Category Archives: First Nations

My school teachers used to insist that “the only stupid question is the question that you do not ask.”  I sure hope they were right!  It pains me to admit that I am unclear on the names of native groups in my area. Yet this lack of awareness is widespread among ‘white folks’ like meContinue reading “A Stupid Question?”

Thankfully I am not the only one asking “whose feet” walked the Pacific Northwest of North America before the Europeans arrived. Next month’s winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada will be co-hosted by the Lil’wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. BBC: Aboriginal Canadians divided over Vancouver Olympics If the BBC has got it right, opinionContinue reading “Atop the Rubble”

Where have the Native American peoples gone?  Well, of course I know the answer to this question, too.  They have died in large numbers, been moved off their land, and had their way of life forever altered by their interaction with European migrants.  I have a passion for justice, and I find it pretty easyContinue reading “Justice gets Personal”

Whose feet? Whose feet walked in this place before mine did? I don’t mean yesterday or last week, as interesting as the recent past may be. I mean 150+ years ago, right here in Seattle, USA. Like all European-Americans, I know the answer. The Native American peoples, the First Nations, walked here before me. YetContinue reading “Whose Feet: Beginning the Journey”