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November 22, 2024
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Whitefish Jrs.: Missing You

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
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JT Shining Oneside shared stories about her Ojibwe and Anishinaabe inheritance during the Native American Heritage Month Celebration on Nov. 15. She spoke about the coming-of-age and traditional birth ceremonies. (Photo credit/ Adrianna Adame)
Whitefish Jrs. drum group
Whitefish Jrs. drum group

 Sometimes songs express our feelings in a way that resonates across race, class, gender and religion. Thank you to all the drummers and singers across Indian Country who keep giving us the songs that makes us stop and listen — and appreciate. I just listened to the Whitefish Jrs., “Missing You,” a song that cuts right to the heart and emotions within. This song embodies the emotions, giving them breath, life. 

We’ve all lost loved ones in our lives, due to death or some other separation. This song brings them back to us for a little while, allowing us to embrace the love, joy and happiness we shared.

Peace and prayers to all those who help us heal with beautiful songs like this.

Jodi Rave 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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