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Ruth Robertson (Hopkins), or Cankudutawin (Red Road Woman), is a Dakota/Lakota Sioux writer who was born on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. She resides in her ancestral homelands and is a biologist as well as the Chief Judge of the Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, where she is an enrolled member.

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Speaking in Unison The colonial gaze has long discounted oral tradition as primitive, writes Atmos columnist Ruth H. Robertson. But like the written word, oral tradition preserves knowledge, history, and the memory of an entire populace.

Indigeneity Identity & Community

In the center of rocky, red terrain sits a shallow, muddy puddle

The Dirt From Which We Came The topic of soil management may not interest the masses. But the rate at which human consumption is degrading the Earth’s dirt threatens our very existence.

Anthropocene Indigeneity

In Honor of the Divine Feminine This Women’s History Month, Atmos columnist Ruth H. Robertson urges that it’s not too late to rewrite history, which has—more often than not—been recorded by closed colonial minds.

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From Reservation Dogs to Murder in Big Horn, The Rise of Native Media Real Native American representation is making a splash in the mainstream entertainment industry, writes Atmos columnist Ruth Robertson. After decades of erasure, films and TV shows are focusing on the issues our communities are wrestling with on a daily basis.

Art & Culture Indigeneity

The Certainty of Becoming With the gradual return of the sun, Atmos columnist Ruth Robertson reflects on reemerging from darkness and experiencing the rebirth of spring once more.

Indigeneity Deep Ecology

Set Them Free For over 80 years, the Peabody Museum at Harvard University has been in possession of a large collection of hair clippings taken from Native children who were forced to attend government-run boarding schools. There is no excuse for such a crime, writes columnist Ruth Robertson. Give them back to us.

Identity & Community Indigeneity

Sage Against the Machine Native Nations have historically embraced sage for its power to heal bodies, hearts and minds, cleanse spaces, and make holy. But with the advent of social media, sage usage among non-Natives has grown in popularity, endangering the medicinal plant in the process.

Indigeneity Well Being

In the Age of Distraction, Honoring the Light Within With so much external stimulation, we often forget to see and honor the light within. Ruth H. Robertson reminds us that all perception is ultimately reflection.

Indigeneity Deep Ecology

The New Black Hills Gold Rush There is no doubt that gold mining is seeing a resurgence in the sacred Black Hills of the Lakota. Not once, however, has the consent of the Lakota people been sought.

Environmental Justice Indigeneity

Making Us Whole Practicing rituals can serve as a critical tool in fighting settler colonialism, a system that demands we commodify what matters to us and sacrifice our souls for capital gain.

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A Call for Native Bodily Autonomy Following the reversal of Roe v. Wade, as the conquest of Native women’s bodies continues, Atmos columnist Ruth H. Robertson urges us to join the fight for the reproductive rights of all, including Indigenous peoples.

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The Native Citizenry This Fourth of July, Atmos columnist Ruth Robertson examines the colonization of U.S. citizenship, and explains why we must expand our understanding of it to include pre-colonial Native citizenship standards.

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The Great Mystery Ruth Hopkins invites us to behold Wakan Tanka, the essence at the heart of Oceti Sakowin spirituality, in which the sacred flows through everything: from the movement of muscles to the stars in the sky.

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Terrestrial Indigeneity There is much to learn from Native Nations. After all, humanity is Indigenous to this planet and we must use that as the basis for everything we do, writes Ruth H. Hopkins.

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The Sacred Women of the World During Women’s History Month, we honor the Indigenous women land defenders who have been leading the way in protecting and defending our first mother: Planet Earth.

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Justice for Leonard Peltier Peltier, an Anishinabe/Dakota man, is now believed to be the longest-serving political prisoner in the United States. He still maintains his innocence, 45 years on.

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