Mary Ellen Johnson-Davis Attempts at Extinguishing Native American Cultures Continues I have watched two different things in the past month that have inspired me to write this post. The first one was a documentary, “Missing from Fire Trail Road,” (2024,) which focuses on one particular missing woman from the Tulalip Tribe, Mary Ellen Johnson-Davis. It…
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dVerse — Poetics — Caged: The Haunting of Marie and Billy (a ballad) warning may be triggering for some
Photo: blogs.lse.ac.uk Caged: The Haunting of Marie and BillyRefrain:When trouble calls and raps your doorAs chaos rise to test you Whatever gets you through the nightYou must do, living blessed you.I.Marie thought Billy was sublime,so strong in his uniform,the first born son of Pastor Joe,first sight on first Sunday morn.Discharged for good, the rumors said,enlistment…
Update in Suit against Nome Police for Failure to Investigate Sexual Assault against Native Woman — Turtle Talk
Excerpts from the complaint: Plaintiff Clarice Hardy is an Alaska Native woman from Nome, Alaska, who worked at the Nome Police Department (NPD) as a dispatcher. In March 2017, Ms. Hardy reported to her superiors at the NPD that she had been sexually assaulted.2. The NPD left her case uninvestigated and untouched for over a…
dVerse — black — invictus part 2
grey skies seep black black silhouettes silhouettes of of rippling dark grey skin, red eyes eyes that see all all color drained drained from your soul when you hurt her her of black skin skin shining warm warm morning sun her smile died then then she knew why why you killed it it gave…
Imperious
image link He surveys his domain with pale, baleful eyes, head jerking here and there at every shift in wind and sky, ready to rip and tear. He struts from end to end, fluffed feathers, comb flapping to and fro, confirming the scope of his harem, crowing with every fiber of his ten-pound body. They,…
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