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Tristan Espinoza

Tristan Espinoza

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Columnist, Osage News

New York

Biography

Tristan Joseph Espinoza is a writer and proud Osage Native from outside Dallas, Texas. He is a senior at Columbia University studying Political Science and is former General Course student at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His work has appeared in Osage News, The Plentitudes Literary Journal, Solange Knowles’ BlackPlanet, the Columbia Daily Spectator, and others. He is the creative director of the Indigenous Peoples’ Initiative, a youth-led non-profit that uses public policy to combat stereotypes that plague Native American communities. In 2023, he received the Point of Light Award from the George H.W. Bush Points of Light Foundation in recognition of his work in Indigenous advocacy. In his spare time, Espinoza likes to watch Survivor reruns and post film photos of his loved ones on Instagram @thetristane.

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Toys , Merchandise , Fantasy, Games , Sci Fi, Superheroes, Comics

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Sex education, sex crime etc

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Content

Total articles 17

  • Date Ten: It’s Not You, It’s Me - Columbia Daily Spectator

    By Tristan Espinoza, George Michael| Columbia Daily Spectator Verified What initially started as a way to cope with my trauma and scrapbook my wildest nights in New York City—filled with friends, terrible first dates, and too many hookups to name—soon became the lifeline I needed to mask my own pain. While I used this opportunity to rebuild the foundation of my identity, I still didn’t know the meaning of love—or, more importantly, how to show it to myself.

    By Tristan Espinoza, George Michael · Columbia Daily Spectator

    Mar. 10, 2025

  • The Osage Politic

    By Tristan Espinoza| Osage News Verified Read While Listening To: Why Can’t We Live Together by Timmy Thomas The first line of the Osage Nation Constitution reads, “We the Wah-zha-zhe, known as the Osage People, having formed as Clans in the far distant past, have been a People and as a People have walked this earth and enjoyed the blessings of Wah-kon-tah for more centuries than we truly know.” From the very beginning of our tribe’s sovereignty, our government emphasized language like this to highlight not only are we people first...

    By Tristan Espinoza · Osage News

    Aug. 09, 2024

  • The Osage Fixation

    By Tristan Espinoza| Osage News Verified Read While Listening To: 16 CARRIAGES by BeyoncéSomething’s been pulling me back toward Oklahoma. No matter where I go, from Paris to Milan, I can’t shake the feeling from beneath my boots that I’m supposed to be headed West. I know that I’m not running from my inevitable future in Pawhuska. But I sense a form of a responsibility from deep within my bones that’s hard to describe, almost like a drug that never fades.

    By Tristan Espinoza · Osage News

    Mar. 25, 2024

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Company Info

Osage News

Pawhuska, Oklahoma, United States

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