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Truth and Vulnerability in Storytelling: What Indigenous Peoples Have and Continue to Teach Me by Dr. Heidi R. Lewis May 6, 2024 I write this blog from Colorado Springs, CO. Stolen land—the unceded territory of the Ute Peoples, to be precise—developed with stolen and exploited labor. I do so, because as my colleague Dr. Natanya Ann Pulley points out, acknowledgements are “more than identifying or recognizing someone or something. Acknowledging is also an act of honoring, blessing, celebrating, and thanking.” Atquetzali Quiroz (’24), far left, during the Feminist & Gender Studies Department Senior Capstone Project Presentations ...
On the State of the Field and Related Concerns by Dr. Heidi R. Lewis April 1, 2024 I write this blog from Colorado Springs, CO. Stolen land—the unceded territory of the Ute Peoples, to be precise—developed with stolen and exploited labor. I do so, because as my colleague Dr. Natanya Ann Pulley points out, acknowledgements are “more than identifying or recognizing someone or something. Acknowledging is also an act of honoring, blessing, celebrating, and thanking.” Photo Credit: Joe Raedle ( Getty Images , 2023) “We’re all under siege right now.” —Past NWSA President Dr. Bonnie Thornton Dill , “ BANNED ” (2023) I was overjoyed ...
Palestine and the Black Radical Intellectual Tradition 1 by Dr. Heidi R. Lewis March 4, 2024 I write this blog, my first, from Colorado Springs, CO. Stolen land—the unceded territory of the Ute Peoples, to be precise—developed with stolen and exploited labor. I do so, because as my colleague Dr. Natanya Ann Pulley points out, acknowledgements are “more than identifying or recognizing someone or something. Acknowledging is also an act of honoring, blessing, celebrating, and thanking.” Photo Credit: 2014 Sarah-Ji ( Flickr ) Black History Month just passed. Women’s History Month is here. People across the world likely ...