Dancing Crow Media

Honor Juneteenth by listening to speeches by legendary Black activist Angela Davis on Spotify Spotify is known for music and, increasingly, podcasts, but the streaming service also has a treasure trove of relevant speeches from Angela Davis.

U.S. Supreme Court clears way for pipeline to cross Appalachian Trail Ruling against environmentalists, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided that the federal government has the authority to allow a proposed $7.5 billion natural gas pipeline to cross under the popular Appalachian Trail in rural Virginia.

Trans Mountain Pipeline Spills up to 50,000 Gallons of Oil on Indigenous Land in BC Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline spilled as many as 50,000 gallons of crude oil in Abbotsford, BC, reinforcing concerns about the safety of the pipeline's planned expansion. ​Chief Dalton Silver of the Sumas First Nation told CTV News that the spill occurred on his reserve on fields over an aquife...

Many Native Artists are taking challenges, like artists everywhere, are sharing on social media some of their favorite pieces.

Richard Zane Smith shares

"What have they done to our Sister?"
Beans and Squash Lament.

It is a response to the genetic modification of Corn (also Squash) in our country and the world. These Sisters are from the Americas and the world receives corn and have embraced both Corn and Squash and Beans for hundreds of years. They even have their own stories of them in their cultural teachings today. Well over 90% of the traditional food of corn sold is GMO modified in the United States. That means (among other things) that our children ingest high amounts of things like roundup that's been placed within the GMO Corn DNA itself. They do this to make the corn sprouts tolerant of the spraying of pesticides in the miles of fields in places like Nebraska, and Idaho, and many other states that are the heartland of food production in our country. So when Richard Zane Smith makes a piece of art that laments the fate of Corn, we lament as well.

Indigenous Art speaks searingly important truths to power and towards the imbalances in our world that we all face today. It's important to understand the meanings within the art whenever possible.

Collection of Museum of Arts and Design NY, NY.