Tex Gowing

Ex pat living in Cambodia married to my Khmer lady. Retired Army & law enforcement. Love Travel lived in France UK Kenya, master mariner S.C.U.B.A dive leader🌊

[Native American @_nativeamerica]

YES OR NO: SHOULD PEOPLE STOP CALLING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES “IMMIGRANTS” ON THEIR OWN LAND?

Before the ships arrived…
before the borders…
before the colonies…
before the United States even existed…

Native American nations were already here.

Thousands of years of history.
Thousands of communities.
Languages.
Trade routes.
Governments.
Ceremonies.
Cultures connected deeply to the land long before maps were drawn by European powers.

That’s why images like this spark such intense conversations online.

Because the phrase “illegal immigrants” completely changes when history enters the room.

For many Indigenous people, this isn’t about hate toward ordinary families searching for survival.
It’s about historical truth.

The first peoples of this land did not cross an ocean to claim it.
They did not arrive with foreign flags and declare millions of acres “discovered.”
They were already home.

And yet, for generations, Native Americans were often pushed out of their own territories, forced onto reservations, denied citizenship, punished for speaking their languages, and pressured to abandon their traditions.

Some children were even taken from their families and sent to boarding schools where their culture was treated like something shameful.

That history still lives in memory today.

And maybe that’s why so many Native voices online are saying:
“Learn the full story before judging ours.”

The image is provocative.
But it forces people to ask uncomfortable questions.

Who gets called “civilized” in history books?
Who gets called “savages”?
Who writes the narrative?
Who benefits from forgetting?

Many Americans grow up learning about Pilgrims and colonies…
but far fewer learn about the hundreds of Indigenous nations that already existed across North America.

Entire societies with laws, diplomacy, agriculture, astronomy, architecture, and spiritual traditions were here long before the founding of America.

That truth matters.

Not to divide people.
But to understand the real history of the land beneath our feet.

Because acknowledging Indigenous history does not erase anyone else’s story.
It simply means Native voices deserve to be part of the conversation too.

And maybe the reason posts like this go viral is because people are tired of sanitized history.

People want honesty.
Even when it’s uncomfortable.

The conversation is bigger than politics.

It’s about memory.
Identity.
Land.
And whether Indigenous peoples are finally being heard after centuries of being talked over.

So here’s the question again:

SHOULD PEOPLE STOP CALLING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES “IMMIGRANTS” ON THEIR OWN LAND?

YES or NO?

[John from PGH! @johnis44]

@HunterBiden @leglobo_laura

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

A truly criminal organization.

[Martina Navratilova @Martina]

Another one…🤡🤡🤡😳😳😳

[Tex Gowing @TexGowing]

Hia brother👋👋👋. I love your lateral thinking, nice one👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

Why does he keep waking up?

Go to the light old man. Go to the light.

[Tex Gowing @TexGowing]

https://t.co/Px2iQ6S2Sf

Take a look at this then ask yourself. If there is a Christian god, why did he not stop this??

[💙 Dr. MemeNstein votes 💙 BLUE 🇺🇸🦅 @Coste1Costello]

😎 Fun facts:

[Tex Gowing @TexGowing]

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Watching Trump's named get ripped off the Kennedy Center is going to be so satisfying.

Let's honor this man, Judge Christopher Cooper, who ordered that the Kennedy Center be cleaned up and dignified again.

[Tex Gowing @TexGowing]

Tough😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[chiky handler @chiky_handlr]

WORKING HARD OR HARDLY WORKING ⁉️

Aaron Parnas reported the folks at the White House are pretty mad at reporters for sharing photos of Donald Trump snoozing. Share, share, share. 😅

Sleepy Donatelli

[TheRealThelmaJohnson @TheRealThelmaJ1]

Stephen Miller got into politics because his arms are too weak to strangle prostitutes.

[Tex Gowing @TexGowing]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Trump's hoping they try it on him. So am I 🤷 tomorrow hopefully, 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Trump says there’s an experimental drug that can bring people back from the dead & Medical experts say that he’s exaggerating again. There’s been no Scientific backing or specific drug confirmed.Some see it as hype for expanding access to unapproved drugs. Where are the Zombies!

[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨Republican State Senator Justin Eichorn has been arrested for soliciting s*x from a minor.

He introduced a bill targeting "Trump Derangement Syndrome" hours before his arrest.

[Tex Gowing @TexGowing]

🎶Boom Boom Boom Boom🎶 Yet Another on bites the dust. Another Rapeublican oh what a great big feking SHOCK, 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨Republican State Senator Justin Eichorn has been arrested for soliciting s*x from a minor.

He introduced a bill targeting "Trump Derangement Syndrome" hours before his arrest.

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

The President of the Anti LGBTQ organization Allan Chambers 54 of Winter park was booked into the Orange County jail on Tuesday on charges of soliciting a 14 year old male minor,transmitting material harmful to minors & unlawfully using a two way communication device. Disgusting

[Tex Gowing @TexGowing]

🎶BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM🎶 Another one bites the dust & I'll bet my salary he's MAGA.

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

The President of the Anti LGBTQ organization Allan Chambers 54 of Winter park was booked into the Orange County jail on Tuesday on charges of soliciting a 14 year old male minor,transmitting material harmful to minors & unlawfully using a two way communication device. Disgusting

[Tex Gowing @TexGowing]

Nothing much changed there then OpolotRonnie🙄🙄🙄🙄

[𝐎𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 @opolot_ronnie]

Michael Jordan and his mother opened a third medical clinic in North Carolina for the uninsured and underinsured and donated $10 million.❤️

The media won’t show this but will show when his son gets arrested 🫡

[Tex Gowing @TexGowing]

Ooooh so very true, 🙏🙏

[Esta @TheOnlyEsta]

TRUE or FALSE

[Tex Gowing @TexGowing]

@abheea530 @jlounsbury59 Where in the U. K. R U from I'm from Keswick, lake District Cambria.