HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES
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Where is My Pride? On Being Disabled, Queer, and Native
Crushing Colonialism The Magazine, June 24, 2024
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Since “Dobbs” Ruling, Native People Face a Web of Obstacles to Reproductive Care
Truthout, July 17, 2023
The Burden of Eating in ‘America’
Eater, November 30, 2023
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Colonial Forces of Environmental Violence on Deaf, Disabled, & Ill Indigenous People
Disability Studies Quarterly, January 21, 2022
Native Sovereignty Over Abortion Was Already Under Attack Before Overturn of “Roe”
Truthout, July 8, 2022
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“Build Back Fossil Free!” Indigenous Youth Rally to Demand Biden Stop Pipelines
Truthout, April 2, 2021
Indigenous People With Disabilities Are on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis
Truthout, October 11, 2021
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Historic Injustices Against Native People Put Them at Greater Risk of COVID-19
Truthout, April 3, 2020
Incomplete, Uncontextualized And Blatantly Racist: US Media’s Coverage Of Native Communities
Media Diversity Institute, May 28, 2020
DC Residents Take to the Streets to Demand End of Police State
Truthout, June 4, 2020
ADA 30: No Justice for Disabled Native People
Disability Visibility Project, July 19, 2020
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No One Knows How Many Indigenous Women Are Missing or Murdered*
Truthout, February 18, 2019
*Native American Journalist Association, Professional Division III, Best News Story (Online), Third place.
States With Fracking Bans Are Still Building Fracking Infrastructure
Truthout, August 25, 2019
Paper Genocide: The Erasure of Native People in Census Counts
Rewire News Group, December 9, 2019
Paper Genocide: The Barriers to an Accurate Count of Native People in 2020
Rewire News Group, December 10, 2019
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On the Front Lines of Mariner East Pipeline Fight: Violence Against Native Activists
Rewire News Group, October 15, 2018
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Intimidation Intensifies at Camp White Pine as Land Defenders Fight the Mariner East 2 Pipeline
Truthout, November 29, 2017
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Trump, Warren, And The Dehumanization Of Native Women
The Establishment, August 8, 2016
ACADEMIC CITATIONS
Black and white photo of Jen. Their wavy brown hair is worn down with dangling Native beaded earrings and a Native made cardigan over a black shirt. They’re sitting down. Across the image is a red design that reads “I’m seeking care so that I may continue to live & hopefully thrive because that’s what my ancestors wanted”
Jen’s Photography
Black Lives Matter George Floyd uprising, Washington, D.C. May 2020. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of Black appearing woman wearing a mask standing in front of wall that is tagged in black spray paint "Fuck 12" and "Black Lives Matter." By her feet is a homemade sign that reads "Black Lives Matter."
Tree sitter resisting the Mariner East 2 pipeline, Camp White Pine, Huntingdon County, PA. 2017. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of a person hanging upside down from a traverse line set up between the treesits. They're wearing a bandana over their face and a hat.
Tree sitter resisting the Mountain Valley Pipeline, Yellow Finch Camp, Virginia. August 2019. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo looking directly up at a wooden platform high in a treesit. Pearing over the platform is a tree sitter wearing a black balaclava. The tree branches are above them in the foreground.
Black Lives Matter George Floyd uprising, Washington, D.C. June 7, 2020. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of three Black appearing National Guard members, two men and one woman, with the woman looking directly at the camera with a suspicious facial expression.
Black Lives Matter George Floyd uprising, Washington, D.C. June 7, 2020. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Profile photo of a heavily armed Brown man appearing law enforcement officer carrying a large gun and tactical gear.
Mountain Valley Pipeline, Virginia, August 2019. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of pipes and various construction equipment for the pipeline with the Appalachian mountains in the background.
Wet'suwet'en solidarity protest, TC Energy offices, Charleston, WV. March 9, 2020. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of two lines of law enforcement officers who all appear to be white men. Behind them is the building with a sign for TC Energy. One officer is looking directly at the camera. Some hold themselves with arrogant posture.
Coal Miners Way, Southern West Virginia, October 2019. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of a street sign that reads "Coal Miners Way" with an open gate for the Lexington Coal Mining Company. Behind this is a large barn and tank. It's a grey, overcast day with some of the remaining trees to the right of the photo.
Mountaintop Coal Mining site, West Virginia. October 10, 2019. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Aerial photo of a mountain removal site. Part of an Appalachian mountain has been blown open. The landscape is scarred with black coal. and exposed Earth. Cars and equipment are slightly visible to the right of the photo. The remaining trees are in the background to the left.
#NoDAPL protest, Washington, D.C. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of a white appearing woman in a black hoodie and a large multi-color scarf and t-shirt that reads "I stand with Standing Rock." She's holding a sign that reads "From Vancouver to Standing Rock: We will resist!"
Million MAGA protest, Washington, D.C. November 14, 2020. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Close up photo of a crowd of white appearing Trump supporters wearing various Trump and Maga attire. A 20 something white woman with blonde hair in the center of the photo has a look of concern on her face. Many people have cell phones in their hands.
Dirty energy refineries, Ponca City, OK. May 2019. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of a set of train tracks and an energy refinery in the background put out white clouds of pollution. The sky is light blue.
Matthew Borke, Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women march, Ponca City, OK. May 2019. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Close up photo of the face of a white man with brown messy hair, red paint across his eyes, and a black hand print across his mouth. In the photo he's holding a stick that has a large flag on it (not pictured). He has a serious facial expression. In the background are vans and cars in a parking lot.
#NoDAPL Veterans Day protest, Standing Rock Indian Reservation, Canon Ball, ND. November 11, 2016. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo with a focus on a Native man on a white and black horse. He's wearing a red bandana around his forehead and a black jacket. He appears to be concentrated on something to the left of the photo out of frame. In the background is the Oceti Sakowin camp with housing structures, cars, porta potties, and a large hill.
#NoDAPL protest, Oceti Sakowin Camp, Standing Rock Indian Reservation, Canon Ball, ND. December 2016. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of the driver's side of a silver car in the center of the shot that is trapped in between piles of snow. On the car in red paint reads "Protect our water." To the left of the car is a red and white flag (probably for a tribal nation) waiving in the wind. In the background a bit out of a focus is a road with a sign that reads "Cannonball River." The sky is a very light yellow with long, sheer clouds.
#NoDAPL protest, Standing Rock Indian Reservation, Canon Ball, ND. November 2016. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of three Native people, two men, one woman, on a burnout truck. Focused in the photo is of one of the men sitting down wearing a jean jacket and black hoodie with the stick of a lollipop sticking out of his mouth. He's looking directly at the camera. The other man is standing to the left of him looking off in the distance and dressed in all black. Behind them is the woman in a black coat with her fist raised in the air. Out of focus to the right behind them are two people.
Travis London, Gordon Plaza just and fair relocation rally, New Orleans, LA. September 2018. IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of a Black man wearing a blue button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a tie, and vest and trousers. He's holding a mic speaking passionately to a crowd with a clipboard tucked under his arm.