Following up on my post about the two indigenous competitors at the 2010 Winter Olympics, I wanted to highlight the fact that Canada’s first medal of the Paralympic Games was earned by Saskatoon’s Colette Bourgonje, who, says Indian Country Today, is the squad’s “only aboriginal athlete.” On Sunday, Mar. 14, Bourgonje grabbed silver in the […]
In one of the most controversial announcements to ever come out of the Nobel Foundation, U.S. president Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. Peace advocates questioned the selection, given the American military presence in many conflicts around the globe. Obama accepted it humbly, and vowed to donate the $1.4 million dollar […]
Very cool piece in the New York Times on how one small, indigenous-run, hospital in Tuba City, Arizona, has “outperform[ed] richer, more prestigious institutions when it comes to keeping Caesarean rates down, which saves money and is better for many mothers and infants.” The article partly attributes the success of the Tuba City Regional Health […]
Ever have one of those nights where you can’t believe what you just saw and you’re steamed about it, but you know saying so won’t make a nickel’s worth of difference because apparently it IS true – ignorance IS bliss? I’m talking about the bizarre distortions of the real world that keep popping up. Some […]
Russian ice dance pair Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin continue to irk Aboriginal peoples in Australia, this time at the Olympics, with their controversial outfits and music. The dynamic duo debuted their “indigenous-themed dance at last year’s European Championships where it … soon sparked outrage” for its minstrel-like appearance and casual use of didgeridoo music. […]
