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.
Moving into a new apartment in a new town, prepping for the start of a new quarter, can distract us from the seasons’ cycle.
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.
As the great Dakota thinker Vine Deloria Jr. has taught us, there are many kinds of sacred places. It’s our duty to protect them all.
Each tribal college graduate increases our ability to make decisions and helps us manage our collective resources and protect our cultural sovereignty for future generations.
All life is intimately connected and built on the principles of touch, of connection, of sharing.
“The Earth has woken up and all of her children are busily growing at this start to the seasons that feel endless.”
Birth itself is an initiation. Not just for the new infant who is leaving the safety of the womb, but for the birthing parent as well.
Native science reminds us that we are connected to the rest of the world, in all of its messy complexity.
