• The potted ceiling plant in Casey’s bedroom that stares at a framed drawing of itself on the wall.
  • Ian Frazier’s 1999 Atlantic article “On the Rez.” A worthy read, at least for the story of SuAnne Big Crow near the end. (Via Alan Jacobs.)
    • Also: “A hundred years ago Oglala who continued to practice their traditional ceremonies despite the government’s ban did so in secret, for fear that white people would find out and shut them down; today the fear is that white people will find out and want to join.”