When I started school at the University of Notre Dame, I thought I knew exactly what I was going to do with my life. I would study science …
Healing Voices Blog
Healing with Two Spirit and Native LGBTQ+ Relatives
Dinawe maaganinaadog! Greetings, my relatives! As we near the end of Pride Month, I’m writing to you to lift up and celebrate all our Two …
Carrying Prayers to Carlisle
In 2017 I made my first visit to Pennsylvania to participate in a curriculum development institute at Dickinson College that would allow …
Acknowledging Racial Injustice and Charting the Path to Healing
At the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS), our mission is based on exposing truth, promoting justice, and …
Surveying the Records of Pipestone Indian School
Greetings and salutations, NABS is on a mission. Every day, we dedicate ourselves to understanding and addressing the ongoing trauma created …
Once you were children, now you are warriors
We are grateful to our friend, Sandy White Hawk, who presently serves as president of the NABS board of directors. We are thankful for her …
Decolonizing Coronavirus: Returning to Traditional Indigenous Prevention Strategies in the time of COVID-19
On March 27, 2020, I watched a Facebook video, of our tribal Chairman, Mark Fox, of the Three Affiliated Tribes, discussing the first …
When Research is Ceremony, Collective Healing Can Emerge
I often wonder what it must have felt like for mis Abuelitos La-La and José Quintero when they decided to leave their home in Zacatecas, …
Digital Archivist: Looking Forward to Contributing to Meaningful Change
Greetings! In October of last year, I became an import to the Midwest from Tucson, Arizona, to serve as part of the NABS team as the …