Retired Rep for MN 62B, Graduate of Mitchell Hamline, UNM School of Law & Augsburg. Attorney for tribes and tribal entities. Member of Rosebud Sioux Tribe.
Michelle Gross, head of Communities United Against Police Brutality, says her organization played a big role in gathering testimony that they submitted to the DOJ and MDHR. She says the community was active every step of the way. (27)
#FridayReads @OscarHokeah CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE @AlgonquinBooks. Young Ever struggles with his complex Native American identity. I only meant to read one chapter before bedtime. I read until I finished - that compelling.
Thank you @LastWeekTonight for the excellent job highlighting the racism & paternalism of the current #TANF program. And fitting in the nugget on child support. 👍🏽
Glad @CenterOnBudget could help - @Thompson_TANF, @Diana_AzevedoMc, Aditi Shrivastava, & LaDonna Pavetti
We are deeply saddened to hear of Judy Heumann's passing. A leader and a trailblazer, Judy fought for inclusive education and was key in the development of the UN #CRPD. Her work changed lives and continues to influence our work on disability rights.
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Saw this newspaper and had to get a copy because the headline about the Indigenous astronaut is cool but also for the story about how Native American kids in the Osage Nation got to talk to her in space. Very cool. Get those Native kids into STEM like Nicole Mann!
Please help me spread the word to all graduate students aiming to complete dissertations in Native and Indigenous Studies in the coming academic year. The application window for the annual Henry Roe Cloud Fellowship is now live: https://t.co/XibpXimP5Z
The singling out of Ilhan Omar is primarily because she is a Muslim minority woman and perhaps secondarily because she is someone who is more critical of the exercise of US power on the world stage than most in DC. To suggest this is substantively about "anti-Semitism" is a farce
Drivers licenses for all.
Abortion access codified.
Marijuana legalization, expungement & tax revenues.
Two days in, the Minnesota DFL trifecta is trifectin’. Let’s go.