Last Updated on October 5, 2013
It has been said that there are three things that give our lives meaning and purpose: adventure, dignity and fulfillment. Whether we find adventure through a microscope, telescope or some other medium, the travels of our minds, bodies and spirits as we explore science and cosmology and the gifts of creation enrich our lives as human beings.
The dignity of our beautiful minds and the cultures we create and renew is nourished by the challenges we meet and the struggles we join and protect and devote our lives to. As an expression of love, resistance is beautiful.
In order for us to fulfill ourselves and make space for the adventure and dignity of our descendants, however, hard choices sometimes have to be made. As has often been noted, dependency limits strategies.
As the indigenous liberation movement and the human rights movement that encompasses it evolve and mature, it will be in our commitment to love and beauty where we find the inspiration that motivates our desire for adventure, dignity and fulfillment.
Some of us will be overwhelmed by adversity or succumb to despair. Not everyone will be strong enough to live an independent way of life. Such is the nature of human struggle.
Yet, even in those who fall by the wayside in the many battles fought for indigenous liberation, there is dignity in their spirit. Whether they died fighting Manifest Destiny, Apartheid or the Dominion of empire, they are all worthy of the title noble champion.
Custer wore arrow shirts.
Across the world right now, Indigenous peoples are facing a renewed assault on their lands, rights, and ways of life.
From extractive industries pushing deeper into ancestral territories, to governments rolling back hard-won protections,
the threat is global—and it is growing.
What makes this moment especially dangerous is how little attention it receives.
Stories like this are disappearing in real time. Mainstream media
barely covers it and the coverage is fragmented. The public is left without the context
needed to understand what is truly at stake.
That is exactly why IC Magazine exists..
For more than 20 years, IC has reported on Indigenous struggles worldwide — consistently, independently, and without compromise.
We don’t follow news cycles; we trace patterns. We don’t sensationalize; we provide context.
And when the world looks away, we stay focused.
But this work is increasingly difficult to sustain.
We refuse to lock our reporting behind a paywall. We don’t sell access through subscriptions.
And we don’t answer to advertisers. IC Magazine survives solely because readers like you choose to
support independent Indigenous journalism.
Please donate today if you can. Every contribution helps us to continue this crucial work.
Thank you,
John Ahni Schertow
Founder and Editor in Chief
