Editor’s note: Four years ago, Emmilee Renea Risling went missing. A mother of two, the then 32 year old was last seen on Oct. 14 on the Pecwan Bridge near Johnson (Wautec). There is a $20,000 reward being offered for information leading to her safe return or information leading to her location. Anyone with information […]
Cutcha Risling Baldy
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My Cousin Emmi
Editor’s note: According to the Sovereign Bodies Institute, there are 183 cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in California, including 18 reported last year alone. One-hundred-and-seven of those women and girls are from Northern California. This is the experience of a single family member of one of the missing, illustrating the reverberating […]
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Every Number is a Person
Jessica Alva (Blackfeet, Yaqui and Nahua) Heather Leann Cameron (Grande Ronde and Pit River Tribes) Angela Mae Jeff (California Valley Miwok) Sumi Juan (Hoopa Valley Tribe) Jeanette Kamahele (Kanaka Maoli) Andrea LaDeroute (Tolowa) Alicia Lara (Tarahumara) Angela McConnell (Hoopa Valley Tribe with Mohave, Yurok and Karuk ancestry) Nick Patterson (Pit River Tribe) Rachel Sloan (Hopland […]
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Representation Matters
Johnny Depp is likely not going to read this article. He’s very busy. He owns his own island, after all, and imagine the upkeep on emptying his Roomba of all the sand it’s collected from visiting guests traipsing through his island house without a care in the world. I honestly can’t imagine Johnny Depp even […]
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How We Let This Happen
There are children in concentration camps in the United States right now. On the news they call them “migrant children” (not children fleeing for their lives or seeking asylum or in desperate need of aid — just “migrant children”). Talking heads are debating the use of the term “concentration camp.” “Sure these kids are being […]
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Genocide and Fugly Chairs
Recently, Antiques Roadshow did an appraisal of a Colt Model 1851 pistol that apparently belonged to early Humboldt County settler Seth Kinman. Spoiler alert: It’s supposedly worth $50,000. During the show, the appraiser took the opportunity to wax poetic on the value of the gun because of its known tie to Kinman who is described […]
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The Flower Dancers
The Hupa women’s coming-of-age ceremony (Ch’iwa:l) lasts for three, five, or 10 days and is held after a girl starts menstruating. The ceremony is a public celebration that includes specific practices and ritual guidelines for the young girl. This ceremony is particularly important to the Hupa people, as it was thought that the girl’s behavior […]
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Don’t Live in a Murder House
Last week on Facebook I came across a post from the Wiyot Tribe in which it tagged my friend Rachel Sundberg. The tribe was thanking her for helping members learn about cultural protocols, dance regalia and continuing ceremonial practices. The Wiyot children in the photos were happy and in one photo a young girl was […]