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Guest Blog Written by Ralph Richardson (My husband) – “GEObet, Northern Bear Casino Defend Online Gaming Site in Face of Scrutiny From Canadian Government
Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/article/geobet-northern-bear-casino-defend-online-gaming-site-face-scrutiny-canadian-government This article initially ran on Indian Country Today: GEObet, Northern Bear Casino Defend Online Gaming Site in Face of Scrutiny From Canadian GovernmentRalph RichardsonDecember 10, 2012 The aboriginal-owned GEObet Tribal Gambling Network, anContinue reading
Mocha Moms Visit the White House – Original, Long Version
An edited version of this 2 part series ran on Ebony.com. Part I OUR BODIESOn February 17th I grasped my son?s hand and stepped into the White House. I was there as part of aContinue reading
Guest Blog by Education Writer Brianna Meiers – “The Changing Nature of Modern Schools: Teacher Tenure Questioned”
The Eisa Ulen Blog is known for tackling tough issues affecting modern society. The post that follows, penned by education writer Brianna Meiers, introduces an issue that many readers should find interesting — the reformsContinue reading
Rev and Interview of The Sugar Project: Modern Day Navaho Monster
Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/11/19/navajo-monster-artist-shares-diabetes-focused-multimedia-installation-made-from-granulated-sugar-146394 An edited version of this post originally ran on ICTMN.com. In Chantelle Trista Yazzie?s multimedia installation The Sugar Project: Modern Day Navaho Monster, compelling images of human torsos topped with skeletal heads offerContinue reading
Dancing Away From Diabetes: How Zumba Saved Her Life
Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/11/14/dancing-away-from-diabetes-how-zumba-saved-her-life-145517 This article originally appeared on Indian Country Today Media Network. Dancing Away From Diabetes: How Zumba Saved Her LifeBy Eisa Ulen November 14, 2012 A Choctaw, plus-size Zumba instructor credits moving to theContinue reading
Rev. of Like a Tree Without Roots
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/therootdc/post/book-review-searching-for-the-beauty-within/2012/10/18/62bca920-18b1-11e2-8bfd-12e2ee90dcf2_blog.html This review originally appeared in The Washington Post: Posted at 09:15 AM ET, 10/18/2012Book Review: Searching for the beauty withinBy Eisa Nefertari Ulen In her debut young adult novel, ?Like a Tree WithoutContinue reading
Searching for the Beauty Within: Rev. of Like a Tree Without Roots
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/therootdc/post/book-review-searching-for-the-beauty-within/2012/10/18/62bca920-18b1-11e2-8bfd-12e2ee90dcf2_blog.html This review originally appeared in The Washington Post: Posted at 09:15 AM ET, 10/18/2012Book Review: Searching for the beauty withinBy Eisa Nefertari Ulen In her debut young adult novel, ?Like a Tree WithoutContinue reading
Tiya A. Miles: Similar Struggles Should Unite Native and African Americans in Protesting Columbus Day
Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/10/09/tiya-a-miles-similar-struggles-should-unite-native-and-african-americans-in-protesting-columbus-day-138565 This interview originally appeared in Indian Country Today. Columbus? voyage to the Americas provided a direct route to the exploitation, dehumanization, and decimation of African and Indigenous peoples in the west. Whole populationsContinue reading
Emayatzy Corinealdi Shines in Middle of Nowhere
An edited version of this article appears in the November 2012 issue of Essence magazine. A Jersey girl graduates from high school, takes a few acting classes, kisses her reluctant boyfriend farewell, and, with herContinue reading
Young Lakota Activist Campaigns To Make Plan B Available, Affordable To Native Women
Published on HuffPost.com – Young Lakota Activist Campaigns To Make Plan B Available, Affordable To Native Women By Eisa Ulen | September 19, 2012 Sunny Clifford, a 26-year-old Pine Ridge Tribal park ranger, has launchedContinue reading
ringShout Brooklyn Book Festival Book-End Event
ringShout: A Place For Black Literature Celebrates its 3rd Annual Reading Seriesas aBrooklyn Book Festival 2012 Bookend Event Join us for an evening of readings by and conversation with notable African-American writers Jacqueline E. LuckettContinue reading
Native Cry Outreach has new PSA Aimed at Native Americans Considering Suicide
Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/08/06/watch-native-cry-outreach-alliances-gripping-psa-for-natives-contemplating-suicide-127501 Native Cry Outreach Alliance, an organization dedicated to suicide prevention within the Native American community, has produced a gripping new public service announcement (PSA) aimed at Natives who are considering taking their ownContinue reading
A Study in Poop: Archaeological Dig Reveals Surprising Causes – and Possible Cures – for Diabetes Epidemic
Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/08/23/study-of-remains-of-the-pueblo-reveals-causes%E2%80%94and-possible-cures%E2%80%94for-diabetes-epidemic-130651 The future health of Natives may lie in the scatological remains of the past?a vanguard study of ancient excrement has offered fresh new ways of thinking about the prevalence of diabetes among NativeContinue reading
Sugar is as Addictive as Cocaine: How Large is Your Sweet Tooth?
Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/08/24/how-large-is-your-sweet-tooth-see-the-dangerous-effects-of-sugar-130086 In a stunning new graphic designed to inform average Americans about the dangers of sugar consumption, Seattle, Washington area Website designer Emily Turner asserts that sugar is as addictive as cocaine. Turner designedContinue reading
Guest Blog Written by Ralph Richardson (my husband) – “Canada, US, and New Zealand Indigenous Groups to Start an Aborignal-Owned Chartered Bank in Canada”
Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/07/26/canada-u-s-and-new-zealand-indigenous-groups-to-start-an-aboriginal-owned-chartered-bank-in-canada-125660 A document historic in the realm of Native American and First Nations finance was signed in Winnipeg, Canada on July 17. The Aboriginal financial institution Tribal Wi-Chi-Way-Win Capital Corporation (TWCC), is leading aContinue reading
Guest Blog Written by Ralph Richardson (my husband) – “Montana Senator Sheds Light on Chippewa Cree’s Plain Green Loans”
Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/01/27/montana-senator-sheds-light-on-chippewa-crees-plain-green-loans-74957 Because of growing restrictions on payday loans, banks and payday lenders are teaming up with American Indian businesses. Indian country offers a loophole, sovereign immunity, that shields companies from the U.S. government?s mandatedContinue reading
Guest Blog Written by Ralph Richardson (my husband) – “The Hope Segun Foundation Targets Native Youth with Outreach Program”
Link: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/21/the-hope-segun-foundation-targets-native-youth-with-outreach-program-63040 The Hope Segun Foundation has recently launched an outreach program that targets Native American youth. The foundation is named after its founder, Hope Segun, a 6ft 11in Nigerian who came to the UnitedContinue reading