This story originally posted on Indian Country Today: Three Sisters Create Bath and Beauty Business Using Materials Near the Yukon Eisa Ulen Richardson3/25/13Triplets Michelle, Amy and Cika Sparck have turned harvesting plants in their AlaskaContinue reading
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Eisa’s Blog Entries from 2006-2018
Movie Review: The Sapphires Tells the Story of Aboriginal Supremes
This review originally ran on Indian Country Today: ‘The Sapphires’ Tells the Story of the Aboriginal Supremes Eisa Ulen Richardson3/15/13Too often, movies about brown people devolve very quickly into movies about a single white personContinue reading
Passamaquoddy’s BlackBear Communications Launches Campaign to Improve Healthcare Options for Natives
This article originally ran on Indian Country Today: Passamaquoddy’s BlackBear Communications Launches Campaign To Improve Healthcare Options for Natives Eisa Ulen3/18/13To create a healthcare ad for the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), Passamaquoddy-owned publicContinue reading
Tlingit CEO Opens IT Company Branch in Rural Kake, Alaska
This Post Originally Ran on Indian Country Today: Tlingit CEO of Colorado-Based IT Company Opens Branch in Rural Kake Eisa Ulen2/26/13Few are unaware that the United States has suffered the most severe economic downturn sinceContinue reading
Part Three of a Wash Post Series: The Smartest Summer Ever: Full STEAM Ahead!
This article first appeared in The Washington Post: The Smartest Summer Ever: Full STEAM ahead! By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Published: August 21 If you?ve been following this series on summer learning, you know there areContinue reading
Batwa Medical Student Advocates for Indigenous People Of Uganda’s Impenetrable Forest
This post originally ran on Indian Country Today: A Young Batwa Medical Student Advocates for Health Care for his People Forcefully Displaced From Their Forest in Uganda Eisa Ulen2/5/13For thousands of years the Batwa peopleContinue reading
Part Two of a Wash Post Series – The Smartest Summer Ever: Hazy, but not Lazy
This first appeared in The Washington Post: The smartest summer ever: Hazy, but not lazy By Eisa Nefretari Ulen, Published: August 7, 2013 Summer time is fun time, when kids can make and sell lemonade,Continue reading
Part One of a Wash Post Series – The Smartest Summer Ever: Avoiding the Summer Slide
This first ran in The Washington Post: Helping your child overcome ?the summer slide? in learning By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Published: July 11, 2013 The final bell rings, the school doors open, and a cheeringContinue reading
Movie Review of Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary
This review first ran on The Washington Post: ?Long Distance Revolutionary?: New film examines the life of Mumia Abu-Jamal By Eisa Nefertari UlenFew inmates have garnered more international attention than Mumia Abu-Jamal. Martin Luther King,Continue reading
Movie Review of The Central Park Five
This story originally ran on The Washington Post: The Central Park Five: Exploring race, rape and redemptionBy Eisa Nefertari Ulen I remember the Central Park Five. I remember them well. In the spring of 1989,Continue reading
American Promise and the Black Student Struggle in the Nation’s Private Schools
The Story Originally Ran on The Washington Post: ?American Promise? and the black student struggle in the nation?s private schoolsBy Eisa Nefertari Ulen WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 05: Last week, PBS aired ?180 Days,? aContinue reading
Black Women: Image vs Reality
An edited version of this article originally appeared in the Winter 2014 issue of The Crisis magazine. A Black Woman?s Place The only image of Black womanhood as compelling, as significant as the image ofContinue reading
Blackout: Hollywood
This article originally ran on Truthout: Blackout: Hollywood Wednesday, 22 January 2014 09:31 By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | News Analysis Dis: 1. to treat or speak to someone in a way that does notContinue reading
After the Verdict: Hug Your Sons
Published on TheRoot.com – After the Verdict: Hug Your Sons By Eisa Ulen | 7/15/13 | Culture I am in a deep, deep well of sadness and loss. And anger, too. When my husband wokeContinue reading
Movie Review: Gimme the Loot
This review first posted on Truthout. Film “Gimme the Loot” Pays Homage to the Graf Writers Who Risk It All Saturday, 29 June 2013 00:00 By Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout | Movie Review Women graffitiContinue reading
Interview with Sapphires Co-Star Shari Sebbens
An edited version of this interview ran on Indian Country Today Media Network: ***** In the Australian hit movie The Sapphires, Shari Sebbens plays Kay, a ?white-looking? Aboriginal girl who is stolen from her familyContinue reading
Part I: American Promise and 180 Days, Two Films that Examine Race and Class in American Schools
This post original appeared on TheRootDC.com: Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 03/22/2013 ‘180 Days? and ?American Promise?: Two films that show racial and financial disparities in America?s school systemsBy Eisa Nefertari Ulen Two films scheduledContinue reading
Seth MacFarlane and Oscar Night 2013
This post originally ran on TheRootDC.com: Posted at 12:16 PM ET, 02/25/2013 Seth MacFarlane and The Oscars: What?s all the fuss?By Eisa Nefertari Ulen The Oscars got political again this year, though clearly not inContinue reading