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Connection and Empowerment for Native People: The Teachings of the Bow and Arrow

By Native Hope — 2019

Most Americans think of the bow and arrow as a tool for hunting or sports. But writer and craftsman Joseph Marshall III has always seen the bow and arrow as a source of spiritual guidance.

Read on blog.nativehope.org

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Indigenous Reflections on Christianity

What are the ecological implications of Christianity? There’s a story that has has played out all over the world. First come the missionaries doing good. Indigenous communities split apart and connections to land, ancestors and spirits of place weaken—not everywhere, but almost everywhere.

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2015
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How to Balance Being Native American and Queer

Zachariah George is a twenty-five-year-old Native American living in the rural outcrop of White Rock, New Mexico. Going by the moniker Mr.

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2020
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What Does “Two-Spirit” Mean? | InQueery | them.

Geo Neptune explores the history of the term “Two-Spirit” and who it pertains to. Does it mean two genders? Can anyone use it to describe themselves? InQueery is the series that takes a deeper look at the meaning, context, and history of LGBTQ+ vocabulary and culture.

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2018
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Lakota Sioux Prayer-Song: Nathan Blindman, Unci Rita & Beatrice Holy Dance

Traditional Lakota Sioux prayer-song, sung by Unci Rita & Unci Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance & Unci Rita's son, Nathan Blindman, from a speaking engagement, in 2012.

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Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance
2017
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Unci Rita Long Visitor Holy Dance: Lakota - Prayer, Residential School, Teachings & Life-Stories

This is a series of excerpts from Unci Rita Long Visitor Holy Dance., at a speaking engagement, in 2012. and a few other video clips & photos, from Unci Rita. Sisters Rita and Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance are Oglala Sioux and live on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.

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Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance
2017
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Walking in Prayer with Grandmother Beatrice

This movie is a tribute to Grandmother Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance, a recently departed member of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers; A feature-length film documenting their journey around the world, For the Next 7 Generations.

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Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance
2016
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Grandmother Mona Polacca Blue Water: Hopi /Tewa and Havasupai - Traditional Knowledge

Grandmother Mona Polacca believes that her origins are as important as her name, Polacca, which means butterfly in the Hopi language. On her father's side, she a Hopi-Tewa from the Sun and the Tobacco Clans. It was her paternal grandfather who named her.

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Mona Polacca
2017
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Mona Polacca + Marina Abramović: Rites and Rituals

Our world is shaped by ritual. Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa Grandmother Mona Polacca meets with the “grandmother of performance art” Marina Abramović to talk about the essential role that ritual, repetition, and durational experiences play in reminding of us of our relationships to all things.

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Mona Polacca
2018
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Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God

Native is about identity, soul-searching, and the never-ending journey of finding ourselves and finding God. As both a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation and a Christian, Kaitlin Curtice offers a unique perspective on these topics.

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Kaitlin B. Curtice
2020
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Chelsey Luger Emphasizes Learning About and Honoring Indigenous People Everywhere

Luger talks about indigenous communities, the struggles they have endured in this country.

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Chelsey Luger
2020
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