Just came across this catchy video for ‘Everybody Knows’ by Indigenous Intrudaz, which in turn led me to news of the recently-celebrated tenth anniversary of Stylin’ Up, “Australia’s largest indigenous hip hop and R&B event,” according to The Courier-Mail. The duo have played at every single festival, an “annual celebration of indigenous music, art and […]
A story from WLS-TV about how the Chicago Blackhawks logo has supposedly “avoided much fury from Native American groups” — note the absence of irony in the sportscaster’s use of the word ‘fury’ — upset over the use of such ‘Aboriginal’ iconography and nomenclature by sports teams. A follow-up post will explore the various contours […]
The Miami Herald has published a comprehensive look by reporter Joseph Goodman at how the ever-flowing BP oil spill threatens to impact the region’s Indigenous peoples, namely, the Chitimacha and the Houma. As far back as May 6, 2010, the chief of Pointe-au-Chien shared his concern with mediaINDIGENA about the spill, given “almost 80% of […]
In this presentation at TEDxDU at University of Denver, non-Aboriginal photographer Aaron Huey discusses his series of images taken over 5 years on the Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota Sioux reservation, a place Huey describes as “ground zero for Native issues in the U.S.” Juxtaposing historical milestones in the US/Lakota relationship with contemporary photographs, Huey showcases […]
Another ‘comic‘ take on Arizona, this time from one of my favorite political cartoonists, Tom Tomorrow. His weekly strip, This Modern World, is always worth a read. (Click on the panel to see the cartoon in its entirety.)
