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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

7 months

Your daily reminder…

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

4 years

In case you didn’t know ... the US is sending soldiers back to IRAQ. This is a photo from Fort Bragg. #2020SoFar

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

6 years

Dear sociologists, political scientists, theologians, chemists, chemical engineers, medical educators, geophysical scientists, nursing instructors, special ed teachers: Step out of your regularly scheduled programming to acknowledge that tomorrow is #IndigenousPeoplesDay2018

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

This is how Pocahontas should be narrated, @Disney ...by real American Indians. @LumbeeVocab

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

@nicekicks “I told Nike when they made me and Lebron into puppets…Lebron would…” “He’s a puppet for sure” “Yeahh.…he keeps trying to be me. Nothing special.”

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

... @indianz should change its name to SomethingElsez 😱😱

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

If you don’t know who this is, your Lumbee tribal identification card will expire on 12/1/2020. #lumbeehomecoming @LumbeeVocab

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

Hey @LumbeeVocab ... we made the big screen. #lumbeehomecoming #StarWars

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

LATE BREAKING ADDITION TO #ProjectIndigenousMIT . We are hosting @1NativeSoilNerd THIS WEDNESDAY 3-4:30. Location TBA … but mark your calendars. Share widely. cc: @mit_cmsw @MITevents @MITdusp @HistoryMit @MITEngineering @ScienceMIT @kanarinka @Harvard_Natives @Megan_A_Black

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

Dear @mbta , if a car was the Orange Line.

Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

I am convinced that the @MBTA Orange Line is a time traveling machine to 1974. Look at that wood grain 🤩. But seriously, it looks the same as when I rode it in 2000. Time for some upgrades…similar to those on the Red Line.

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

4 years

Numbers aren’t official, but congrats to Henry (my father-in-law) & @vleach44 on their new seats on the Robeson County School Board. Let’s get to work!

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

1 year

Lumbee people doing awesome things!

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

7 years

@ltgrusselhonore , known for leading #hurricanekatrina military recovery, advocates that every hurricane have a "task force follow it in"

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

For most Natives I know - and I know many - the issue isn’t that we are closeted. (We don’t *come out*.) It’s that we are really open but no one wants to give us audience. We challenge many binaries. It seems like Ms. Crabb doesn’t live the politics of being American Indian.

indianz.com

@indianz

3 years

Marie Crabb claims to be the “first openly identifying Native American” to run for city council in her community. But a @TexasObserver investigation found that her claims of being Mescalero Apache can't be verified. #MarieCrabb #Race #RaceShifting #Texas

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

It’s trash. There, I settled it. What you REALLY want is this beautiful Indigenous cake from @LumbeeVocab .

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@MonieeLovee_

2 years

Okay I’m bringing my family debate to twitter. lol One half thinks you describe the flavor of a cake based on the icing while the other half thinks it’s based on the actual cake itself. Please help me settle this … is this a chocolate cake or a vanilla cake? Lol

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

Yes, @najournalists , this is the same network that called American Indians/Native Americans #somethingelse .

indianz.com

@indianz

3 years

With a lack of accountability or ethics around multiple racist and insensitive comments at @CNN , the Native American Journalists Association urges its members to avoid working with the network to avoid harassment and racism. #Racism #Media @najournalists

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

7 years

Great meme! Not only does @DukeMBB enable destructive play, they benefit from it. They are the #CobraKai of @NCAA basketball ( #GraysonAllen )

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

MC at Boston Powwow: “Anytime you have at least 3 Lumbees, it’s a gang. The police just rolled by.” (But seriously, he said that Lumbees are the most influential American Indian nation in Indian Country. “More PhDs & doctors than any Tribe.” @malindalowery , he mentioned you!)

