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Azusa Unified School District Debating Use of Aztec Mascot

Virginia IsaadApril 22, 2022

by Virginia IsaadApril 22, 202202493

Mascots, both in sports and in schools, have come under fire in the last couple of decades after being deemed offensive to Native Americans. Back in 1997 the Los Angeles Board of Education voted to eliminate all references to American...

Culture News and Entertainment

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Plans to Remove Offensive Terms from Sites including “Squaw”

Virginia IsaadNovember 29, 2021November 29, 2021

by Virginia IsaadNovember 29, 2021November 29, 2021018757

Native Americans continue to fight for representation and justice and part of that is offensive language that pervades in pop culture and sites across the nation. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland wants to remove and replace the names of sites on...

Family News and Entertainment

Lakota Character Joins Cast of “The Casagrandes” on Nickelodeon

Virginia IsaadFebruary 23, 2021

by Virginia IsaadFebruary 23, 202104802

Native American and Indigenous representation on television continues to be a rarity but The Casagrandes on Nickelodeon has taken a step to change that. The Casagrandes is an animated series about 11-year-old Ronnie Anne Santiago and her multi-generational Mexican-American family that...

News and Entertainment

Rep. Deb Haaland Could Be first Native American Cabinet Secretary in U.S.

Virginia IsaadDecember 21, 2020March 16, 2021

by Virginia IsaadDecember 21, 2020March 16, 202104272

President-Elect Joe Biden announced nominated New Mexico Representative Deb Haaland to serve as Secretary of the Interior in a historic move. If she’s confirmed by the Senate, she’ll be the first Native American to hold a cabinet secretary position. She’s...

News and Entertainment

Let’s Talk About the Real History of Thanksgiving This Year

Mariela RosarioNovember 22, 2020December 1, 2020

by Mariela RosarioNovember 22, 2020December 1, 2020017080

Most people of color in the United States realize that Thanksgiving is a wildly problematic celebration of the exploitation and genocide of native peoples, yet many of us still celebrate it. For lots of people of color, Thanksgiving has become...

News and Entertainment

Doctors Without Borders Send COVID-19 Team to Navajo Nation

Araceli CruzMay 12, 2020July 15, 2020

by Araceli CruzMay 12, 2020July 15, 202002354

Doctors Without Borders typically go to third world countries to help people in dire need of medical help. Today, as the world battles the coronavirus, one of the most vulnerable communities that are under attack by COVID-19 is the Navajo Nation...

News and Entertainment

Navajo Community Activist Valentina Blackhorse Dies of COVID-19 at 28

Araceli CruzMay 4, 2020July 16, 2020

by Araceli CruzMay 4, 2020July 16, 202005276

She leaves behind a one-year-old daughter....

Culture

30 Things You May Not Know About the Indigenous Cultures of Latin America

V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiDecember 14, 2019July 8, 2020

by V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiDecember 14, 2019July 8, 2020025992

Indigenous culture is important, and often ignored part of Latinx identity. There are foods we eat, words we speak, and customs we follow to this day that we don’t even know are Native American in origin. While it is hard...

Culture

Let’s Talk About the Real History of Thanksgiving

HipLatinaNovember 26, 2019

by HipLatinaNovember 26, 201908320

Most people of color in the United States realize that Thanksgiving is a wildly problematic celebration of the exploitation and genocide of native peoples. Yet, many of us still celebrate it. For lots of people of color, Thanksgiving is less...

Culture

15 Indigenous Organizations You Can Give Back to for Thanksgiving

V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiNovember 21, 2019July 15, 2020

by V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiNovember 21, 2019July 15, 202008960

November is rightfully Native American Heritage Month, a.k.a. Native American Indian Heritage Month. Instead of buying into the lie that is the “Thanksgiving story,” we invite you to take this month to learn more about Native Americans, their history and...

Fashion

15 Instances Where Indigenous Style Has Been Appropriated and Uncredited

V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiNovember 3, 2019July 13, 2020

by V. Alexandra de F. SzoenyiNovember 3, 2019July 13, 2020030719

Whether you understand it fully or not, cultural appropriation is a real thing and a real problem. The Cambridge Dictionary, defines it as “the act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own, especially without...

Culture

10 Reasons Why We Should All Cancel Columbus Day

HipLatinaOctober 14, 2019August 24, 2020

by HipLatinaOctober 14, 2019August 24, 2020020149

The second Monday in October is celebrated nationally as Columbus Day, which has been a federal holiday since 1937. Originally designated to celebrate Christopher Columbus’s “discovery” of America, post offices and banks are closed, and stores hold major sales. Children...