Social Change

Native American people have been fighting hard for hundreds of years, since contact basically, to reclaim their traditional lands that were taken from them by force and extermination. Much more in recent decades, we are beginning to see a stronger fight to reclaim those territories that once belonged to our ancestors. Many tribes across the country (and perhaps all of them) can safely say that they do not reside on the lands that once traditionally belonged to their people.

My name is Thomas Matt and I am a Global Studies major at St.

As I write, I must say that my butt is unbelievably numb. I had no idea how ambitious this trip was until I am 8 hours into my 15 hour layover in Doha, Qatar. Qatar

I have traveled along the foggy, almost spooky, eight hour train ride across the rusty, jerky train tracks of New York State. I have lost $30 to a subway attendant because I made the mistake of picking up my receipt instead of the train ticket. 

Finals week. Procrastination. Immense amounts of facebook use. I am a huge supporter of facebook eventually (eventually being the key word) leading to my inspiration for that final paper. Well, luckily as I hit that 1 AM mark the night before my final blogging paper is due (Sorry Dr. Collins), I found an article on my British friend's facebook titled: