Henshaw (Mvskoke) is a skilled multimedia reporter who has covered a variety of topics, she's poised to make an impact in her new role. I am extremely grateful to accept the position of Street Root’s first-ever Indigenous affairs reporter. I believe ...
6 Jul 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
The historical impact of sexual violence in Native communities explains why some are not welcome in our spiritual spaces Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence. T he prisoner hierarchy is simple, good dudes at the ...
18 May 2022 - Ga lo Vann
Spotty data collection, historic racism against Indigenous communities contribute to lack of media coverage when Indigenous women go missing No one knows just how many Indigenous girls or women go missing each year. There are estimates. In 2019, 8,162 Ind ...
1 Dec 2021 - Wendelin Hume
In the early 1900s some Native Americans were put under a status of guardianship, claiming to protect them, but instead their money and property were taken Pop singer Britney Spears’ quest to end the conservatorship that handed control over her finances a ...
8 Sep 2021 - Andrea Seielstad
Native American activism laid the groundwork for the Washington Football Team’s name change, but it wouldn’t have happened without Black Lives Matter This article was originally published in Pollen Nation Magazine and is republished here as part of a pa ...
28 Jul 2020 - Jacqueline Keeler
COMMENTARY | The monument to Capt. Robert Gray has been seen by countless Oregon Coast tourists and locals for the past two decades On the eastern shoulder of Highway 101, as it runs through the small coastal town of Garibaldi, stands a tall, imposing sta ...
21 Jun 2020 - Helen Hill
COMMENTARY | The two stances to Indigeneity in the 21st century This essay is written in response to Lakota artist Cannupa Hanska Luger’s exhibition earlier this fall at Portland’s C3:Initiative, “A Frayed Knot / AFRAID NOT.” These are not ancient artifac ...
29 Nov 2019 - Jacqueline Keeler
COMMENTARY | Delaying acknowledgement of the monthlong celebration and giving priority to the nation's founders, the White House has once again demonstrated its disregard for Native people Since 1990, Native American Heritage Month (or a similar vari ...
22 Nov 2019 - Jacqueline Keeler and Desiree Kane
DIRECTOR’S DESK | White boys who mocked a Native American elder were afforded a nuance that people of color are rarely afforded in the media Donald Trump disparages Native Americans frequently and relentlessly. He refers to mass killings as though they ar ...
25 Jan 2019 - Kaia Sand
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the ‘bomb’ train Is our weather getting funny? Some bushes and flowers started to bloom near the end of January this year, and in the spring cherry blossoms were blooming weeks early. This capped a winter with ...
30 Jun 2015 - Stephen Quirke