Dear Native Youth, My entire life I have been surrounded by women – my mom, my tias, my auntie mommas, my sisters- and I consider myself lucky. I have seen women in action since I can first recall the smell of freshly cleaned laundry in the air or the sight of wood burning under a […]
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Written by Rachel Evangelisto (she, her, hers) For the past three years, I had the opportunity to work under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) with the ICWA Division of Minnesota as a Guardian ad litem. Specifically, I am a court-appointed advocate that looks out for the best interest of Native youth involved in child […]
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Written by Madeline Gupta The bodice of my tutu tightens around me as I lean down to tie my pointe shoes. My lips can’t help but hum the music to Tschiavosky’s Nutcracker suite as I warm up my feet. Plié. Releve. Plié. Stretch. The familiarity of the movement is sweet; after ten years of performing […]
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