Journal
Symbols are a universal language. Seeing certain shapes, marks or images conjures up similar understanding in people, regardless of whether they speak the same language or not. This communal meaning can be seen in cultures throughout human history. One image in particular speaks to all of us: the circle. Throughout history, circles have formed our […]
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Restoring political, economic and community power to women is a growing movement in today’s world. For Native women it is especially powerful to reassert these rights. In many cases, doing so restores the cultural beliefs of indigenous groups by returning women to their historical place of influence. It’s a place that was usurped by colonialism […]
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Human history is filled with images and symbols, ordinary things which take on deeper meanings in the context of people’s lives. Numbers are some of those symbols that ground themselves into concepts and beliefs. Take, for example, the number three. One has only to look at fairy tales to see the power of this number. […]
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Deb Haaland was elected for many qualities, but one that makes New Mexicans most excited about having her in Congress is her devotion to being who she is and speaking with the voice that her culture and her experience has given her.
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Marion Lovato grew up making jewelry with her mother in her home in Santo Domingo Pueblo. She was the baby of the family and would sit on the floor while her mother made her heishe necklaces. Her first duty, she says, was to string the cut stones. Later she worked her way up to drilling. […]
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