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

... #dayofmourning

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

1 year

@RossTuckerNFL Ross, help us stop the use of American Indians as mascots. (These are images from replies to your original tweet.) #notyourmascot

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

11 months

Beginning August ‘23, I will be tenure-track faculty @USouthernMaine in Anthropology. I am excited about this new role, but it emerges within a much needed national reckoning re: disappearances of Native American (American Indian) peoples. (1 of n)

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

JOB NEWS: I am humbled to announce that I was recently hired as Distinguished Fellow in Native American Studies @MIT . My home will be the @HistoryMit Section of @MIT_SHASS . In this faculty position, which follows on the heels of recent reports on the effects…

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

5 years

Golf Cart: (in the Lumbee community) an indigenous form of sitting with people in your clan...attached to a motor and wheels...able to go 15-20 mph...often confused for an automobile. @LumbeeVocab #lumbeehomecoming

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

MIT’s 1st INDIGENOUS EARTH DAY. 🤗 #EarthDay2022

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

1 year

A little @LumbeeVocab history. Last night, my niece gave a presentation on Arlinda Locklear, a Lumbee woman who is the 2nd American Indian woman (1st American Indian woman post -“Indian Termination”) to argue a case @SCOTUSblog . Y’all..she (my niece) did a WONDERFUL job.

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

1 year

Dear @WBattleBaptiste , @Liebow4 , @AmericanAnthro : We need a keynote talk at next AAA to address/illuminate this. Perhaps led by @PauletteSteeves ? Should be a central mission of archaeology/physical anthro section of AAA.

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

6 years

Jason doesn’t talk about the racial composition of HAU. Why isn’t anyone talking about the racial makeup of @haujournal ? Seriously, all this talk of “open” stuff being mysteriously guarded fits nicely into the deep history of White dominance in the US/global intellectual space.

ryan anderson

@anthropologia

6 years

Regarding the whole @haujournal situation, read this piece by @jasonjackson116

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

We made it to the @RezDogsFX map of Indian Country. #LumbeePipelines …coming soon. cc: @LumbeeVocab

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

…my letter to @MIT …at the end of the first year of #ProjectIndigenousMIT . cc: @MITPoliSci @MITEngineering @ScienceMIT @MITSloan @MITarchitecture @medialab @MIT_SCC @MIT_SHASS

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

6 years

There’s an emerging trend in @culanth to do travel-less conferences. Consequentiy, we have a responsibility to advertise anthropology so that our students don’t think that they must travel the world to do great anthropology. We should push our students to do anthropology locally!

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

So beautiful … #IndigenousPeoplesDay @MIT @MITstudents @MIT_alumni @MITDiversity @MitDivest @MIT_SHASS @MITEngineering @ScienceMIT @MITSloan @MITNewsTips @ArtsatMIT @techreview @medialab @mitpress

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

You all need an American Indian scholar who studies the US South 👀. Things work differently in the Canadian borderlands than they do in the home/birthplace of Civil Rights.

Indigenous Journalists Association

@IndigenousJA

3 years

📣 @najournalists roundtable Authentic Authorship: Understanding Indigenous Claims & Connections set 6/10. Moderator: @NDNlawyer & panelists @DebKrol @KimTallBear @pollysgdaughter examine the complexity & nuance of Indigenous identity, kinship & community -

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

UPDATED LOCATION FOR #ProjectIndigenousMIT lecture. We are hosting @1NativeSoilNerd THIS WEDNESDAY 3-4:30. Location THE NEXUS … mark your calendars. Share widely cc: @mit_cmsw @MITevents @MITdusp @HistoryMit @MITEngineering @ScienceMIT @kanarinka @Harvard_Natives @Megan_A_Black

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

I don’t love the 1930 census because it didn’t include American Indians even though Indians were *given* US citizenship in 1924.

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

America is addicted to the idea of White women (and men) as teachers and leaders. It doesn’t care what they have done. Police oppression. Playing Indian. Straight out lying about a resume/CV. Running a university w/ mafia/KKK figures. Yes…CRT began in this. But we need more.

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

5 years

WE NEED MORE NATIVE PRESIDENTS WE NEED MORE NATIVE THINK TANKS WE NEED MORE NATIVE THEOLOGIANS WE NEED MORE NATIVE JOURNALISTS WE NEED MORE NATIVE BORDER AGENTS WE NEED MORE NATIVE TALK SHOWS WE NEED MORE NATIVE RESTAURANTS WE NEED MORE NATIVE ANTHROS WE NEED MORE NATIVE WATER

