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‘Indigenous Writing Is Going to Continue to Set the Bar for Literary Excellence’: An Interview With Alicia Elliott and Arielle Twist

Terese Marie Mailhot interviews Alicia Elliott and Arielle Twist about some recent triumphs in Indigenous literature—and about other triumphs still to come.

Terese Marie Mailhot

Searching for Savanna

She was young. She was pregnant. She was one of thousands of Native women who go missing every year. Now her disappearance could help others to be found.

Mona Gable

Chief Commissioner Marion Buller speaks at the closing ceremony marking the conclusion of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls at the Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec, on June 3rd, 2019. After two and a half years of hearings, a Canadian inquiry released its final report on the disappearance and death of hundreds if not thousands of indigenous women, victims of endemic violence that the commission controversially said amounted to "genocide."

Ideas

When Will North America Reckon With the Ongoing Genocide of Indigenous Women?

A two-year study by a Canadian commission has declared that a genocide is taking place—but the only people who seem to care are indigenous.

Terese Marie Mailhot

Greg Grey Cloud with his horse, "my friend, my horse nation relative, my brother Leon and I, sharing and trading back emotions and communicating."

Ideas

‘The Horse Nation Is Here for Us’: How Lakota Culture Is Helping Treat Child Trauma in South Dakota

Greg Grey Cloud is combining traditional Lakota horse rituals with equine therapy to treat PTSD—and much more.

Tony Rehagen

Members of the Kwe Pack at the Moose Mountain 25k in 2018.

Ideas

These Native Women Are Healing Themselves and Their Communities by Running

The Kwe Pack has a simple but radical mission: to improve indigenous health in mind and body by encouraging women to sign on for long-distance runs.

Terese Marie Mailhot

People march in protest against the mascot for the Washington Redskins before the team's game against the Minnesota Vikings on November 2nd, 2014, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Opponents of the Redskins name say it's a slur that mocks Native American culture and they want the team to change it.

Ideas

Dear Alyssa Milano: If You Want to Stand With Native Women, Please Stop Selling Racist Clothes

You say you stand with victims. So why are you selling Redskins merchandise?

Terese Marie Mailhot

Students from Covington Catholic High School confront Native elder Nathan Phillips by the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on January 19th, 2019.

Social Justice

Why the Video of Those Catholic Boys Felt So Shameful

In some traditions, respecting your elders is the greatest teaching we receive.

Terese Marie Mailhot

Mist on the Fraser River in Delta, British Columbia, Canada.

Social Justice

‘Look for Me, Please’: How Indigenous Women Work to Help Each Other When Authorities Turn a Blind Eye

It is a travesty that we're not fully investigating the disappearance of indigenous women—whether or not they lived model lives.

Terese Marie Mailhot

Education

How Schools Can Finally Do Right by Native Students

After decades of diversity initiatives and tokenization, Native students deserve advisers who look like them—and a curriculum that treats them as equals.

Terese Marie Mailhot

Mount Cheam seen from Seabird Island in British Columbia, Canada.

Social Justice

Why Do Native Women Keep Disappearing?

North America is still not safe for indigenous women—and we need all the support we can get.

Terese Marie Mailhot