Vancouver, Wash., exhibit commemorates 1864 Sand Creek Massacre This week, the Clark County Historical Museum in Vancouver, Wash., unveiled an exhibit of Native American artwork commemorating an American massacre. The exhibit, “One November Morning,” feat ...
11 Feb 2016 - Stephen Quirke
COMMENTARY | He spent a lifetime fighting for Native Americans and their home “I don’t believe in magic. I believe in the sun and the stars, the water, the tides, the floods, the owls, the hawks flying, the river running, the wind talking. They’re measure ...
31 Dec 2015 - Stephen Quirke
COMMENTARY | Successful protests show indigenous nations can use education about Columbus to win new respect and support “In fourteen-hundred and ninety-three, Columbus stole all he could see.” – Christopher Loewen, “Lies My Teacher Told Me” On Oct. 7, Po ...
19 Nov 2015 - Stephen Quirke
COMMENTARY | State and tribal officials throw a wrench in the corporation’s water-bottling plan Gov. Kate Brown just made a game-changing intervention in Nestlé’s ongoing effort to bottle public water in Oregon. Soon after receiving three letters of oppos ...
12 Nov 2015 - Stephen Quirke
Native Americans are battling hate groups along with environmental degradation in their fight for the Columbia River Gorge When it comes to environmental destruction, Northwest tribes typically have the most to lose. It should come as no surprise, then, ...
20 Aug 2015 - Stephen Quirke