Trish Cook is an Anishinaabe comedian. She is premiering her sold out show "Death, Grief and Dying: Indigenous Humor While Crying" at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. EMILY BRIGHT: Well, maybe you ...
When Raquel Quinones first dove into the world of content creation, she had no idea how to identify herself in the digital landscape. “Should I be who I want to be or who my audience wanted me to be?” ...
Actress Sarah Podemski sees much kinship between indigenous communities and the Jewish people, particularly when it comes to humor. She would know, after all: she was born in Canada to an Anishinaabe ...
Yeah, I was born here. Matter of fact, my family goes back four generations in Florida, all the way to 1886 when my great-grandparents arrived from England just knowing they were going to get rich ...
“Native humor can be dark and raunchy — and it’s weird,” says Tazbah Chavez, a writer, producer and director on “Reservation Dogs,” the off-kilter show that follows Native teenagers navigating their ...
Humor plays an important role in American Indian cultures, said Mike Jetty, Indian education specialist with Montana Office of Public Instruction. “Humor is weaved through tribal culture,” he said, ...
On April 9, one of the radio personalities on the "Woody and Wilcox" show on KBFX 100.5-FM, made brutally offensive racial remarks on the morning show. The two were bantering about what it means to be ...
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith had never visited a gallery or art museum before college, but that didn’t deter her from pursuing her passion. Throughout her career, the artist’s work has hung everywhere ...
Joey Clift tries not to dwell too much on Facebook comments, but a few years ago, one kept nagging him. As the Washington NFL team reckoned with its derogatory name and underwent a rebranding, Clift ...
Hollywood has been brutal to Indigenous peoples since essentially the invention of cinema: White, male filmmakers have, more often than not, used their power to depict us as rage-filled, vengeful, ...
Covered in light brown mess and holding one of her young daughters, Jill Kaplan stood in front of the mountain of laundry, looking worn and defeated. Before kids and marriage, the work-at-home mom had ...
Native American writer-director Taietsarón:sere “Tai” Leclaire (Mohawk/Mi’kmaq) has several reasons to celebrate this year’s Sundance Film Festival. For starters, he’ll be debuting his film Headdress ...