Indian Comics Irregular #184 Some quotes and comments from my Newspaper Rock coverage of PBS's "We Shall Remain" series: "After the Mayflower" The Indians were...
Indian Comics Irregular #185 Some recent news stories show America's ongoing insensitivity to Native people and their beliefs. In Colorado, a hiker found a...
Indian Comics Irregular #186 Americans continue to misunderstand, stereotype, and offend Native people. Here are the latest examples in the news: Sonia...
Indian Comics Irregular #187 "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," the sequel to Nicolas Cage's hit movie, is another archaeological treasure hunt. This time...
Indian Comics Irregular #188 The biggest Native pop story in October was the sweat-lodge deaths in Sedona, Arizona. New Age guru James Arthur Ray, whom Oprah...
Indian Comics Irregular #189 Last fall I took three trips related to my work. If there was a common theme, I guess it was disseminating information about...
Indian Comics Irregular #190 The biggest Native entertainment story in November and December was the release of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon." The Native...
Indian Comics Irregular #191 By now everyone knows "Avatar" is the biggest success in cinematic history. That it has a pro-environment, anti-military...
Indian Comics Irregular #192 Not only is "Avatar" breaking box-office records, it's inspiring activism around the world. Canadians, Palestinians, and...
Indian Comics Irregular #193 The biggest story this month has been Arizona's passing two laws: one to let the police check anyone's citizenship and another to...
Indian Comics Irregular #194 The latest casting controversy is over "The Last Airbender," a live-action version of a popular cartoon series. The series took...
Indian Comics Irregular #195 For the past several summers I've gone to the San Diego Comic-Con, the country's biggest comic-book convention, on opening day....
Indian Comics Irregular #196 New York state is fighting with the Seneca Nation over taxes on cigarettes. This led New York City Mayor Bloomberg to tell...
Indian Comics Irregular #197 Two movies in production are going out of their way to use Alaska Native actors. One, "Sikumi," is a feature-length version of an...
Indian Comics Irregular #199 With Columbus Day and Halloween, October may be the worst month for Native stereotypes. With Native American Heritage Month and...
Indian Comics Irregular #200 This year has seen a lot of stories about Native women. For starters, how they're stereotyped as princesses, sex objects, and...
Indian Comics Irregular #201 The big pop-culture story in January was Jared Lee Loughner's (alleged) shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Arizona....
Indian Comics Irregular #202 Bryan Fischer, the conservative cretin who criticized the UN declaration on indigenous rights and the Pascua Yaqui prayer for Rep....
Indian Comics Irregular #203 In March I saw a Native Voices play at the Autry Museum. "The Frybread Queen," a drama by Carolyn Dunn, is getting good reviews...
Indian Comics Irregular #204 The Census Bureau has begun releasing its 2010 data. It looks as though Indians have maintained the status quo over the last...
Indian Comics Irregular #205 In Indian country, the story of the year may have occurred in May when US forces killed Osama bin Laden. Or as they codenamed...
Indian Comics Irregular #206 Last year I wrote about an Irish band called "The Indians" whose members dress up as phony chiefs and "braves." This year they...
Indian Comics Irregular #207 The big Native-themed summer release was "Cowboys and Aliens," starring Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig. Alas, Indians went from...
Indian Comics Irregular #208 Lately the (mis)appropriation of Native imagery by fashion designers and retailers has gotten a lot of attention. In the worst...
Indian Comics Irregular #209 Occupy Wall Street and its "We Are the 99%" slogan have dominated the news the last couple of months. Indians have noted that...
Indian Comics Irregular #210 Probably the biggest Native pop-culture stories of 2012 have been the controversies over Elizabeth Warren and Johnny Depp. Warren...
Indian Comics Irregular #211 As August ended, the biggest Native story probably was the planned auction of the Lakota's sacred Pe' Sla site. Fortunately,...
Indian Comics Irregular #212 As August came to an end, the big news was the Republican national convention. Apparently Romney and company were too busy talking...
Indian Comics Irregular #213 By all accounts, the Democratic convention was more successful than its Republican counterpart. Natives were present in force....
