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Sterling HolyWhiteMountain

  • A principal writer in the Native American Renaissance, James Welch was born on the Blackfeet Reservation, where he spent the early part of his life.
    Arts & Life
    James Welch Native Lit Festival makes its debut in 2022
    Lauren Korn
    Lauren Korn sits down with Sterling HolyWhiteMountain, Executive Director of the James Welch Native Lit Festival, to talk about making space for Native writers to talk publicly about their work.
  • Beyond Sherman Alexie
    Chérie Newman
    During this program, four Montana Indian authors talk about their stories published in Off the Path: An Anthology of 21st Century Montana American Indian…
  • Opinion
    Indian Identity - Part 1
    Walk into any law library in this country and peruse the wall of US Code, that record of Congressional statutes, and among the 51 volumes there you will…
  • Opinion
    What is an Indian?
    In the background of all issues involving American Indians is always the question of what is an Indian? While there are any number of groups in this…
  • Opinion
    Indians in the Military
    On this day following Memorial Day I think it would be good to briefly consider some facts of American Indian involvement in the history of the US…