It's 1000% okay to ask another native person what their tribe is. No, it's not an offensive question. ⚠️ It's the first thing natives ask each other when we meet or are introduced. The only ones that get offended are the ones without a real answer. #nativetwitter#pretendians
My brilliant friend and colleague Sarah Hernandez’s first book is being released in February 2023. Order your advanced copy of “We Are the Stars: Colonizing & Decolonizing the Oceti Sakowin Literary Tradition” from the University of Arizona Press!
Check out “We Are the Stars: Colonizing & Decolonizing the Oceti Sakowin Literary Tradition” by former First Nations’ communications associate Sarah Hernandez, PhD (Sicangu Lakota), legacy and literature officer of @oaklakewriters.
➡️ Order the book: https://t.co/0d7bykf70u
Check out “We Are the Stars: Colonizing & Decolonizing the Oceti Sakowin Literary Tradition” by former First Nations’ communications associate Sarah Hernandez, PhD (Sicangu Lakota), legacy and literature officer of @oaklakewriters.
➡️ Order the book: https://t.co/0d7bykf70u
So at least 100k Native kids went to boarding schools and at least 40k died. That is actually a startling statistic on the impact boarding schools. #Genocide
In South Dakota, a search for the remains of Indigenous children who may be hidden in the basement of Red Cloud Indian School is underway – part of an effort to confront America's disturbing history involving Native American boarding schools.
@CynthiaMcFadden reports.
A Cherokee Nation delegate in the U.S. House would be an advocate for all Native Americans. Representation matters. Watch as tribal leaders from across #IndianCountry speak out in support of #CherokeeDelegate@DelegateTeehee.
Text DELEGATE to 52886 to tell Congress to vote.
Reminder why everyone should read Vine Deloria, Jr.'s Custer Died For Your Sins:
At the ICWA hearing, Alito suggested it's irrational to think tribal governments across the continent have anything in common other than race.
Deloria eviscerated this argument 50 yrs ago.
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To adopt Baby O the Libretti’s asked her grandma to renounce her tribal membership, hired lawyers, talked family members out of taking the baby & won. But they are still saying #ICWA violated their constitutional rights & today #SCOTUS heard their case.
https://t.co/D13FZl6W78
In just 8 days, #SCOTUS will hear arguments for Haaland v. Brackeen–the case that could overturn #ICWA. Ahead of their decision, we need to bring more visibility to the issue and show support for Native families.
✍️ Sign the petition: https://t.co/szmlLlCAMr
“Treaties are made by mutual consent between nations. The Supreme Court’s rulings concerning Native Sovereign Nations are genocidal, contrary to the Constitution, and in violation of our natural law rights for centuries.”
https://t.co/5DCV06Fq4x
A university taking zero accountability for legitimizing and perpetuating a fraud… not shocking!
Indigenous professionals say UBC is mishandling Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond ancestry fallout | CBC News https://t.co/8wkb0U3UTQ
There are basic principles and values about who is Indigenous. The right of Indigenous nations to determine their own members. The concept that to be Indigenous one must be ancestrally connected to an Indigenous community. And that one must be honest about one’s ancestry.
US revelation: "She blames others for her ignorance, invokes stereotypes and tropes about Native people and fails to apologize for the opportunities she exploited ... all in an apparent attempt to avoid accountability for her own actions." https://t.co/n4J7oweoC7