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

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." indianz.substack.com/p/native-food-…

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.

OPINION | We must adopt policies that require proof of Indigenous status and end self-identification | CBC News cbc.ca/news/opinion/o…

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 cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

Hopi Three Mesas and Hopi youth to build climate change plan in face of dwindling crops nhonews.com/news/2022/oct/…

Great discussion and analysis of pretendianism!!

“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.” indianz.com/News/2022/11/0…

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: bit.ly/protecticwapet…

If women ran the country, and they passed laws affecting men’s reproductive organs, I wonder what the men would do?

BREAKING: Sharice Davids (D) wins #KS03 Decision Desk HQ projects.

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. thenation.com/article/societ…

HAPPENING NOW:

Clarence Thomas may destroy Native children’s rights based on an originalism lie. slate.com/news-and-polit…

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. 1/x

Native Americans support Democrats over Republicans across House and Senate races brook.gs/3UGcqx4 via The Brookings Institution

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 Kim Teehee. Text DELEGATE to 52886 to tell Congress to vote.

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

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: bit.ly/3h8wqtU

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!