Being an editor of the opinions section of a small liberal arts college’s newspaper comes with a couple perks. Namely, I get to hear some fairly hot takes from my peers on campus. I think that I am in an amazing position to feel out how people feel about various…
Bax Meyer
Viewpoint Editor
American Indians are killed by police at a higher rate than any other racial or ethnic group, according to CDC data. At a rate 12% higher than Black Americans and three times the rate of white people, it’s a fact that looms over the heads of American Indians all over…
This Sunday, I watched the Super Bowl. I’m a lifelong football fan. Like many in Western South Dakota, I routinely cheer for the Green Bay Packers. I have watched every Super Bowl in recent memory, and I’m proud to say that. This year felt different, though. This year, the team…
By Bax Meyer (Oglala Lakota Oyate) My great-grandma attended a boarding school. The history of the United States’ boarding schools in the United States is a legacy of cultural genocide. My great-grandmother was never the same after her experience with a school that tried to tame the “wild Indian” inside…
For many people who know me, one of the first things that comes up is that I’m a proudly enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe (Oglala Lakota Oyate). I’m proud to be Native, and I’m proud to be enrolled. On this side of my family, I’m also a…
This Saturday, I had the privilege of attending an event hosted by the Prairie Island Indian Community near Red Wing, Minnesota, presenting the “Honoring Dakota Project.” This project is dedicated to advancing relationships between the city of Red Wing and the Prairie Island Indian Community through storytelling and sharing the…
At the time of writing, it appears likely that former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will retake the office of Prime Minister of Israel, earning 65 seats in the Knesset. Netanyahu’s far-right coalition of defense hawks and the ultra-orthodox regaining power threatens the dynamics between Israel and several of its…
To any of you who know me well, one of the first things that usually comes up about me is that I’m a proudly enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe (Oglala Lakota Oyate). I come from a long line of proudly enrolled tribal members, I participate in tribal politics…
This last week started as most second weeks usually do, with a regrettably early 1A. Midday Monday, however, my cold symptoms which I had possessed for the previous handful of days started to progress, and by Tuesday, I had accepted that at some point in the last week, I had…
Last Friday, I was greeted by a copy of the Carletonian with a response to my Viewpoint article that I published on April 8. The Viewpoint article in question raised some excellent points about the dangers of moving into Ukraine and criticized the notion of military intervention. I find it…