Happy Indigenous People's Day! May we use the day to reflect on and uplift the voices of Indigenous People who are without a doubt critical to this nation existing beginning with this talk👇🏿by @zhaabowekwe:

"And, we are still here." https://www.ted.com/talks/tara_houska_the_standing_rock_resistance_and_our_fight_for_indigenous_rights?referrer=playlist-ted_deep_cuts_vol_2
The last 30 seconds is so important.

Indigenous People are people. People with a rich history that predates western exploration and "the new world". They are disproportionately UNDERrepresented in spaces of power in a way that fundamentally impacts them.
I want to take this time to lift up the work of @indigenalysis, who may be one of the only economists I know that asks questions about the socioeconomic experiences of indigenous people in the western world #IndigenousPeoplesDay. Be sure to follow him today.
I want to end this thread by stating what many of us already know: Christopher Columbus was a murderer and imperialist. It is revisionist history to celebrate "his legacy" of exploration considering what he did.

Today, please redirect your energy to amplifying Indigenous folx.
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