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Dr. BlackDeer

9 months

Ahh! It's finally here!! You can read my latest work "Unsettling Feminism in Social Work: Toward an Indigenous Decolonial Feminism" now in Affilia! 🙌🏽 If you have trouble accessing, please send me an email!

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2 years

Your meeting is not a powwwow. Your gal pals are not a tribe. You are probably not on anyone's totem pole and you don't have a spirit animal.

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2 years

I successfully defended my dissertation this morning. I am officially Dr. Autumn Asher BlackDeer!!! 🥳🙌🏽 Lulululuuu!!

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9 months

I don't wanna be booked and busy. I wanna be well rested and appropriately compensated.

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Dr. BlackDeer

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1 year

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. 🧵

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1 year

gentle reminder from my elders this morning, "Remember to speak from the scar, not the wound"

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1 year

I'm fine with my class being considered an "easy" class. Some of yall need to reflect on why you feel the need to traumatize your students in order to feel secure in your identity as a professor

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15 days

remember when the white supremacists had a whole march on a college campus with literal torches and the school was like well what can ya do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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1 year

just a note that "two-spirit" is not the Indigenous version of trans. two-spirit is an umbrella term coined in the 90s by Native activists to describe the wide-ranging systems of genders and sexualities that exist across Native Nations. mini 🧵

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Dr. BlackDeer

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2 years

Too much talk of inclusion but no mention of belonging. I don't want to be included in a place where I don't feel like I belong.

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Dr. BlackDeer

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2 months

decolonization means dismantling systems of oppression, not adding people of color as decor.

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2 years

Traditional Indigenous knowledge is science.

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Colonialism is not a historic event. It is an ongoing project.

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Dr. BlackDeer

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3 years

Y'ALL. My mama made my masc girlfriend a ribbon shirt to wear to Native community events and it turned out SO GOOD 😭

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Dr. BlackDeer

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2 years

pov: the Native academic when they read the land acknowledgement at new faculty orientation supposedly honoring your own tribe

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1 year

Decolonization isn't asking for a seat at the table. It's chopping up the table and using it as kindling for a community fire.

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2 months

Grieving the loss of Nex Benedict, a Cherokee non-binary child murdered at Owasso high school, beaten so badly they couldn't walk to the nurses office. No one called emergency services. No investigation. Our Native LGBTQ, Indigiqueer, and Two Spirit relatives deserve better.

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3 years

Decolonization is not a synonym for diversity, equity, or inclusion.

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2 years

Our ancestors had controlled burns to help clear the land and fertilize the soil for new growth. So when we say sometimes decolonization requires burning it all down, its traditional

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1 year

I am once again asking y'all to please stop assigning your students to interview a marginalized faculty member they think is cool. This just further adds to our invisible and emotional labor and I feel like a jerk saying no.

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2 years

me explaining how urgency is a manifestation of white supremacy which descends from colonialism and how this grind culture keeps us so busy surviving that we don't have time or energy to build community and coalitions that set the foundation for the better future were envisioning

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2 years

Yall need to unlearn that leadership has to be cold and distant in order to be professional. Western ways of knowing prioritize distance as a means of authority. Decolonize yourself and embrace the relationality of being in community without the hierarchical expectations.

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2 years

What you need to know about the Native Nations and abortion discourse: a primer. So recently this idea has emerged that if the fed govt outlaws abortions, Native Nations should provide these services on tribal lands since tribal sovereignty would exempt us from this law. A 🧵1/

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1 year

A lot of "allies" magically disappear once they receive any form of feedback that's not abject praise and undying approval for their doing the bare minimum.

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2 years

Native American Heritage Month invitation for folx to start replacing the word "tribes" with "Native Nations"

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1 year

What's the name of the trauma response where you shut everything down and completely self-isolate until you can get ahold of yourself/ your surroundings?

