With his memoir “Becoming Little Shell” and a life steeped in storytelling, Montana’s poet laureate challenges us to listen, commit, and create “The Good Life.”
On the Flathead Reservation — and on Indian reservations across the West — state-owned trust lands generate profits while infringing on tribal sovereignty.
The still-unfolding story of how Ayabe-way-we-tung guided his tribe in the midst of colonization, as excerpted from Montana Poet Laureate Chris La Tray’s new book, “Becoming Little Shell.”
As spectacular as Lily Gladstone is in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” it’s not a film for Indians. Nor is the new Ken Burns documentary “The American Buffalo.” Told through a white lens, these big screen tragedies underscore that Indigenous people need more opportunities to tell our stories ourselves.
