Essays and arguments on people, institutions, knowledge, authority, history, repair, and what we carry forward. Working essays are labeled individually.
Essay · 13 min read
Essays
How do the systems organizing what we see affect our ability to communicate with one another, in Indian Country and beyond? An essay about visibility, mutual discovery, and public knowledge.
Essay · 12 min read
Essays
Can another person’s chance to learn give us a reason to help before we have made a promise?
Essay · 13 min read
Essays
How schedules, resources, and institutional responsibilities turn an offer of education into a usable opportunity to learn.
Essay · 15 min read
Agency
What does liberation require of a movement that depends on women’s work? A look at care, power, and the lives that can disappear behind a public victory.
Essay · 10 min read
Indian Country
What Native nonprofits owe the people they serve: honest accounts of their work, a way to question decisions, and corrections that reach those already let down.
Working essay · 35 min read
indigenous-governance
Capacity does not create authority. An institution may have greater resources or expertise, but that does not give it the right to decide what happens to Indigenous heritage.