Author Archives: nelsonster

Language is not the content of thought but the vessel into which we pour the ambivalences and contradictions of our thinking, afloat on the current of feeling and time. When the vessel becomes too small to hold what we pour … Continue reading →

Democracy will not comeToday, this yearNor everThrough compromise and fear. I have as much rightAs the other fellow hasTo standOn my two feetAnd own the land. I tire so of hearing people say,Let things take their course.Tomorrow is another day.I … Continue reading →

In the spring of 2024 I worked with an MSc student at UNO and NUIHC’s data analyst to put together this web-based map. Now live on the NUIHC website, clients of their services can use it to locate other services … Continue reading →

When I Am Among The Trees By Mary Oliver When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locust, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such hints of gladness. I would almost … Continue reading →

David Turnbull, in his 2000 book, “Masons, Tricksters, and Cartographers: Comparative Studies in the Sociology of Scientific and Indigenous Knowledge,” explores the concept of modernity. In particular, he highlights: “The illusory nature of one of the core tenets of modernity—that … Continue reading →

This month, the US Department of the Interior (DOI) released its initial report on Federal Indian Boarding Schools. Indigenous organizations such as the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition and Native News Online have been working hard to document … Continue reading →

This just came out – contact me if you are interested in reading the full text!

Reading Deborah McGregor, Jean-Paul Restoule and Rochelle Johnston’s edited book on Indigenous research, I came across this amazing quote about the nature of knowledge: “Knowledge is bigger than we are, something we can uncover only a part of. It was … Continue reading →

Cities around the world are developing Age-Friendly Communities plans, following the World Health Organization’s guidelines. We recently had a conversation with ten older First Nations and Métis women in the city of Prince George, Canada, comparing the expressed needs of … Continue reading →

This is a chapter from my dissertation that has recently been published in the journal Social Science & Medicine. Click here for a copy! It is available without a subscription until November 29, 2018.