Alexis Bunten, Author at Bioneers
Indigeneity
Bioneers Must Watch Staff Pick – The Territory
Article

The Territory is a heartbreaking and powerful testament to what can be achieved when people come together across cultural divides to protect the...

Ecological Design
Why & How to Decolonize Your Yard
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Written by Alexis Bunten, Co-Director of the Bioneers Indigeneity Program. Read more from Alexis. Caveat: Before reading this article, it is...

Indigeneity
3 Ways to Decolonize Thanksgiving
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Illustration by ShlyahovaYulia With Thanksgiving around the corner, millions of families across the country are preparing to celebrate one of the...

Indigeneity
Bioneers Decolonization Series: Why We Should Indigenize Place Names
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Over the past year, Americans have made great strides in dismantling white supremacy, symbolized, in part, by the taking down of racist statues....

Indigeneity
What do Native Americans REALLY think of Thanksgiving?
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By Alexis Bunten  Alexis Bunten, PhD., (Aleut/Yup’ik) has served as a manager, consultant and applied researcher for Indigenous, social...

Indigeneity
Help Support COVID Relief to Indigenous Communities
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Indigenous wisdom has always been central to Bioneers’ mission to address real world issues practically and holistically. Over the past 30 years,...

Food and Farming
The True, Indigenous History of Thanksgiving
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Illustration by Peter Hermes Furian The pop culture story of the First Thanksgiving, often told to children in grade school, is a myth. For the...

Indigeneity
A Thanksgiving Reflection from the Bioneers Indigeneity Program
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Photo by Rena Schild As Cara Romero and I reflect on what it means to be Indigenous in America, 2019 has certainly been a year of extremes. From...

Indigeneity
Bioneers, Native American Youth, and Google Earth Outreach Break the Silicone Wall
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Native youth from San Francisco Unified School District’s Indian Education Program, the American Indian Child Resource Center in Oakland, and the...

Indigeneity
What Are You Doing To Decolonize Thanksgiving This Year?
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Here we go again! It’s time to Decolonize Thanksgiving. I wrote this blog to update you on some of my thinking about Decolonizing Thanksgiving,...

Indigeneity
Solutions From Indian Country: What The World Needs to Know
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October 8 is Indigenous Peoples Day and while it might sound corny, here at Bioneers every day is Indigenous Peoples Day! Since our founding nearly...

Indigeneity
Bioneers Indigeneity To Be Featured at the San Francisco Earth Day Festival Saturday, April 21
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Alexis Bunten Bioneers Indigeneity   Please join Bioneers Indigeneity this Saturday, April 21 at the San Francisco Civic Center Plaza...

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