Because Every Mother Matters

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  Mothers Matter My mother matters. All of my five sisters are mothers, and they matter. I am a mother and I matter. Are you a mother? Think about this word – Mother. It’s really so much more than a series of letters that make a word…especially this word. “Mother” on the lips of her little children means [...]

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South Dakota Forcibly Removes Indian Children to White Foster Homes

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Image Credit: John Poole/NPR – Janice Howe’s grandchild Derrin Yellow Robe, 3, stands in his great-grandparents’ back yard on the Crow Creek Reservation in South Dakota. Along with his twin sister and two older sisters, he was taken off the reservation by South Dakota’s Department of Social Services in July of 2009.   Indian Removal in Modern Day [...]

Growing Up In The Dark

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    Imagine not having electricity during at least 12 hours of the day, every day. Think about how you cannot buy groceries that need refrigeration in large amounts because, of course, you’ll have no electricity. Now picture what would you do if you could not use the computer, play a videogame, watch TV or [...]