A self-taught artist and teacher of traditional ways, NHBP Tribal Member AnungoKwé Alexandria Sulainis, 32, of Lac de Flambeau, Wisconsin, always knew she wanted to do something artistic. Sulainis trained as a licensed cosmetologist, but she felt compelled to do something that more directly tied her to her Culture and heritage as Neshnabé.
When Penobscot Elder and Army Veteran Charles Shay was drafted into the Armed Services in 1943 as a combat medic, he was doing his duty to his country – despite being denied fundamental rights. At just 19, Shay, like many other Native Americans at the time, did not have the right to vote in his family’s home state of Maine.
“To be active in harvesting Rice, it takes the community, it takes a Tribe to do this. That is what food sovereignty is – to sovereign for yourself and for the Tribe.”
“My coping mechanisms no longer served a purpose,” said NHBP Tribal Member Thomas Foerster, 55. “Growing up in foster homes, there were so many things I never learned as a kid. The stuff I did learn, like hypervigilance, caused me to start using alcohol and drugs as a way to deal.”
One–Pot Sesame Noodles 8 ounces whole-wheat pasta (spaghetti or linguine shape)4 cups water3 baby bok choy, sliced1 bell pepper, sliced2 carrots, cut into coins1 yellow onion, sliced4 cloves of garlic, minced1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated3 tbsp sesame oil1/4 cup low...
More than a century after its first use, the traditional Regalia worn by one of NHBP’s Tribal Members, Joe Pamptopee-bën, has been fully refurbished and restored to its original beauty and given a special place within the archives of NHBP history. A grandnephew of...
To gather is “to bring together and take in from scattered places or sources.” This year, Potawatomi Nations gathered for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hosted by the Hannahville Indian Community at their Reservation and the Island Casino Hotel and Resort in the Upper Peninsula.
After a long period of social isolation due to COVID-19, NHBP Tribal youth are once again participating in the international empowerment program Girls on the Run.
He is troweling through, centimeter by centimeter, searching, looking, examining the ground for any artifact that may reveal historical context about those who came before us—hour after hour, day by day.
“If you’re not ready, don’t waste your time,” advises NHBP Tribal Member Shontell Murkerson, 42, who was more than ready in the fall of 2021 to get healthy.