Weaving Ancestry into Wood: Annalise Gratovich’s Totemic Odyssey

In the quiet, rhythmic act of carving into wood, Austin-based artist Annalise Gratovich attempts to answer a profound, existential question: When war, displacement, and migration sever the threads of one’s…

A Struggle for Ancestry: The Ainu Fight to Reclaim 279 Skeletal Remains from the Japanese State

On May 8, 2026, a landmark legal challenge was initiated that threatens to upend Japan’s carefully curated narrative of Indigenous reconciliation. The Sibechari Ainu Tribe, an organization founded in 2019,…