Native American Studies: Topics & Articles

Don't wanna watch the colonial glorifying blue people movie? Check out these sci-fi films by actual Indigenous people telling our own stories instead. 🧵

— Dr. BlackDeer (@DrBlackDeer) December 16, 2022

Fair and valid criticism. I love Reservation Dogs, but there are issues that shouldn't be swept under the rug because it makes us uncomfortable or for the sake of representation. https://t.co/1G6n98gP05

— Johnnie Jae aka The Burnt Ball of Fury (@johnniejae) August 16, 2022

would you still consider yourself Native if your tribe took away your citizenship card?

— Sarah Gray (@notsarahgray) March 19, 2022

an "Indian card" or tribal citizenship is NOT what makes a person Native. "Indian" in the U.S. is a legal political status. identifying as Native is more complex than settler-colonial standards of belonging. @GovStitt is legally "Indian" but hes not Native.

— Sarah Gray for OK-01 (@notsarahgray) November 3, 2022

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We are not undermining sovereignty. We are shining a light on how fragile egos combined with unchallenged political power creates corrupted tribal nations. #EndDisenrollment

— The Nooksack 306 (@nooksack306) March 19, 2022

Wow! Justice Sotomayer referencing @alisonaher and my article in the @TheAtlantic during oral arguments. #impactjournalism

— Rebecca Nagle (@rebeccanagle) April 27, 2022

The diversity of the Indigenous community is underrepresented and misunderstood.

Four young Black Indigenous activists working to change that spoke about their heritage and building solidarity. https://t.co/PPgXbz514y

— NPR (@NPR) October 13, 2021

I think what bothers me the most about the anti Blackness of Reservation Dogs is how long it took anyone to say anything. How full my feed was of Natives loving it uncritically.

This is really upsetting.

— 🔥 daanis 🧡 (@gindaanis) August 31, 2021

With the help of 100 yrs of film/tv, we’ve normalized Euro-mixed Natives as the authentic representation of Indigenous people. Which is fine. Being white-mixed *is* a normal Indigenous experience. But it’s no more representative than darker Brown Natives or Black-mixed Natives.

— Azie Dungey (@AzieDee) June 6, 2021

For #IndigenousPeoplesDay, @najournalists is pleased to announce the Tribal Nations Media Guide to help journalists learn about the complexities of Indigenous nations & their varied communities. #representation #Indigenous Available here: https://t.co/fMJKVQz2bX pic.twitter.com/5ZiyahQAeo

— Native American Journalists Association (@najournalists) October 12, 2020

“He declared that the Cherokee Nation’s enslavement of Black people, and efforts to discriminate against their descendants… were ‘a stain on the Cherokee Nation.’ ‘I offer both an apology… and… a commitment to reconciliation’.” https://t.co/9i66UT9i5y

— Chuck Hoskin, Jr. (@ChuckHoskin_Jr) July 28, 2021

Being fierce for all of us means being fierce for Black Native relatives, especially the Freedmen that you have harmed by supporting and passing policy that exclused them and by refusing to listen and work with them. https://t.co/CLcvSQiwHK

— Johnnie Jae aka The Brown Ball of Fury (@johnniejae) December 18, 2020

“Indigenous peoples in the United States sorely need health data. Yet health-care centers and public health institutions regularly overlook Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and other Indigenous peoples when collecting data and conducting research.” https://t.co/KVSsl5BpR5

— National Congress of American Indians (@NCAI1944) December 18, 2020

 

 

 

 

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Now in @ICTOpinion:

"The monster that lurks in Indian Country: Anti-Blackness"

By Diné and Annishinabe Two-Spirit artist, Kayla Shaggy (@KaylaWayla20)https://t.co/Wv5DFJB64D

— ICT Opinion (@ICTOpinion) May 28, 2021

See also: Race, Anti-Blackness, and the Cherokee Nation: A Reading List

See also:

• Can DNA make me Native American? - Podcast.
• SYLLABUS: ELIZABETH WARREN, CHEROKEE CITIZENSHIP, AND DNA TESTING - Bibliography

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Many times, I have heard the argument that either the federal government or Freedmen themselves are trying to “force the Freedmen onto their tribes.” This couldn’t be further from the truth. Tribal slave-owners forced our ancestors into these tribes and these communities.