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2 years

racism actually doesn't work both ways.. that's kinda the nature of power and oppression

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2 years

my heart is bursting with joy to announce I have officially accepted a job offer with the University of Denver 🙌🏽 I'm incredibly honored to return to my tribe's traditional homelands as a tenure-track assistant professor in Fall 2022 💖

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2 years

All of yall who were so vocal about Native Nations being a loophole for abortions, where's the same outrage as the Supreme Court just took another swing at our tribal sovereignty by granting states jurisdiction over crimes committed by non Natives on tribal lands #CastroHuerta

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2 years

you actually don't have a spirit animal, that's just ✨️ cultural appropriation ✨️

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1 year

hell hath no fury like a mildly uncomfortable "ally"

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1 year

All of us non-Black people have to do more than just wring our hands and lament about state sanctioned violence. Not sharing the video is the bare minimum, but notice the awkward silence now that folx aren't sharing it. The uncertainty of having the virtue signal option removed.

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3 years

Yesterday I learned that we should stop saying 'food desert' and start saying 'food apartheid' because deserts are naturally occurring whereas the actual phenomenon itself is very much intentional and racialized

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1 year

Native Nations don't just have "historic ties" to the area. You're on our fckn land.

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1 year

Notice how those who address systemic injustices are painted as bitter, angry, rageful, dangerous. It's another way that white supremacy is normed as the right, peaceful, altruistic way to be a good person in society.

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1 year

Too many people think decolonization is making a less toxic version of the current system, like having diverse oppressors instead of all white oppressors. True decolonization dismantles systems of oppression, not diversifies them.

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Dr. BlackDeer

@DrBlackDeer

10 months

settlers telling me "happy 4th!" like

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1 year

Lol a reviewer said I used problematic language in saying "Natives" and referred me to UCLA's proper terminology page on Native American Peoples 🙃 WE. PREDATE. AMERICA.

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Dr. BlackDeer

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18 days

*laughs in Indigenous*

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21 days

Google has suspended drone courier flights because of raven attacks. Looks like the Ravens have taken our side against Skynet.

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Dr. BlackDeer

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2 years

Not a white woman thanking me for attending an event by saying I "brought some color" to the place

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1 year

Night Raiders (available on Hulu) by Cree-Métis filmmaker Danis Goulet and executive produced by Taika Waititi. Sci-fi film where "a mother joins an underground band of vigilantes to try and rescue her daughter from a state-run institution". Released March 2021.

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1 year

I took Jess to her first powwow this weekend 🥺 I taught her how to gourd dance, we ate Indian tacos, and caught the biggest baby fever watching the tiny tots dance 😭 What a weekend! 🥰

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1 year

White women, your peers and colleagues are not your "tribe."

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3 years

It's back to school time and subsequently the #DecolonizeYourSyllabus is coming back around. Here's my recommendations for how to move beyond performative actions or checking boxes, a 🧵of Indigenous wisdom by an Indigenous scholar:

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1 year

it's important to remember not all queer or trans Indigenous peoples identify as Two Spirit and not all Native Nations use Two Spirit terminology as some have specific names in their languages. thanks for reading! happy trans day of visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️ /3

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Dr. BlackDeer

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2 years

One day we're gonna talk about the certain brand of white women who endear themselves to and befriend colleagues of color solely for the purpose of using us as human shields in lieu of any accountability or actually doing the work.

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Dr. BlackDeer

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10 months

Every colonial institution right now: "We remain committed to valuing diversity within our institutionalized racist system"

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1 year

DEI seems like an entire new language of co-opted words created for the sole purpose of not saying what the actual issue is. Microagressions, implicit bias, courageous conversations, etc. Just say colonialism, racism, and white supremacy. Say it with your chest.

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1 year

three generations of unapologetic laughter by native women 💖

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1 year

Prey (available on Hulu) by Comanche producer Jhane Myers. Sci-fi thriller where "a skilled Comanche warrior protects her tribe from... alien predator that hunts humans for sport, fighting against wilderness, dangerous colonisers ... to keep her people safe." Released July 2022.

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1 year

I dealt with a lot academic mean girls in grad school and I asked my aunties how to handle all the gossip and drama. They said two things: 1. Our elders aren't in a rush to speak. They let everyone else talk before offering wisdom. And 2. The truth doesn't have to be defended.

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originating from the Northern Algonquin "niizh manitoag", meaning two spirits, refers to the inclusion of both masculine and feminine spirits in one individual. its a reclamation and reconnection with tribal traditions related to sexuality and gender identities. 2/3

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1 year

Resist the urge to prove you're a good white person. Comtinue to de-center yourself, stay humble, and keep up the fight.

