wounded Knee

A Forgotten Olympic First

Taffy Abel, U.S. hockey’s initial American Indian player, won a silver medal at the inaugural Winter Games almost a century … More

1924 Winter Olympics, Advocacy, Chamonix, Chippewa indians, Education, France, Friends, history, Jim Thorpe, Native American, Ojibwe, Research, Taffy Abel, truth, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame

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