Rob Maxim

Fellow at @BrookingsMetro writing about workers, tech, higher ed, and Indigenous communities. Mashpee Wampanoag 🌅 Views my own

[Rob Maxim @robmaxim]

A reminder, 400 years after the Mayflower, that the Wampanoag people are still here, still practicing our culture, and still facing adversity

We didn’t just disappear or go extinct. And so I want to note some of the amazing things that we’re doing as a people (THREAD 👇)

[Rob Maxim @robmaxim]

My new piece for @nativenews_net: Biden designated the former Carlisle Indian School as a national monument. But now it will be the Trump Administration that creates it

It's critical they acknowledge the true history of the abuses that took place there
https://t.co/u0qKjZm3r5

[IllumiNative @IllumiNative]

A recent report co-authored by Robert Maxim and Glencora Haskins calls on the federal govt to commit to investments in Indian Country that reflect the profound trauma, economic damage and harms caused by the Indian boarding schools. https://t.co/SpXl74tQ3Q

[Rob Maxim @robmaxim]

Let’s hope that Doug Burgum, Trump’s appointee for Interior Secretary, chooses to prioritize this. Burgum is currently the governor of North Dakota, a state with a significant Native population, and has received support from Tribal leaders
https://t.co/cbIiqJPYFN

[Rob Maxim @robmaxim]

President Biden will designate the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School as a national monument to tell the story of federal Indian boarding schools

He will also unveil a 10-year Native language revitalization plan
https://t.co/8JyEs1yc54

[Rob Maxim @robmaxim]

I wrote with @GlencoraH about some of the risks of a Trump presidency

During his last term Trump promoted a so-called “patriotic education” commission that erased Native people. I can’t imagine he will prioritize teaching people about the boarding schools
https://t.co/PQAHMPmMxK

[Rob Maxim @robmaxim]

So @Noahpinion, this is a genuine and good-faith offer: in the future I’d be happy to work with you to help you create some constructive ideas for Native-focused policy. I can also refer you to other Native folks working in your areas of interest. Don't hesitate to reach out!

[Rob Maxim @robmaxim]

I like most of what @Noahpinion writes, particularly his work on service sector unions.

But he gets a lot wrong in this piece about Indigenous land rights.

Most crucially, Native American land rights aren’t based on “race.” Let me explain in a thread 👇
https://t.co/abxA3Vf3W8

[Rob Maxim @robmaxim]

The overall impression I get from his piece is that Noah finds land acknowledgements vaguely annoying, and has extrapolated a lot of takes about Indigenous land rights from that point of view. Before he had done so, I wish he had reached out to some Native scholars.