Natives do *not* get free healthcare. If a Native goes to the ER, we are required to pay for the same tests & Aspirin (inflated in cost in the ER) just like you. Medical debt hits Natives, too. What we have are clinics. They can stitch a cut, but specialists are far & few.
My great grandfather (mother's father's father) Levi Elk Looks Back survived Carlisle. He was the son of headsman, the Hehaka Hakiktu (Elk Stands on the Hill and Looks Back). Hundreds of kin would not have been born if he did not survive. https://t.co/AN8uMR9FAw
@ "Indigenous leader" of a community you just moved to 4 years ago & reconnecting Natives or Indigenous people trying to shame me for being enrolled, brown, 4/4, familiar with culture and most importantly, still a target of genocidal efforts by the public and private sectors.
As a Lakota woman & mother, I am getting prepared for the Winter. It's important, even in today's world, we are all forced to live in. Then, when Spring comes, we can welcome a new year together. ⚡️
The first person has been arrested under a controversial law banning face covering in public.
As someone who is struggling with new disabilities from long Covid, it feels like these laws are telling me to disappear from public life.
Only 4 American men have ever medaled in the 10,000m run at the Olympics. The first two were Native American athletes Louis Tewanima (Hopi/1912/Silver) and Billy Mills (Oglala Lakota/1964/Gold).
#NativeAthletes #1912 #1964 #Hopi#Lakota#Olympics