Books
This Is Not the Real Geronimo
Elbridge Ayer Burbank’s haunting paintings of the Apache leader capture a likeness that was only ever real from the vantage point of a White man with a gun, canvas, or camera.
Joseph M. Pierce
Books
A True and Exact History of Queer Indigenous Sovereignty
Miss Chief, artist Kent Monkman’s alter ego, narrates the story of Turtle Island not as a settler allegory but from the perspective of the land itself.
Opinion
You Cannot Give Thanks for What Is Stolen
American artists were instrumental in propagating the false narrative of Thanksgiving, a deliberate erasure of violence against Indigenous peoples.
Opinion
Your Land Acknowledgment Is Not Enough
Land acknowledgment without action is an empty gesture, exculpatory and self-serving.
Opinion
Why Dior's Appropriation of Native Identity to Sell Perfume Miserably Backfired
Footage from the perfume's release party also featured white people dressed in sacred war bonnets dancing around tipis and belting out war whoops as spectators sipped champagne.
Opinion
There Is No "Pride" in Appropriation
As I experienced firsthand at WorldPride, the erasure of Indigenous peoples is alive and well in the queer community. But our culture is not a costume.