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It's #MMIW Awareness Day. You can find all kinds of horrifying statistics.But I want to tell you about Indigenous women. We are born from survivors. Our mothers and grandmothers survived

While the national spotlight was on us protestors were framed as the only agitators (same as the 4th precinct occupation.)And then months later, we get footnotes like "Whoops! Turns out

I woke up Indigenous and I’m still here.We are still here. People have tried to kill our ancestors, our grandparents, our parents and maybe even us.But we are still here.

Seeing reports from all around the city of clear outsiders, white supremacists and agitators coming in to start fires and bust into small businesses. How do we protect our city

I don’t want to have to only identify with political systems developed for and by dead white men. The left erases basically all indigenous societies and tribal governance structures.I’m not

Yesterday 10,000 cars in San Antonio lined up for food distribution.More than any picture or statistic I’ve seen, this is what scares me. We have so much farther to go