By Phoebe Farris
Tonto Canto Pocahontas. Tem Rose Publications. www.temrose.com 2013
Alexei Auld, an alum of Sundance’s Native Writing Workshop, read excerpts of his new novel, Tonto Canto Pocahontas, in November at Fondo del Sol Museum in Washington, DC. Surrounded by paintings and sculptures created by Indigenous artists, Alexei Auld held the multiethnic, multicultural audience spellbound with his humorous reading and insightful responses during the Q&A.
By Amy Ferguson and Sara Schenkel
On November 1, 2013, Cultural Survival Executive Director Suzanne Benally will speak at the University of Colorado Law School's conference on Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Pathways for a New Millennium.
Food assistance and distribution programs, foster-care programs, school bus routes, elderly care programs, and college scholarship funds are just some of the services on Native American reservations that are threatened by the recent government shutdown.
Myth: Native American mascots honor Native peoples.
Reality: Native American mascots are racist, filled with stereotypical depictions of Native peoples.
From Alaska to Oklahoma and Wisconsin to Montana, we witness stories about the importance of saving Native American languages and meet some of the people who are working hard to heal these national treasures.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.