Agoyonohutsé🌌

@bombayshells

5 years

WE NEED MORE NATIVE LAWYERS WE NEED MORE NATIVE DOCTORS WE NEED MORE NATIVE WRITERS WE NEED MORE NATIVE TEACHERS WE NEED MORE NATIVE HISTORIANS WE NEED MORE NATIVE ARCHITECTS WE NEED MORE NATIVE CHEFS WE NEED MORE NATIVE CREATIVES WE NEED MORE NATIVE POETS

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

Plans to “reimagine” Minneapolis ought to be centered around American Indians. AIM began in Minneapolis in 1968 as a way to combating police violence. But from the 1980s to today, violence against Indians by police in Minneapolis is ongoing and goes undocumented in police records

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@colocha_rachel

3 years

I've been thinking about the future of George Floyd Square and imagining a city that actually is forced to physically reckon with the harm caused. I'm daydreaming all the possibilities of a pedestrian-only community hub connected to transit.

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

Let me offer a salute to @SeaGrantNC for funding Lumbee-authored scholarship such as my interdisciplinary work (w/ @BethanyCutts & @WaterPotential ) on the intersection of hurricanes, gas pipelines and resilience/survival in the Lumbee community. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

NC Sea Grant

@SeaGrantNC

3 years

The #Lumbee tribe is the largest east of the Mississippi and among the largest in the U.S. For a detailed history, check out "The Lumbee Indians: An American Struggle," by @malindalowery | @uncpressblog | #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

Also join my course in @HistoryMit … one of the subjects that we will discuss is how MIT has helped *manage*, *design* & *engineer* the devastation of American Indian land, water & health. As @Nelly_Mo says: “It’s gettin’ hot in here”.

MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

@MIT_SHASS

3 years

Explore the crucial human factors in solving 21st C. climate and sustainability issues in 12 great classes in MIT's humanities fields, among them: "The Ethics of Climate Change," "Energy, Environment & Society," and "Science Writing & New Media."

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

Lumbee people trying to explain Sunday lunch to non-Lumbees. cc: @LumbeeVocab

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

I am interested in hearing your perspective. #landback #notyourmascot #MMIW

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

As part of @mit ’s course on Indigenous history (and politics), students & community members will evaluate MIT’s role in theft of Native America and the silencing of justice for Indian peoples. The relationship between MIT & @peabodymuseum will DEFINITELY be under the microscope.

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

1 year

@nicekicks Look like the 2014s.

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

@piggy21350280 @chechels23 @MereDavis0053 @Trageser_Scott @BiologyCarly “Not getting a call back” based on Indigenous cultural tattoos is already being challenged under “crown act” legislation: . Protection of hair is extended into protection of any ethnic/cultural ornamentation (e.g. Indigenous tattoos )

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

5 years

Karen, Native folks don’t need more White missionaries from Covington Catholic School. Actually, the better idea (to create “understanding”) is to pay Native folks a hefty salary to direct the education of Covington students. Nothing will change until that happens.

Karen Tumulty

@ktumulty

5 years

A modest proposal: The cure for ignorance is understanding. Covington Catholic High School should organize a spring break project doing service on a Native American reservation.

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

6 years

Not really. @welliver_titus & his crew on @BoschAmazon used the term “off the reservation” about 10 times over 4 seasons. The show contains other racist, White supremacist idioms - like when a police person says “I’m a good Indian” when someone suggests that he/she is misbehaving

Prime Video

@PrimeVideo

6 years

@yogahippiechick @welliver_titus @madison_lintz @JamieHector @lancereddick @BoschAmazon Bosch is the hero we need. #BoschAmazon

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

5 years

Your OUTSTANDING work is unappreciated because various institutions have relied on a system of self-policing through diversity WITHOUT equity. Racism isn’t merely identification of differences. Racism IS what you do with the power/resources GAINED through the work of identifying.

Dr. Joy Buolamwini

@jovialjoy

5 years

Glad to have my work based at @civicMIT under the direction @EthanZ defended. The silence of institutions that benefit from my successes has been disappointing, but I am hopeful those doing AI Bias work will continue even with powerful opposition. @medialab @MIT @Joi @black_in_ai

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

4 years

The #SNL “First Thanksgiving” skit (1) creates false resolution in a nation where American Indian women are being murdered/trafficked #MMIWG (2) distracts from fact that Americans worship Indian genocide through cheering for @Redskins (3) doesn’t have an American Indian comedian

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

50% of Indian Country east of OK fought for Confederacy. So you shouldn’t be surprised. There is much to be discussed about where the Trump era leaves American Indian folks - is there a new type of nationalism (not ‘nation building’) that defines our communities? cc: @indianz

Rebecca Nagle

@rebeccanagle

3 years

This is disappointing, but not surprising to witness. HALF of the Indigenous members of Congress voted against certifying the election yesterday. All Republicans. Two fellow citizens of Cherokee Nation. Two representatives from Oklahoma.

