The thing about reconnecting is that for many Indigenous peoples we are almost always in a state of reconnecting because of the varying degrees of colonization that have and continue to impact our communities. Whether you come from your own community or not there are things...

That are no longer practiced or accessible for current generations. I think of the ways many tribes have diverse understandings of gender and sexuality that are now coming back because of the process of reclaiming/reconnecting severed ties of history. There are instances...

Where people who have no right claiming Indigeneity cause harm in the process but it should not be placed upon relatives who are doing genuine work to reconnect back with their peoples. Harmful overarching statements, while aimed at "pretendians," do more damage to...

Black Native folk who are often the after thought in these conversations. In an attempt to condemn someone who continues to do harm, we often recycle settler violence upon our own.