Crow
Natives danced around a blazing fire. Their lively prayers were free of judgment. One of their own was going through...
Posts about Community
Ant
In Spirit Clans, David Carson tells a story about Ant. A native woman, who lost everything, met an apparition dressed in...
Spider
She walked out on stage, lip synced, I don’t like Spiders and Snakes, and brought the house down. For weeks,...
Confident Knowing
Summer’s electricity jolts us forward. There, Moose bellows out a melancholy sound through fall’s vibrant colors, inviting us into winter...
An Arm and a Leg
I’d give an arm and a leg. In the offbeat film, Don Juan DeMarco, Johnny Depp’s character, Don Juan, asked...
Upside Down
What if we walked through the pages of sacred text, allowing the stories to mirror our journeys? I imagine that...
To Be Whole
I had an insatiable desire for the Holy. I remember, as a teenager, reading Christian scripture and declaring with James...
Leaving
Because pioneering draws me, I have experience in leaving. Over the years, I have found remembering this one thing helpful....
Getting Hooked
Lightning flashed and thunder cracked. Shortly after, sirens blared, calling us inside, away from the debris sailing over our once...
Bullying
Authenticity is the thread that weaves through the entirety of my life’s work. Being authentic can mean doing the hard, persevering...
Burden Basket
One of the Native American teachings I’ve come to appreciate most is the Burden Basket. When we reach down inside...
Drumming Beat
I put one hand on my heart, the other, on top of the mesa. Lying on Mother Earth, I wondered...