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

Now THIS is what I am talking about …

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

@RTNBA I will continue to share this chart. Top PER in all NBA history. So… Jordan Shaq Wilt Durant?! Robinson Duncan Magic Malone KOBE Kareem Bird Bill Rusell Might swap out Kobe for Durant Kareem is perhaps top of list Bird is arguably better than Malone Russell > Duncan ??

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

Dear @heather_paxson / @MITanthropology - I just grabbed this award for you. It is from the GAD division of @AmericanAnthro in recognition of your “Fieldsights” group/project. cc: @MIT_SHASS

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

In the Lumbee community, there exists a sacred realm within which spirituality, community and food intersect. @PopeyesChicken , looks like you have successfully crossed into that realm. #thischickenisholy #chickenwars @LumbeeVocab

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

4 years

@NPR Would have loved this speech when her husband was drone bombing the devil out of weddings. There should have been a second part to her speech about what you (the president) can get by with in silence. Actually, he talked about it ... 😳 #BarackObama #dronetocracy

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

I look forward to offering this @HistoryMit course titled “The Indigenous History of MIT” (21H.283). Feel free to share and repost. Seats are limited. @MIT_SHASS @MITanthropology @MITdusp @MITEngineering @MITDiversity @MITstudents @MIT_alumni @MITSloan

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

I would love for some of my visual anthropology colleagues to critique this … would they begin with the “land” or the elevated finger? #Nativember

Terrill Tailfeathers

@Terrilltf

2 years

#NewProfilePic @JustinTrudeau @jjhorgan

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

Here are posters for upcoming events that I have co-organized! Lots of excellent, unprecedented conversation. Share widely!

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

4 years

@JacquelynGill Do you care if REAL American Indian faculty work with you? Now that we see that many folks were willing to assume that Sciencing_Bi was American Indian - no substantiation - why do non-Native scholars have such a difficult time bringing American Indians into academic spaces?

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

Nazis celebrated genocide of Indigenous people. So DEI work, which includes recompensing Indigenous people, is NOTHING like Nazism. @DorianAbbot won’t like it when I advocate for 10% of @eapsMIT funding to be earmarked for projects that pay back/heal American Indian communities

Christine Yifeng Chen

@earth2christine

3 years

True to form, @eapsMIT has invited Dorian Abbot to give 2021's prestigious John Carlson Lecture. The same Dorian Abbot who likened DEI work to the Nazi regime in Newsweek recently, and who posted several YouTube videos expressing similar harmful views. @MIT , you gonna fix this?

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

6 years

There are some misconceptions in the Lumbee Tribe about the current status of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline ( #acpipeline ) in the Lumbee community. I wanted to lay out some points. Feel free to share 👇🏽

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

4 years

“Don’t tell nobody” always proceeds juicy Lumbee conversation. cc: @LumbeeVocab

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

1 year

Lumbee folks leave cornbread and chow chow…not cookies and milk.

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

5 years

💫🙋🏻‍♂️ #independenceday

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

1 year

@TheSiteSupply Easy answer…

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

5 years

Hmmm...15 minutes into the first episode and it is QUITE OBVIOUS that this show glamorizes White (colonizer) Mexican life. #MexicanDynasties

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

Remember the Indigenous mothers who have been raped, murdered and enslaved for America to exist. I think of all the Lumbee women who died of cancer because they lived near a gas pipeline that didn’t serve their community. Gonna take way more than flowers to repay them. #landback

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

4 years

@indianz Hey @MIT_SHASS @MIT ... as an American Indian alumni who is BUSY getting you all to acknowledge your place on Indian land and your non-acknowledgement of American Indian students/faculty, how am I suppose to make sense of this? #KarensGoneWild

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

Cause they don’t want Indigenous scholars to take over the discipline 🤗

Elliot Helmer, Ph.C. (they/them)

@ArchHelmer

2 years

Archaeology professors never fucking retire 😂

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@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

I see 6 (of 50) university chancellors/presidents ... give it a few years. University leadership will become the first step in #LandBack .

