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Professor and researcher at Portland State University who studies science communication, particularly issues that impact American Indians. She is enrolled with the Osage tribe.
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What you don’t know about the Boston Tea Party
Sometimes we approach history with doubt, especially when it comes to stories about Native Americans. In grade school I heard North America was largely unpopulated until settlers arrived: a story quite different than the ones my relatives told. Reading about … Continue reading
Posted in Native Science, framing, Indian, science, authenticity, journalism, writing, Boston tea Party
Tagged rhetoric, science, native science, literacy, writing, native american heritage month
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Mind Different from Brain?
Consider the mind, rather than the brain. I asked readers in the last blog to think about the mind rather than the brain because Samuel Morton’s skull measurements in the 1860s asserted that American Indians have smaller skulls, hence smaller … Continue reading
Posted in framing, Indian, journalism, Native Science, neuroscience, science, science communication, Uncategorized
Tagged advertising, Indigenous Science, literacy, native science, science
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Brain Full of Buckshot
In the Wild West soldiers could earn a dollar for every American Indian skull they collected. Skulls were then shipped back east so scientists could study them. One of the collectors, Samuel G. Morton, used skulls to extrapolate on personality … Continue reading
Nip and Tuck for Your Brain
You can get a prescription to enhance your libido and lengthen your eyelashes, so why not a pill to help your memory? That’s the discussion around our dinner table: should doctors prescribe drugs that could improve cognitive skills?
Posted in authenticity, framing, journalism, Native Science, neuroscience, science, science communication
Tagged Indigenous Science, literacy, neuroscience, rhetoric, science, writing
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Confined to a Wheelchair
Sometimes messages expand our thoughts and sometimes messages narrow them. A relative pointed out journalists are fond of saying, for example, Lady Gaga is “confined to a wheelchair,” as reported recently in the Huffington Post (UK). But a wheelchair is … Continue reading
Posted in authenticity, framing, science, science communication, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged Indigenous Science, native science, rhetoric, science, stereotypes, writing
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Remembering Maria Tallchief
When someone mentioned ballet my mother would chime in that a famous ballerina came from her American Indian community. Maria Tallchief. We learned this week that Tallchief passed on. She and her sister Marjorie came from a prominent Osage family, … Continue reading
Posted in american indian, authenticity, community, Family, film, Indian, journalism, native american, Native Science, Osage, Uncategorized
Tagged Maria Tallchief, native american heritage month, Osage
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Cookie Full of Arsenic
I’d hate to take a bite of you. You’re a cookie full of arsenic. That’s just one of the unforgettable quotes from the movie, The Sweet Smell of Success my students viewed this week. Set in 1950s against the backdrop … Continue reading
Posted in authenticity, cinema, ethics, film, framing, journalism, news bias, Uncategorized
Tagged native science, stereotypes, writing
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Big Brother’s Reading You
We now know if you’re reading the book. At least if it’s an e-book.
Posted in framing, journalism, science, science communication, teaching, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged native science, rhetoric, science, writing
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Science & Lipstick
It’s the stories that draw my attention to the science and health sections of the New York Times. But what caught my eye this week was a full-page advertisement. The French cosmetics company L’Oréal honors women scientists and the ad … Continue reading
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Tagged native science, rhetoric, science, stereotypes, writing
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Coffee
I love the science section published each Tuesday in the New York Times. And I hate it, too. A delicious story emerged this week about folks who live on the island of Ikaria, off the mainland of Greece.
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