identity

  • Locations: Columns, Opinion Published

    Mending the Hoop

    Mending the Hoop thumbnail Photo by Beth White

    By Melina Laroza
    Special to The Sopris Sun

    Whether colonizer or colonized, oppressor or oppressed, we all are wounded from the illusion of separation between Mother Earth, ourselves and each other. Indigenous peoples who live in tribes connected with their roots are perhaps closer than the rest of us… read more →

  • Locations: News Published

    Uniting the nation with dance

    Uniting the nation with dance thumbnail As an interracial, male duet, Helanius J. Wilkins and Ryder “share weight and responsibility, dancing to become better ancestors." Courtesy photo by Carlos D. Flores.

    What does it mean to belong — to a community, to a place, to our own bodies?

    Artist Helanius J. Wilkins and collaborator A. Ryder Turner are embarking on a massive project, spanning all 50 states and Washington, D.C., to hold that question like a mirror on the disparate states… read more →