Indigenous

Were you at all fazed by working with legends such as Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro?I don’t know that I was fazed, but I was definitely intimidated at first. With a role as big as Molly, you’ve just got to get through that quickly. But my hands were shaking the first day with Leo, and the same with Robert.Is there anything you did to break the ice with DiCaprio, your on-screen husband?He invited me over to dinner. We were sitting outside at his place with a fire going, and just talking. He pulled…

December 18, 20234min read“Woolly dogs” that were kept by the Coast Salish peoples are now extinct, but researchers were able to see their importance written in the genome of the only known peltBy Meghan BartelsFull-body forensic reconstruction of a woolly dog based on a 160-year-old pelt in the Smithsonian’s collection as well as archaeological remains. The reconstructed woolly dog stands against a stylized background of a Coast Salish weaving motif from a historic dog-wool blanket. The portrayal of the weaving motif…

American fashion brand Ralph Lauren has kicked off a new special collaboration with an indigenous artist, amazing everyone online.Unveiling its first drop of a capsule collection made through its inaugural Artist in Residence program on Tuesday (December 5), Ralph Lauren’s new product designed by the renowned seventh-generation Diné weaver and textile artist Naiomi Glasses includes three seasonal limited edition drops featuring menswear, womenswear, unisex apparel, and accessories.Diné means “the people”, which is how…

Psychology master’s student Lakota Wood found that non-Indigenous students rated common identifiers of Indigenous peoples in Canada as conveying less warmth and competence than those describing other ethnic groups. Credit: Geoff McMaster Many non-Indigenous Canadians may have a ways to go in shedding negative stereotypes of Indigenous people, according to a recent study by a University of Alberta master's student in…

Cecelia Bull Bear has been making quillwork art for as long as she can remember. “I learned from my grandmother, Ethel Black Crow, and my aunt, Rose Spotted Eagle, when I was real young,” the 76-year-old Denver-based Oglala Lakota artist said. “I’ve been doing it all my life.” Quillwork is an art form that uses porcupine quills to embroider clothing and make jewelry, and it is one of the oldest artistic traditions practiced by Indigenous North Americans, mostly in the northern plains of what is now the U.S. and across…

By Harmeet Kaur | CNN When there were few other Indigenous celebrities in the spotlight, there was Buffy Sainte-Marie. The celebrated singer-songwriter rose to prominence during the folk revival of the 1960s, building a name as a Cree artist. She sang about the injustices experienced by Indigenous peoples in songs such as “Now That the Buffalo’s Gone,” “My Country ‘Tis of Thy People You’re Dying” and “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.” She showed children that Native people weren’t relics of the past in a five-year stint on…

Every April growing up in East Texas, Vincent Neil Emerson and his family traveled to Louisiana for their tribe’s annual powwow. For that one weekend of the year, the future singer-songwriter was immersed in the culture of his mother’s people, the Choctaw-Apache. He was dazzled by the spectacle of the dances, the drums and song, which were performed, at times, in traditional regalia, jewelry, and beadwork. Those memories were seared into his mind. “It’s always been a huge part of my life. It’s how I was…

by Garth Stahl, Braden Hill, Himanshu Gupta, James Smith and Samuel Moore, The Conversation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain One of the top priorities of the Universities Accord process it to improve access to university in Australia, particularly for those from underrepresented groups. …

A screenshot of the map documenting instances of #landback return and accompanying news. Credit: Sarah Deer and Ward Lyles Returning land to original Indigenous owners has long been a personal and family interest to Sarah Deer. As the #landback movement has gained momentum on social media in recent years, Deer and a fellow University of Kansas researcher have launched a website to document cases of land return to sovereign…

The idea of vacation spots that are a "paradise on earth" can sometimes overlook uncomfortable truths. Credit: Pexels, CC BY When the notion of "ecotourism" was introduced in the late 1970s, it was intended to be ecologically responsible, promote conservation, benefit local populations and help travelers foster a "reconnection with biocultural diversity." It's now more of a marketing term, used to give mass adventure-tourism…