Lydia Jennings, Ph.D.

@1NativeSoilNerd

3 years

Gonna think of this photo when I think of Indigenous excellence and joy 6 Indigenous PhDs from Diné, Pueblo of Laguna, Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara, and Yaqui Nations. If we had walked in 2020 as planned, there would have been 2x the people. Thanks @alexthelion22 for this photo❤️

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@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

Are you sure? #americanIndianhistorymonth #Nativember

@jason

@Jason

2 years

Oh they found three more copies of the Constitution 👀

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

5 years

Enjoyed spending time w/ Jeff Currie, @WaterPotential , @EmilyUry , @aliceinH2Oland & other scholars from @DukeEnvironment . They surveyed the changing geo-political landscape of Robeson County (including the dozen 600 ft. - 2 football field - long chicken houses in the background).

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@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

… @LumbeeVocab

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@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

Native Auntie: “Give back land to Indian veterans” #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #landback

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

5 years

A quick @LumbeeVocab lesson in preparation for #LumbeeHomecoming : hern (adj): the quality of belonging to a female. Usually enunciated with a bit of surprise. Exp: “That’s a fly Camaro...I saw that gal driving it. Is it hern?”

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@DavidShaneLowry

6 years

@theAGU @WaterPotential @nativehydro Native Science panel @theAGU . Quite encouraging. Lots of wisdom being shared...”500 years overdue”

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@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

I won’t believe this take until I start hearing Native actors/characters with Southern accents. They are only giving us tightly structured Native stories - that play into a lot of stereotypes. I need Indians with some drawl. @LumbeeVocab

Joey Clift

@joeytainment

2 years

Wow, between Prey, Dark Winds, Reservation Dogs and Rutherford Falls, it's almost like greenlighting Native stories will give you a guaranteed hit!

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@DavidShaneLowry

6 years

CORRECTED TWEET: Call it what it is...White Supremacy. @MarkLebeau3 is attacking non-White (indigenous!) scholars. (HE is also attacking NSF fellows...few and far between in anthropology). This is #dogwhistling at its finest. #hautalk

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@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

One of my students sent this today. It made me shed a tear. I must be honest.

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

6 years

@PaigeWestNYC This gets into how power exists in anthropology (eg Stanford/Chicago vs everybody else) and how we are finally coming around to see voices like Vine Deloria Jr. as BRILLIANT

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

7 years

This article from @biolau student newspaper includes some of my reflections on replacement of #ColumbusDay with #IndigenousPeoplesDay

The Chimes

@chimes_news

7 years

Indigenous People’s Day spreads throughout U.S. cities. |

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@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

@IndiaRJohnson @sfaircloth12 As an American Indian scholar, I am interested to see how ALL institutions do racial justice. For example, are Atlanta-based PWIs ( @EmoryUniversity ) & HBCUs ( @SpelmanCollege ) addressing #notyourmascot through the hiring of Indian faculty and repairing effects of the #morrillact ?

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@DavidShaneLowry

5 years

So...as with everything in this world...Lumbees were in the middle. Lumbee scholar Dean Chavers (father of @ccchavers ) has a fantastic account of his role in the takeover. #lumbeehomecoming #alcatraz

Drunk History

@drunkhistory

5 years

An incredible story in the long history of Native American activism: The two-year occupation of Alcatraz.

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

6 years

I wanted to take moment to add an addendum to the @nytimes op-ed by @malindalowery ...

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

1 year

In particular, she asserted that asking QUESTIONS is “violent”. As an anthropologist, I believe that that is a dangerous message. As an American Indian, I assert that that message goes against Indigenous ways of being in relationship (across tribal, national lines).

Jacqueline Keeler

@jfkeeler

1 year

@VedarHe @NativeApprops She accuses others of violence. This is violent. She can’t graciously admit she was wrong.

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@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

Y’all .. I just found out that “Project Indigenous MIT” made it into the Cherokee newspaper ( @CherokeePhoenix ). As a Lumbee, this is BEYOND interesting. cc: @AlvinDHarvey

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Uncle David

@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

This is why I do what I do.

