McKenzie AC

AK Grown 🏔 CA based Black & Dena’ina Journalist | Alum @Cronkite_ASU |

[₊ ⊹ ₊ ⊹ kinsale ₊ ⊹ ₊ ⊹ @KinsaleDrake]

breaking news:

🩷 ndn girls book club has shared more than 1500 free native books this year (still counting), done an event every month, introduced a youth poetry track (@mintytealuv), and has passed 16k followers since April🩷

[₊ ⊹ ₊ ⊹ kinsale ₊ ⊹ ₊ ⊹ @KinsaleDrake]

1/10 of the way there!! please share 💖

ABALONE MTN PRESS, an indigenous indie publisher, is making an incredible indigiqueer anthology abt dating/ romance/sexuality/love ❤️‍🩹

help fund the production, assembly, and community tour!!!

https://t.co/aSMkdUmBuZ

[Emily Bloch @emdrums]

Now this is how we save journalism.

[Fernanda Santos @ByFernandaS]

To the podcaster who sent me an unpaid internship “opportunity” for my students, repeat after me:
I will always pay my interns.
I will always pay my interns.
I will always pay my interns.

[Alastair Lee Bitsóí @AlastairBitsoi]

BREAKING: Paiute Tribes respond to Utah State University confirmation of graves at Panguitch Boarding School. At least 12 children from Paiute and other tribes confirmed, according to this PR and Steven Lee, who provided/shared this news release.✨🪶🤎

[Sara Blue @SaraBluewx]

Day 1 at @kytxcbs19 🌤️ So excited for this new adventure in East Texas!

[Aliyah Chavez @AliyahJChavez]

I spoke with Vice President Kamala Harris one-on-one during her trip to the Gila River Indian Community on Thursday.

Tune into the ICT Newscast on Monday, July 10 to see our exclusive interview. 📺

[🎙️ Misha Jones - she/they ‼️ @mishthejrnalist]

I be cookin fr, in case y’all didn’t know. Which you probably don’t because I’m not good at sharing things #onhere, but yeah. @blackqueereats on IG ✨

[Sara Blue @SaraBluewx]

Trading monsoon storms 🌩️ for tornados!🌪️

I’m so excited to announce that I will be joining the @KYTXcbs19 weather team as a morning meteorologist!

A huge thank you to my mentors, friends, family and professors who helped me get to this moment!

See you on Morning Y’all!

[Kamilah Williams @KayintheKnow]

If you haven’t heard the news, I’m moving to my new role tonight! I’m the newest weekend evening anchor at @13wmaznews See you at 6 & 11 pm.

[Aliyah Chavez @AliyahJChavez]

JUST IN: The Supreme Court upholds the Indian Child Welfare Act in a 7-2 decision. This is a huge win for tribal nations protecting Native American children.

[₊ ⊹ ₊ ⊹ kinsale ₊ ⊹ ₊ ⊹ @KinsaleDrake]

on friday, I performed poetry at Carnegie Hall in NYC to a packed house celebrating the national art & writing awards!

here's the meaning of what I wore as a proud Diné writer (a short thread):

[Loren Anthony @Loren_Anthony_]

Unloaded yesterday’s haul. Went to do a workshop for the Cottonwood Gulch staff to give them tools to help their work with youth. We also put them to work, to harvest wood for our local treatment centers that utilize sweatlodges for substance abuse recovery.

[ANSEP @ANSEP_AK]

ANSEP is proud to highlight our exceptional alumna, Charitie Ropati! She's making waves as a young Yup’ik climate advocate, dedicated to incorporating indigenous knowledge into science. Check out her inspiring journey in this eye-opening article: https://t.co/3bvMRNEXGf

[Alaska Public Media News @AKpublicnews]

“Indigenous knowledge is science,” said Charitie Ropati, who has brought Alaska Native values to her research on how climate change affects Alaska's ecology. “ The way we care for each other is science.” https://t.co/t6yBBJummC

[Aliyah Chavez @AliyahJChavez]

President Biden has officially declared May 5, 2023 as Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day ⬇️

[ICT @IndianCountry]

ICT will no longer post fresh content on Twitter. The management of Twitter’s attack on other news organizations, journalists, and journalism has led us to mistrust its decision-making.

[Loren Anthony @Loren_Anthony_]

Explosive screening at the AMC Grove in LA! Our movie “How To Blow Up A Pipeline” is hitting theaters everywhere April 7th. I’m proud to be a part of this film, everyone worked so hard to make this a great experience. Directed by @chronopictures and distribution by @neonrated

[Aliyah Chavez @AliyahJChavez]

Life news on this day celebrating love 🥂

I married my best friend Teran (@TeranAVilla) on Saturday in Jemez Pueblo. We had a traditional Pueblo wedding surrounded by our loved ones. A day we’ll never forget.

[Indian Legal Program @asuilp]

Prof. Robert Miller sits down w/ @IndianCountry (@mallencharmley) to discuss his new co-authored book "A Promise Kept: The Muscogee (Creek) Nation and McGirt v. Oklahoma" and breaks down the implications of the decision.
🎥 Watch at 19:15.
https://t.co/I8QKNRA1Yq