This piece was captured on the lands of the Yurok people and fully articulated on Tlingit territory. Mindfulness as sitting in place, listening to your body, reading the triggers, and acknowledging the motions of the mind. Winding up and releasing tensions that flutter through the limbs and out with a…

we acknowledge the land not only because we grow in tandem with it but because our stories are formed from our surroundings and woven with our unique sounds, tones, and emotions that we call language. A question that people often ask me is “how do I become a better anti-racist…

“You only have everything to gain when you surround yourself in a place that lets you critically engage in any way you want to.” I ended ‘ Living in Place; an Indigenous Student’s Perspective Abroad ‘ with that sentence. I wrote the piece in October 2019, wrapping up the experience…

It’s been a hard month. We’ve had to go through a stressful election that came down to the wire and took a whole week with states having to announce their results for the umpteenth time as the President continues to not concede. We have been caring for loved ones that…

How to decolonize your mind… your curriculum… your bookshelf. We’ve all seen these articles make their rounds. In the midst of this summer’s protests against racism and police brutality, one organization after another released statements apologizing for past behavior and promising to do better by decolonizing their spaces. The word…

a piece I didn’t want to publish This story was written on the traditional and contemporary lands, waters, and food systems of the Tlingit, Tsimshian, and Haida peoples. Let their relationships guide your experiences as guests in Southeast Alaska and remember to not forget their legacies while back home. Can…

I never thought I’d actually be a student at the University of Washington. Not because I’m an Indigenous student who doesn’t have a sense of pride or a poor upbringing. It was because I practically grew up on the campus. My mother and father both had graduated from the University…

I accepted the Corbett scholarship with the idea that I would be learning how to view and develop international methods of decolonizing, re-indigenizing, and reconciling with the intent of bringing these ideas back to Seattle. However, as I have situated myself on the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus (UBC)…

I am fortunate enough to say that I’ve grown up with canoes my whole life. Whether it is learning traditions revolving around the canoe, pulling in a team of 11, repairing canoes for the next season, and more recently teaching about the importance of canoes in modern day settings, I…