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Tripping for the Planet: Psychedelics and Climate Activism

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 24, 2023January 25, 2023

“With more states legalizing psychedelics, activists are interested in exploring their power.”

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The Curious Case of Gina Adams: A “Pretendian” Investigation

by Carolyn Wells September 7, 2022October 19, 2022

In this essay, Michelle Cyca asks questions about Gina Adams — and her claims of Indigenous heritage. It’s a gripping read that exposes the rise of the “Pretendians.” The message was clear: being Indigenous was tragic or shameful. Or it was mystical and noble, a warrior on a horse, somehow untouched by colonization. Middle-class and […]

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With Old Traditions and New Tech, Young Inuit Chart Their Changing Landscape

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands August 30, 2022October 19, 2022

For generations, hunting and being deeply in tune with the land have been essential parts of Inuit culture in the Hudson Bay region of northernmost Canada. As the coastline changes, Inuit youth are combining next-generation tech and tools with the Indigenous wisdom of their elders to chart the evolving marine landscape — and make it […]

Covers of books by Native American authors displayed within a minimal map of the United States
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Voices of Rebirth: A Reading List on Being Indigenous in America

by Autumn Fourkiller August 23, 2022October 20, 2022

Our lives are so much more than you could possibly imagine.

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The Race to Free Washington’s Last Orca in Captivity

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 8, 2022October 19, 2022

“A southern resident’s violent capture off Whidbey Island was the original sin of a now-defunct local industry. Decades later, a Lummi-led effort to bring her home is on the verge of an improbable breakthrough.”

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The Gentrification of Consciousness

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 10, 2022October 19, 2022

“San Francisco’s Mission district has become synonymous with well-paid tech workers displacing non-white longtime residents. It’s now the setting for a new battle, as the coming psychedelic-industrial complex threatens to strip hallucinogenic drugs of their historical and religious significance.”

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The Ancient Potato of the Future

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 3, 2021October 19, 2022

“The Four Corners potato has sustained Indigenous people in the American Southwest for 11,000 years; USDA is now studying its 8-year shelf life, and its resistance to disease, heat, and drought. The future of this remarkable little potato remains unwritten.”

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The Stench of Death

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 14, 2021October 19, 2022

On Canada’s Highway of Tears.

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Hawai‘i Is Not Our Playground

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 13, 2021October 19, 2022

“To most outsiders, Hawai‘i is defined by the lei-draped, aloha-dispensing, honeymooner-welcoming image of the place. There’s no room for another version to emerge.”

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Survivor

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 27, 2021October 19, 2022

“The discovery of hundreds of Indigenous children’s remains in the spring was particularly hard for me—because I knew I could have been one of them. How I made it through Canada’s residential school system.”

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