We need each-other; tribe, tongue, nation.
Stephen Karst, Overland Park, KS What if we worked to recognize the dignity in one another? What would it look like to celebrate our different...
Hesci, hello, I am Poarch Creek.
Elizabeth McGhee, Tuscaloosa, AL. A couple years ago I got to be a part of one of the best experiences of my life. I was...
Women tell hidden mixed heritage story.
Jodi Su Tharan, Berkeley, CA. My family is Jewish, Apache Chiricahua, additional hidden tribes that still remained unnamed after years of research, Welsh, Scots, Irish,...
Tribalism is more divisive than race.
Elias Jones, Charlottesville, VA. It is tribalism that leads to assumptions both affirming (they are like me, they accept me, I am safe with them)...
I don’t know my Native language.
Jessica Elaine Matz, LaVergne, TN. I look white and I was raised white, but when we were kids, we went to the occasional pow wow...
I am a man without a tribe
Varun Vajpeyi Iowa City, IA I’m part white part south Asian Indian. I have been confused with other ethnic groups, most of the time its...
We know where we came from
Isaac Weiss, Wayne State Yes, we’re a Middle Eastern tribe. Yes, white people can usually tell we’re not the same as them by looking. Yes,...
Being “mixed” race is super frustrating.
Amber, Boise, ID. No one gets to decide what “race” they’re born as, but a lot of people have the privilege of being able to...
Human heart dissolves all artificial boundaries.
Robin Fisher, Boulder Creek, CA. I identify with people in marginalized demographics who have experienced victimization at the hands of the social majority since I...
I wish I knew my roots…
Tiffany Chatman Loganville, GA African-American? Well, where in Africa? Should I just be American since that is the only place that I have ever lived...
Delaware, Kiowa, Comanche, Mexican, Oh My!
Kristina T., Oklahoma City, OK. I’m half Native American and half Mexican. I have 3 tribes’ blood that runs through my veins along with Mexican...
You can’t be in a tribe
Hallie Davis, Helena, MT. I’ve been told over and over that I am to white to be a Native American. To white to be in...
Best stick with your own tribe!
Alec Ryan Las Vegas, NV Words of wisdom from an old Scottish friend, a long time ago…I have travelled and experienced much since then, and...
Having a foot in two canoes.
Emily Wood Anchorage, AK Growing up in small town Minnesota where the local summer celebration was “Swedish Heritage Days” could be awkward for a girl...
