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Tlacoculokos in Oaxacalifornia: Decolonizing Art
Tlacoculokos is a collective of two self-taught artists from Tlacolula, Oaxaca, Mexico, Dario Canul and Cosijoesa Cernas, who define themselves as anti-capitalist, punk, and anti-fascist. They were part of the Contemporary Art Specialization Clinics (CEACO) of La Curtiduría in Oaxaca. Heirs to the teachings of the great Mexican muralists, with multimedia and multidisciplinary graphics, they…
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Sacred Black Hills: An Origin Story that Breaks with Colonialism
UPDATE July 6: At least 15 people were arrested Friday, July 3, as activists blocked a highway to protest Trump’s speech at Mt. Rushmore, to highlight the desecration of sacred lands and as a process of decolonization. For more information, please visit NDN’s website. The Mount Rushmore monument where the faces of George Washington, Thomas…
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150 Years of Friendship Between the Navajo and the Irish
This month, tens of thousands of Irish people are donating to a $5 million fundraising campaign to help the Navajo and Hopi tribes battling the Coronavirus. Irish donors see this as a long-overdue payback for the gift of $170 sent by the Choctaw Tribe to Ireland during the famine. My own reason for donating was…
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Facing COVID-19: A Time of Spiritual Fortitude
Originally published on NDN Collective, an organization that works to develop the collective power of Indigenous Peoples. We encourage all of our relatives throughout Turtle Island and beyond to take every precaution to protect yourselves, your loved ones, families, and entire communities. NDN Collective Statement on COVID-19 and Indigenous People As the new COVID-19 (Coronavirus)…
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Decolonizing Health II: Community Efforts in Abya Yala
Slowly we perceive―like the rising of the river when it comes down from the mountain―that the rain at the top of the summit hasn’t ceded, and that we must prepare for the sudden flow. After the initial storm, like the soft roots that creep between the stones until they are broken, ideas, actions, and the…
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“We need each other to heal:” Native Americans help Native Americans overcome domestic violence
By Anikka Abbott, Cronkite News | Originally published on Dec. 23, 2019 LAS VEGAS – An opening prayer welcomes 75 Native American men and women from across the nation, gathered at a hotel to learn how to use tradition to heal from trauma – and to help others heal, too. “My grandmother was killed by her husband,” said…
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Singing Hip Hop in Native Languages to Reclaim Identities
Musical expressions are liberating and help build resilience. Some musical expressions have managed to unleash social change and others, to shape identities and resistance, but above all music is contributing significantly to keeping Native languages and expressions alive. Indigenous languages are living, active languages that grow and are renewed, for example, when young people take…
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Jumping the Mexico-USA Wall with Art, Light and Sound
By Awasqa. Mexican-Canadian electronic artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, with the Border Tuner Project, has managed to connect Chamizal Park in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and Bowie High School in El Paso, Texas beyond the wall that separates these two communities. This is a deep connection, of the soul of two cities through intangible but susceptible materials: Light,…