Tag: Native

A few years ago, Google released an ad touting their next big thing: the ability to translate spoken conversations as they happen. The app could transform any smartphone into a wrecking ball for language barriers — in a world in which even prosperous European countries routinely...

Language learners, and English language learners in particular, always want to achieve language proficiency as good as native speakers. There are many videos on YouTube and articles on Medium with titles like “How to speak English as a native speaker” or “how to achieve n...

I’ve grown a lot of Phacelia from seed and there is a lot of it growing throughout my yard. Some of it is gorgeous and healthy, growing into small stands nearly 2 feet tall. Some of it has seeded in the more shady parts of my yard, however, and can barely grow a foot tall. Every summ...

The narrative about how Native Americans having been stripped of their land, culture and forced to assimilate into the White culture. Native Americans children were taken from their home against their will. Not only did Whites take the Native American’s lands but made a concerted effort to sup...

Ona late morning of March 9, I sat on an airplane at the Los Angeles International Airport, waiting for takeoff. Thoughts fired off in my brain. This is it. It’s finally happening. Everything I learned in class, readings, research, and friendship will be tested at my final destination. No...

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Native born in Chaturthi Tithi or Chathurthi Tithi or CHATHURTHY THIDHI, your contradictory nature is evident. You have a talent for argument and discussion. They are very close to their mothers. They like to live up to their commitments. They are good at finding solutions&n...

Unfortunately, the issues with “BIPOC” don’t end at the false equivalencies of struggles. I have always identified as Native American instead of “Indian” or “indigenous”, with “tribe” instead of “nation”. These are the names I grew up...