Features Editor, National Geographic | Playwright | Writing in NYT Books, The Drift, High Country News, New Republic, Deadspin (RIP) | Sappony Tribe
D.C. (via North Carolina)
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As the grandson of a Native American tobacco tenant farmer, I've always struggled expressing exactly how lucky and blessed I’ve been to simply have options in my life. Hopefully, my latest, "A Family From High Plains," explains why: splinternews.com/a-family-fr…
Spent the last year and change working on this banger of a feature by Matt Shaer—on pig kidneys, the organ crisis, and the bravery of Rick Slayman: nationalgeographic.com/scien…
Perfect news to go into the weekend with — can’t wait to keep reading all the great work @clahchischiligi and the team at HCN publish!
Welcome @clahchischiligi! Sunnie is Diné from AZ, reported for the @navajotimes, @guardian, @USATODAY, @RollingStone, and @nytimes, to name a few, and holds a Ph.D. from @UNM, serves on the board for @IndigenousJA and teaches at @ASU.
We're so proud to have you on of our team.👏
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Hindsight’s 20/20 and this is probably worth covering in some way, but I got this *exact same call* in September and just kept asking questions and being like “hmm, you sure?” until they got sick of me and ended the call. thecut.com/article/amazon-sc…
Proud of and thrilled for my friends at @hcnunion for taking this important step toward building an HCN that can truly work for everyone. Support them here: hcnunion.org/
My first review in @nytimesbooks is up today, will appear in this Sunday’s print edition. Many thanks to @NeimaJahromi for all the thoughtful notes and conversation that went into this one. nytimes.com/2023/10/06/gallo…
🚨 HCN is hiring for a new Indigenous Affairs Editor — if you’re a Native reporter/editor thinking about applying, feel free to reach out with any questions!
We're hiring an Indigenous affairs editor. Join @highcountrynews award-winning editorial team where we proudly center Native voices for a Native audience. Perhaps you're the right person to help lead that coverage? Check it out & share👇🏼
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Friday news dump: This week was my first as a Senior Editor at National Geographic; also, I live in D.C. now.
New from me: I spoke with @KenBurns about
his latest film, "The American Buffalo." Our conversation, for @highcountrynews, focused on how he and his team approached the framing and inclusion of Native histories and contemporary voices. hcn.org/articles/indigenous-…
me: something about ethical compromise and a nuanced reference to Thomas' chilling take on tribal sovereignty in his United States v Lara opinion
also me: why they got my man doing the Praise The Sun dark souls emote
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In late July, I had the chance to attend the James Welch Native Lit Festival (@JDubFest) — to see the fences the industry puts on Native writers torn down for a brief, beautiful moment. I wrote about the experience for @highcountrynews’ October issue: hcn.org/issues/54.10/books-n…
Hi hello: Today is, temporarily, my last day at @highcountrynews. Starting next Thursday, I’ll be at a residency in Paris through December, where I'll be wrapping up a novel and starting some other things. Probably going to deactivate next week, so email is in my bio!
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As part of the residency, I'll be on a few panels at Festival America, along with some really talented and thoughtful folks, and will get to watch a live performance of my latest play. Lineup and all that here: festival-america.com/les-eve…
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Hey! @highcountrynews is hiring for an Acting Indigenous Affairs Desk Editor while I’m on leave this fall (more on that later) — apply here and please feel free to email or dm me with any questions you have about the job! classifieds.hcn.org/denver/e…
With the @JDubFest kicking off tonight (see you there!), take a moment and enjoy this lovely conversation between @chrislatray and Lois Welch: hcn.org/articles/indigenous-…
There's a long answer to this, but the short one is that he read this section of his country's constitution and, unlike the majority of justices in the Court's history, doesn't wince and break out a comically oversized eraser each time tribal nations call for its application:
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To try and make some sense of SCOTUS undermining tribal sovereignty, I heard from @yunpovi, @stacyleeds,@bethanyrberger, and @ILPCTurtleTalk for HCN. The consensus: This bench is a dangerous one for Indian Country. hcn.org/articles/indigenous-…
Just as important as celebrating barrier-breaking Native leaders like Wilma Mankiller is our responsibility to be honest about their full legacies. I’m so grateful for the work and words of @allthewhile1; read her piece here: hcn.org/articles/indigenous-…
It does genuinely suck that most outlets (ie editors) have no clue what to do when a piece has to discuss a pre-colonized continent. It's either shrouded in vague terms, or just outright erases the fact that the health of major ecosystems was a product of Indigenous stewardship.
It's good (necessary, even) to remind Americans that History didn't begin in 1776, but this description of New Mexico applies to virtually every region within the modern U.S. lol
Treat yourself today and read @_Liza_Black on "Yellowstone" and Kevin Costner/Taylor Sheridan's obsession with using Indian Country as a violent backdrop for their white-lensed Westerns.
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