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2 years

this is what an Indigenous data scientist looks like 🤓

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1 year

They think decolonization must be an inherently violent process because their empire of settler colonialism and white supremacy was built on the violence of conquest. Sorry but we can build new worlds with our humanity in tact, thanks tho.

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May 5 is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. We wear red today to honor the spirits of our loved ones who have journeyed on and to call those back home who are still missing.

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Blood Quantum (available on Prime) also by Jeff Barnaby. "almost all of Earth's population are decimated due to a zombie virus, except for the isolated Mi'kmaq reserve of Red Crow, whose Indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague." Released Sep. 2019.

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Rhymes for Young Ghouls (available on Tubi) debut of writer-director Miꞌkmaq filmmaker Jeff Barnaby. [Stars Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs from Reservation Dogs] Explores Canada's residential school system through three generations of Native women. Released in 2013.

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1 year

DEI consultants are being paid $5K per workshop but I'm asked to consult on land acknowledgements for free, offer presentations for $100-250, and meanwhile I've been feeling guilty about $500 for a one hour virtual presentation.. 2023 is going to be v different.

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1 year

You cannot decolonize diversity, equity, and inclusion. DEI is from a reformist paradigm (we can look to abolition to see why reform never works). Decolonization is from a paradigm of dismantling structures of oppression, not reforming them. DEI is operating exactly as intended.

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1 year

Realizing I'm the queer Native femme professor I always dreamed of taking a class with 🥰

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1 year

cw: sa/si 8 years ago today, I survived sexual violence, and in the years after, I survived my suicidal thoughts. Reclaiming today to reflect on all I've overcome and making the decision to continue my journey. I am so grateful to still be here. #SurvivingAndThriving

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2 years

Indigenous methodologies and traditional wisdom have been so appropriated and fetishized I literally had to stop a white woman from passing around her pink highlighter as a "talking stick" during my class as I facilitated a talking circle. Just stop.

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1 year

Books more your thing? Check out this list of books on Inidgenous Futurisms:

25 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books by Indigenous Authors

Explore Indigenous Futurisms by reading these 25 science fiction and fantasy books by Indigenous authors with Indigenous main characters!

bookriot.com

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2 years

Native Nations existed and thrived long before the Supreme Court and will continue to exist and thrive in spite of their continued attacks on our sovereignty. YOU ARE ON NATIVE LAND.

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I think academics forget that writing is emotional, not just technical. The vibes have to be right. You have to be in the right frame of mind. It's not something you can just detach yourself from and grind out a product. Don't perpetuate soulless work.

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high school - 2012 bachelors, psychology- 2015 masters, social work - 2017 doctorate, social work - 2022 all Indigiqueer, all cute 💁🏽‍♀️

grudge judy 🏳️‍🌈

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hey gays whadja look like in your cap-n-gown?

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Happy Indigenous People's Day, relatives!! 💖👊🏽🪶

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2 years

Resilience is becoming the toxic positivity of the mental health world

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2 years

Capitalize Indigenous and Native. Always.

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11 months

This is a beautiful example of having conversations in community, even when we misspeak, we can learn and move forward together. "I wanna respectfully just say that for us, we call ourselves 'Indians.' But for other people, I would say, 'Indigenous'."

Devery Jacobs Corrected Sheryl Lee Ralph For Referring To Indigenous People As "Indians," And It...

"Listen, I respect that."

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1 year

Quarterly reminder to PLEASE stop sending your students to interview marginalized faculty. It is so tokenizing, not to mention the emotional labor required. Just plz don't.

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2 months

four years, three kids, two moves, one us 💖 happy anniversary to the love of my life, J. Wes! (and yes, we are so gay our anniversary is international women's day 🤣💁🏽‍♀️)

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once you learn about white colonial logic, its hard not to see it everywhere, like how folx respond to social problems by pathologizing them (ex: racism is a virus, that Karen is psychotic). their go-to response is diagnosis + distance while keeping white supremacy untouched

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2 years

Being a person of color does not exempt you from colonial behavior

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3 years

Everyone wants a Native scholar for land acknowledgements. Not enough folx want a Native scholar who advocates for Land Back.

