I’m American Indian-I’m a Unicorn.
Ty NolN, Tempe, AZ. I’m from a traditional family and have braids. I dance at Powwows, and participate in our Longhouse Ceremonies. The photograph is...
Human Spirit – Our One Equal Tie
Kimberly Davenport, Elizabethtown, KY. Irregardless of our containment, the color of our skin, our heritage, our social structures…one element binds us all and that one...
This country belongs to Native Americans.
Lewis Hernandez, Milwaukee, WI. White people, raped, murdered and stole this country from the American Indian. Now it’s one America. One white. One Black. One...
When Skin Color Fades Away
Leonard Rios, Imperial Beach, CA. I am an American Indian on tribal roles and racism has followed my people childhood to present. I am a...
Concerning. Scary. Exciting. “Hi, I’m Elaine.”
Elaine, Rochester, MN. These were the words that come to mind when I met my first non-white person — an American Indian girl. We were...
THE reason I have a scholarship.
Marilou Ingles, Romulus, MI. I am American Indian, I grew up in poverty, and I am from the South. I often joke that I received...
I am a proud American man
Charles Tanner, Midland, TX. I am an American,there is not a pre or post to that I was not brought here I was born here....
AMERICAN DISGRACE: SLAVERY? GENOCIDE, AMERICAN INDIAN
John Austin, Park Hill, OK. We always seem to begin every discussion of race and race relations in America with some mention or reference to...
“You don’t know me, no judging”
As a kid, people call me brown sugar, or caramel, and think of me as a kid who crossed the border with her family illegally,...
Red on outside, but White on inside
Shelly Watson, Bethel Acres, OK. When I was a teenager, other American Indians used to call me Apple.
But You Have Blue Eyes?
Amanda Fisher Riverside, CA My dad was 100 percent Italian. My mom is white with a little dash of American Indian. People never ask me...
Yes, I am an American Indian.
Thomas LaVergne Kenton, OH People sometimes do not believe I am who I am due to stereotypes from Hollywood films. Not all Indians have dark...
