Tag: Colonization
Ancient DNA is restoring the origin story of the Swahili people...
Chapurukha Kusimba, University of South Florida and David Reich, Harvard University
The legacy of the medieval Swahili civilization is...
Indigenous languages make inroads into public schools
Mneesha Gellman, Emerson College
Whenever November would roll around, James Gensaw, a Yurok language high school teacher in far...
Christianity was a major part of Indigenous boarding schools – a...
Brenda J. Child, University of Minnesota
During a weeklong trip to Canada, Pope Francis visited a former residential school...
Racism is different than colorism – here’s how
Ronald Hall, Michigan State University
Ronald Hall is a professor in the School of Social Work at Michigan State...
The Martinican bèlè dance – a celebration of land, spirit and...
Camee Maddox-Wingfield, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
On May 22 each year, when the eastern Caribbean island of Martinique...
Federal policy has failed to protect Indigenous women
Sheena L. Gilbert, University of Nebraska Omaha; Emily Wright, University of Nebraska Omaha, and Tara N. Richards, University of Nebraska Omaha
Oklahoma is – and always has been – Native land
Dwanna L. McKay, Colorado College
Some Oklahomans are expressing trepidation about the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that much of the eastern part of the state...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
