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Moccasin Millennial

Headfirst into Crosswinds

By Brianna G. Reed Posted on March 9, 2023 Posted in Blogs, Moccasin Millennial
Headfirst into Crosswinds

“I’d arrived to campus that first time wind-tattered, make-up smeared by an hour’s worth of sweat. My wrist ached from nursing the clutch around curves, hazard-level winds pushing me to the edge…”

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A Drop of Caldo

By Brianna G. Reed Posted on February 14, 2023 Posted in Blogs, Moccasin Millennial
A Drop of Caldo

“He could see the highway in my eyes, the black-tar sinking like tidepools in the corners. I sagged into the couch and sighed into the steam…”

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Seedlings from a Fallen Maple

By Brianna G. Reed Posted on January 12, 2023 Posted in Blogs, Moccasin Millennial
Seedlings from a Fallen Maple
Image courtesy of Midjourney

“I would walk, trash bags twisted onto my ankles to shield against snow melt, until I could rest against the bark, flick through songs, and watch as my breath drifted to the shivering leaves…”

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Hidden Among the Lavender

By Brianna G. Reed Posted on December 12, 2022 Posted in Blogs, Moccasin Millennial
Hidden Among the Lavender
Photo by LucasVPhotos

“I heard it first before I saw it: a haphazard tapping, urgent as a whisper, against the window…”

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The Knife-Edge of Holly

By Brianna G. Reed Posted on November 7, 2022 Posted in Blogs, Moccasin Millennial
The Knife-Edge of Holly

“No one told me I was always meant to lose her. To this day, I wonder why they did it…”

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“Beautiful Native Nerds”

By Mickki Garrity Posted on October 27, 2022 Posted in Blogs, Displaced Native
“Beautiful Native Nerds”
Photo by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, 2022

An academic conference like AISES, by and for Native people, is going to weave threads of our Indigeneity into the way we meet, including drum circles, singers, dancers, and the wisdom of the elders.

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Headlight Eyes

By Brianna G. Reed Posted on October 11, 2022 Posted in Blogs, Moccasin Millennial
Headlight Eyes
Photo by Ben Lockwood. Instagram: @brlockwood

“When those eyes flash from yards away, a sickly yellow, there is no time to breathe, to think…”

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New Year, New Challenges

By Mickki Garrity Posted on October 6, 2022 Posted in Blogs, Displaced Native
New Year, New Challenges

Moving into a new apartment in a new town, prepping for the start of a new quarter, can distract us from the seasons’ cycle.

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Still, the Boxes Follow

By Brianna G. Reed Posted on September 26, 2022 Posted in Blogs, Moccasin Millennial
Still, the Boxes Follow

“I shrank my life to a box so often it became normal. So, when I saw how the University of North Dakota hid entire boxes of artifacts, a small, strange part of me no longer felt alone…”

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Is Healing Politicization Possible?

By Mickki Garrity Posted on August 9, 2022 Posted in Blogs, Displaced Native
Is Healing Politicization Possible?
Tongue Point, Olympic Peninsula. Photo by Mickki Garrity

It isn’t merely that we have different ideas of how we should be living together, we have different perspectives on the very nature of reality.

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