— Choctaw & Chickasaw Freedmen (@ChoctawFreedmen) December 19, 2020

Hey Americans,

There is a *major* difference between *being* indigenous and having indigenous *ancestry*. For instance, I have Cree ancestry and Irish ancestry but I am *not* Cree, nor am I Irish. See how easy that is... I do not speak for the Cree people, nor the Irish

— Ol’ Tiny Rez Dog (@DeadDogLake) September 10, 2020

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M4R: Indigenaeity is an analytic, not an identity - Twitch

When scholars, even progressive ones, refuse to acknowledge this, when they refuse to accept or even engage with Indigenous criticism and theory, we need to recognize what’s going on.

— Troy Storfjell (@storfjta) January 20, 2021

Note: About every single Native fiction writer supports R. Roanhorse.
There's that distinct divide of a lot of poets/academics (not all) who hide behind cultural "I am more Native than thou!" fundamentalism that insists we must be protected from art. https://t.co/F82uAtoPik

— Hero of Weirdos (@HeroOfWeirdos) August 9, 2020

It’s weird to me when people are like “but they didn’t grow up Indigenous” as a way to undermine someone’s Indigeneity. Like the entire point of colonization was to eradicate our communities, cultures and identities. It doesn’t make us less Indigenous.

— Carrington Christmas (@carrchristmas) May 28, 2021

 

 

 

 

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This is something that has been bothering me with Keeler’s list. She will invalidate people based on if their community claims them but this usually centers on the major heads of the community. But they will not know everyone.

— #DearNonNatives (@dearnonnatives) June 18, 2021

Getting rid of every single pretendian isn’t going to (I think) strengthen our sovereignty… changing our rolls to include all our people does (without a doubt) strengthen our Sovereignty

— Ol’ Shaggy Rez Dog (@DeadDogLake) June 17, 2021

I don’t trust anyone who is all energized about ‘pretendians’ but remain silent on enrollment (Disenrollment and blood quantum). They are telling you something, loud and clear.

— Ol’ Shaggy Rez Dog (@DeadDogLake) June 17, 2021

On the ongoing systemic racism federally recognized tribes continue to exert upon our Freedmen relatives through the intentional exclusion & lack of access to federal funding & healthcare #shameful https://t.co/cvtES7OHU4

— Heidi K. Brandow (@Hkbrandow) July 28, 2021

In 1849 it was transferred to the newly formed Department of the Interior. So diplomatic relations w/ Indigenous Nations went from being managed by the military to being managed alongside land, fish and animals.

— Rebecca Nagle (@rebeccanagle) December 17, 2020

Reconnect, but only if you are status.

Reconnect, but only if you're white.

Reconnect, but only if you are cis-gendered het.

Reconnect, but only if don't live in the city.

Reconnect, but only if you stay in line.

— Joy Henderson (@Joyhenderson78) June 18, 2021

On why it's pointless for Elizabeth Warren to take a DNA test (but she should still stop saying she's Cherokee). Thanks to @Kolyin for compiling my June 2016 Twitter Tutorial on @wakelet. Speaking of...why are we STILL dealing with this? https://t.co/c2QJ6Ovwsp via

— Kim TallBear (@KimTallBear) July 10, 2018

If our Nations didn't inspect Blood Quantum: people might stop racializing us! Think of the consequences!

— Dept. of Karendians (@KarendianInter1) December 13, 2021

#TransRightsAreHumanRights
*Waits for my 1,479 likes for hashtagging that...any...minute...now🤔*

But for reals, for #TransDayOfRemembrance all I ask is you read this as it might change how you view the world:https://t.co/6pdtjHXJuu

— Hero of Weirdos (@HeroOfWeirdos) November 20, 2020

I do not like the whole “your tribe must claim you” argument because there are many tribes on the east coast that have disenrolled their Black-Native tribal members and barred their descendants from enrolling.

— hungry n tired (@ndntakchito) May 12, 2021

 

 

 

 

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One of more than 50 all-Black towns in Indian Territory, Red Bird is among the remaining 13.https://t.co/D0aNDCg8Dd

— Carlos Moreno (@cmoreno237) April 14, 2022

An Indigenous Perspective on Frida Kahlo@hyperallergic @jogarciacheran https://t.co/owgXhJ7v2g

— Artist News Network (@ArtistNewsNet) January 14, 2022