Brandi Morin

@Songstress28

3 years

The most beautiful burial I’ve ever witnessed. After over a 100 yrs the children who died at Carlisle Indian Boarding School are laid to rest by the youth of this generation. Wrapped in buffalo robes and back to the comfort of Grandmother Earth in their ancestral Lakota lands.

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@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

“…where they practice…” On stolen Indigenous land. In the absence of Indigenous people as colleagues. With no Indigenous administrators. With resources extracted from Indigenous communities/land. Creating scientific frameworks that harm Indigenous peoples.

Ed Bertschinger

@EdbertMIT

3 years

@HiromuNagahara @MIT_SHASS Who practices science, what they do, when they are able to do it (e.g., who completes the PhD), where they practice, why they pursue science, and how they do so (with what resources) are all matters of politics and culture. And sometimes their output is, too. Eugenics, anyone?

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@DavidShaneLowry

1 year

I tweeted earlier….but will repeat: You are “carbon neutral”… but are you “colonial neutral”? You are aiming for “ #Sustainability ”. In reality, are you sustaining stolen Indigenous land? You claim your goal is “health equity”. How can equity exist in states of genocide?

UAINE (ndnviewpoint)

@mahtowin1

1 year

Green colonialism is flooding the Pacific Northwest.

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@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

In ‘10, I invited Lumbee artist Jessica Clark to help capture the life of Claudie Dial. Most Lumbees know him as a revival preacher. I also write about him as a soldier in WW 2 who discovered the body of Hitler. On #MemorialDay , thank Indigenous people for being conduits of life.

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@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

👀 @MITstudents

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@DavidShaneLowry

4 years

@heather_paxson @MIT_SHASS @HASTS_MIT @MITanthropology ...Black patients in the South, American Indian pulmonary issues can often be disregarded. This isn’t a matter of reading just skin...it’s reading social/linguistic/skin difference. I begin to unravel this in this article: . I’ll also...(2/n)

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@DavidShaneLowry

6 years

White Missionaries burn(ed) non-White ways of existence in the name of Christ. Important insight: White Missionaries made #PNG things “sinful”, then came back years later asking #PNG Christians to authenticate those sinful things (because those things were now collector’s items!)

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@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

Imagine studying it and living it at the same time. Problem is, American Indians are largely absent as the “studiers”. - as the faculty/intellectual leaders. I wrote about this recently:

An Obituary for Alfred Kroeber (or…Can American Indians Speak?) | anthro{dendum}

Image: The title “Kroeber Hall” being removed at the University of California-Berkeley on January 26, 2021. (Photo Credit: Irene Yi) In 2017, the theme of the annual meeting of the American…

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Karl Jacoby

@karl_jacoby

3 years

We historians don't talk about this nearly enough, but I don't see how studying genocide, colonialism, or slavery for years and years cannot have a real and damaging effect on us.

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@DavidShaneLowry

3 years

@Drew_Martinez_ @c_mckinley @DrSamzs I decided to place my lecture on YouTube since AGU website is having technical difficulties

AGU presentation (2020) - "Indian Pipelines" - David Shane Lowry

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@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

Might be leaked report…but not leaked facts. I VERY PUBLICLY discussed in #ProjectIndigenousMIT . See email to MIT administration in April. Also see portion of “Native Lives Matter” lecture @UCBerkeley . Also read recent commentary @MIT faculty newsletter:

Dr. Keisha N. Blain

@KeishaBlain

2 years

“A leaked draft report by a Harvard committee says the university has the remains of at least 19 people who were likely enslaved and nearly 7,000 Native Americans, according to the Harvard Crimson.”

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@DavidShaneLowry

2 years

Dear @MBTA , who in your organization may be able to work with the Indigenous community @MIT to understand these memorials/decorations @Harvard station? ( @kanarinka , this might help illuminate some of your work.)

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@DavidShaneLowry

5 years

Lumbee woman in church giving testimony: “Can you say ‘God is Good’ when you are being evicted? Can you say ‘God is good’ when your child has been murdered? Can you say ‘God is good’ when you never had a father? The answer is ’yes’. Thank you Jesus.”

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