We Salute
Dr. Charles Alexander 'Ohiyesa' Eastman

Dr. Eastman (class of 1890) was recently honored by Boston University Medical School with a posthumous Humanitarian Award for his efforts on behalf of Native Americans. Known as the most prominent Anglo-Dakota of his time, Eastman was the attending physician at the Wounded Knee Massacre and devoted much of his life to preserving his beloved culture.

"My wish is to demonstrate the diversity and beauty of my art, our culture, and my people. I am proud to be Anishinabe and I hope my work demonstrates that in some way"--- Daniel Borja Ramirez

It has been a while ... more than four years since we last published a new issue of Canku Ota. Many life issues intervened which made publishing Canku Ota impossible.

I dream of sleeping again in my grandparents cabin, a place now but a ghost of a memory... I dream again of a perfect nights sleep, untroubled by the doubts of adulthood and the fear that we are being pumped with everyday.

The Oyate, the people, tell their own history and culture in this hour-long documentary, Oceti Sakowin: The People of the Seven Council Fires.

One key to improving American Indian students' achievement is to teach them more about their cultures and languages, educators told those participating in the third annual Native American Summit Thursday.

The game, called RezWorld, is billed as the first fully immersive 3-D interactive video game that can help young Indians learn to speak their own languages via a unique speech recognition component.

This place had "literally hundreds of miles of green fields," wrote April-Sky Johnston, Diné from Santa Fe, NM, in an essay about the experience. "To find dirt anywhere was a challenging mission."