While the magazine has closed, its living archive endures—open to all and preserving the many ideas, voices, and discoveries that deepen our understanding of what it means to be human.
Three researchers discuss the possibilities and problems arising as psychedelic plant medicines, held sacred by many Indigenous communities, move into…
Post-An Indigenous poet-anthropologist writes to her daughter of the limits of her motherly protection. “Post-” is part of the collection…
“T”A poet-anthropologist celebrates how the Orring people of southeastern Nigeria conceptualize the origins—and workings—of the cosmos. “T” is part of…
On Flores Island, Do “Ape-Men” Still Exist?Islanders have long claimed ape-like humans, remarkably similar to the fossil species Homo floresiensis, survive in secluded forests of Indonesia.…
People of the PeppersMeet Katherine Chiou, an archaeologist who conducts research in Mexico and Peru to search for clues about humanity’s spicy romance…
A Birth and a Death—a Haunting of Igbo LandingA Ghanian American poet-anthropologist crafts her own African diasporic and Indigenous identity through weaving herself into a famous story of…
The Astounding Origins of Chaco Canyon TimberIn a nearly treeless desert, Ancestral Puebloans built Great Houses with more than 200,000 massive log beams. Where they got…
In the Event of FloodingAn Indigenous poet-anthropologist speaks to the survivance of Native communities in the face of colonialism and genocide. “In the Event…
How Do We Heal?A poet-anthropologist who is a Passamaquoddy tribal member lights a path toward healing both within the field of archaeology and…
a love letter to my qáqnaʔA sqilxʷ poet and artist who currently lives in Mohkínstsis, Treaty 7 in Canada speaks to their grandmother of longing…
