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Morgan Learn is a Political Communications major from Frisco, Texas. When not writing pieces for The Texas Orator, she spends her time reading, or listening to true crime podcasts. She is also a Mohawk First Nations student learning the Kanien'kehá:ka language

Ideas — Wakenonhkwíseres

By Morgan Learn on November 7, 2018 • ( 0 )

Morgan Learn discusses the cultural and historical importance of hair as it relates to the Kanien’kéha:ka People.
Ideas — Hen, Skennen’kó:wa

By Morgan Learn on October 30, 2018 • ( 0 )

Morgan Learn presents the Mohawk word of the day.
Elizabeth Warren’s DNA and What it Means for Indigenous Folx

By Morgan Learn on October 29, 2018 • ( 0 )

Morgan Learn discusses what it means to be Indigenous in light of Warren’s recent claim to Indigeneity.

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Ideas — Wakenonhkwíseres

Ideas — Hen, Skennen’kó:wa

Elizabeth Warren’s DNA and What it Means for Indigenous Folx