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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:30:16 -0400

Real Warriors: Native Fatherhood and Families

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:35:11 -0400

I did this article some years ago, writing for Native Men’s Magazine. This was when I was...

luckybystander: Hellfire

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:06:18 -0400

luckybystander:

Hellfire

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Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:59:00 -0400

I find it exceedingly disappointing and frustrating that when I search the tag ‘Native...

"When I’m 80 years old and sitting in my rocking chair, I’ll be reading Harry Potter. And my family..."

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:36:53 -0400

“When I’m 80 years old and sitting in my rocking chair, I’ll be reading Harry Potter. And my...

Barack Obama Being Adorable with Adorable Children

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:27:48 -0500

alexleo: (Source of images)

Dear College Kids, If You Dress in an Ironically Racist or Insensitive Costume, You May Get Punched In the Nose Like I Did

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:47:39 -0400

gawkercom: When it actually happened- it being, when I was punched in the face by a black man for...

musicdiscoveryradio: Fix You Orchestral Version - J. Scott...

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:58:26 -0400

musicdiscoveryradio:

Fix You Orchestral Version - J. Scott Rakozy

Could You Back Up? Your Identity Issues Are Getting All Over Me –

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 22:57:00 -0400

I have a pretty good command of the English language. I use ‘five dollar words’, as one of my...

Why a Hidatsa Cares About Pe'Sla (from my lastrealindians piece)

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:36:47 -0400

By: Twyla Baker-Demaray One of the earliest memories I can recall of my childhood is of my mother...

Creative Native

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 22:52:25 -0400

So I’ve had to remove ‘Plains Woman Song’ from here, just for a little while, as...

Cookies for Breakfast: So a Girl Walks into a Comedy Club....

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:30:13 -0400

Cookies for Breakfast: So a Girl Walks into a Comedy Club....: breakfastcookie: This is something...

"I am convinced that most people do not grow up… We marry and dare to have children and call that..."

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:26:40 -0400

“I am convinced that most people do not grow up… We marry and dare to have children and call...

A Native Woman's Perspective on the 4th of July

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 11:09:00 -0400

Today is my dad’s 74th birthday; thus it is a day worth celebrating. Because he survived,...

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Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:57:32 -0400

Hey, it’s me! :D lastrealindians: How to Raise...

Mon, 21 May 2012 14:53:22 -0400

Hey, it’s me! :D

lastrealindians:

How to Raise (Terrible) Children

By Twyla Baker-Demaray

If there is anything Native people know, it’s having babies. We LOVE to have babies. Or well, maybe we just love to … never mind. That’s a whole other topic. At any rate, we still tend to have larger families than the mainstream, of all shapes and sizes, blended or not blended, with multiple generations in one household. As a parent, I’ve learned a thing or two about raising a kid (or seven), which I thought I’d share. In the revered tradition of some tribes, your teacher may end up teaching you in a ‘backwards’ or ‘Trickster’ manner; that is, by embodying the opposite of a life teaching. Whether it was the avarice and greed of Coyote, or the harsh wit of Spider, Natives had all manner of ‘sacred clowns’ teaching us how not to live. If you look closely, you’ll see that they continue to do so to this day. In honor of this tradition, I thought I’d offer some advice for those of you wishing to raise ungrateful, socially-stunted children into anti-social, ill-prepared adults. You’re welcome (that is, if you said ‘thank you’– more on that later).

1. Be sure to…READ THE REST HERE: http://www.lastrealindians.com/2012/05/16/how-to-raise-terrible-children/

urbannativegirl: Traditional Native American Clothing of the...

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:53 -0400

urbannativegirl:

Traditional Native American Clothing of the Early 21st Century” “Medicine Man” and “Chief”19x25 color pencil on paper. Inspired by the vintage paper dolls of the late ’50s early ’60s by Steven Paul Judd.

“I’m not a psychologist so I can’t tell you the effects of seeing your people only portrayed in a certain way. I can only speak on my own experience of being a little kid and looking for others on t.v. that I could identify with. Only person I could find was Erik “Ponch” Estrada from “CHiPs”. So as a youn’un I pretended to be a motorcycle cop. So my thought is, what if our youth could see there selves not in just a historical context, but as doctors, lawyers, astronauts. So that’s when I decided to make these drawings. They are big (19x25).” Steven Paul Judd

sundaystorms: ‘Somebody was supposed to pick me up from the...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:43:16 -0400

sundaystorms:

‘Somebody was supposed to pick me up from the mall! I had to walk three miles in humidity, you worthless sheep!’

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Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:02:02 -0400

Listening to my husband talk to himself as he watches Mad Men.

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:54:11 -0400

James: Imagine if we just could just show these people the internet? James: (about christina...