Alfred Walking Bull | Hoyekiyapi
Alfred Walking Bull (Sicangu Lakota, they/he) is a former journalist, storyteller, fundraiser, and organizer originally from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota who celebrated 12 years of recovery in September 2025.
As a Queer, Two Spirit, Indigenous person living in unceded territory of his Dakota relatives in Bde Ota Otunwe in Mnisota (Minneapolis, Minnesota), they understand that recovery comes in many forms and starts us on our healing journeys to recovery from substances and the event, people, or circumstances that led us to use.
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The Heat
The heat reminds me of desperate times. While much of our class distinctions feel academic in a world filled with modern conveniences in public places, the internet on our phones, or the ability to virtually accept money through an app, our exposure to the elements is where we can usually draw meaningful distinctions. Where I…
A Toolbox
When I was first introduced to the phrase, “When all you’ve got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail,” in a recovery meeting I was skyrocketed into a fourth dimension of existence, as the recovery folks say. Its meaning is concise without being judgmental and offers a reminder that there are more ways of…
Why Centering MMIWR is Still Important
May 5 in the United States, its colonies, and Canada is recognized as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives and I think the conversation around nomenclature for MMIW is due for a public discussion because I see how menfolk are using it in less than helpful ways. From…