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1 year

I made graphic versions of the above thread for folx wanting to share 💖

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2 years

Don't treat your colleagues of color like a learning opportunity

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1 year

We will not two day workshop our way out of systemic oppression

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1 year

Telling marginalized folx to just report every instance of harm or microagression is not the best advice. In my experience, whenever I've reported, the system then turns to throw the book at me and acts like I'm the problem to be addressed, not the victim.

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10 months

I’ve never met a group of people that coddles itself as much as white women

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2 years

Be careful of the way you talk about the impact of colonialism. For many Native ppls, we don't say our knowledge or traditional wisdom has been lost, gone away, or died. We say it has gone to sleep, just waiting for us to wake it back up and call it home again thru revitalization

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2 years

When we say Black and Brown folx need a safe space at the institution, we are not referring to a Diversity workshop

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Tomorrow (9/30) is the National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools, also known as Orange Shirt Day. The bare minimum you can do is wear orange in solidarity with Native folx and DO NOT ask Indigenous folx to explain anything to you. A 🧵

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My first SOLE AUTHOR publication is now available! 🙌🏽 A major part of my work on decolonizing mental health is recognizing how connecting to our culture IS treatment! 💖 You can read open access here:

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Settlers didn't bring "the gay stuff" here. They brought the gender binary. They brought colonial dichotomies. They brought shame in the name of their religion. My ancestors had a multitude of genders and sexualities, highly revered. Thanks for coming to my Indigiqueer TEDtalk.

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The founders never intended for Indigenous people to survive

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The founders never intended for Washington DC to become a state.

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1 year

Tired of being congratulated for how I handle and respond to microagressions. How about no microagressions at all.

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2 years

One day we should talk about how scholars from low income backgrounds have an extra difficulty in saying no to different opportunities because we were taught to never leave money on the table in case the other shoe drops

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decolonization and abolition are more than just critique. we have to have space for radical imagination and dreaming of the new spaces and systems we want to see in the world.

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There's apparently a line in the pink gal movie about Indigenous communities and smallpox.. Evidently, it bears repeating that GENOCIDE IS NOT A PUNCHLINE.

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ya girl is officially Lead Faculty for the Mental Health and Substance Use Policy course at @GSSWDenver ! 🙌🏽

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ya girl officially has 30 publications before I'm even 30 years old! 30 by 30!! 🙌🏽🥳 Finishing up my 2nd year on the tenure track and I did it MY way, sharing work that's meaningful to me 💖 22 papers, 8 book chs, and even more to come!

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1 year

Absolutely nobody: .... Natives on Facebook:

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The Rocket Boy (available on Vimeo) by Diné filmmaker Donavan Seschillie. This short film focuses on a young First Nations boy who dreams of building a spaceship in hopes it'll help him find his father. Showcased at 2011 Sundance Film Festival:

The Rocket Boy

A young boy's limitless imagination creates a dilemma in distinguishing between reality and dreams. Shot on a budget of 600 dollars. Shot with a Mini DV…

vimeo.com

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Why watch a ridiculous movie about blue aliens when you could just support actual Indigenous people and our struggle for clean water here on Earth? Yes, we do exist.

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Our weekly class check in was "How are you feeling?" Students mostly said stressed and overwhelmed. I shortened lecture, ended class early, and told my students: Prioritize your rest, take good care of yourself, and don't let the institution suck your soul out. 1/2

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The excitement yall feel about the whales here lately is the same excitement we feel as Natives when buffalo start tossing tourists lmao like welcome to the Land Back movement

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amazing to see white women "leading the conversation" on decolonizing anything. guess they missed the part of "doing the work" where it said to de-center oneself.

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I did the thing we're not supposed to do. I Googled my abuser. They've not only had NIH funding but also now a prestigious psychiatry position. And I know we're not supposed to compare trajectories but I can't imagine what their life would be like if the school had protected me

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I know I've said this before but I'll say it again-- decolonization is NOT a synonym for diversity, equity, or inclusion. There is no decolonial checklist or afternoon training that will magically decolonize your syllabus, classroom, or organization as a whole.

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