Our country was shocked when migrant children were held in detention or separated from their parents. In the late 1800s/early 1900s, over a third of Native kids were sent to govt-run assimilation schools, where many died...

The FBI has released the Wanted poster for the Brown University shooting. The man is light-skinned, approximately 5‘8”, with a stocky build. Please call the tip line (401-272-3121) if you think you know this person!

I feel like biting someone. I want a cigarette. I want to pace a hole into my floor. What do you mean we’re back to where we started in the Brown University shooting? I know they’re doing their best, but as someone who works in a nearby college, I am so afraid for my students tomorrow.

This suspect has been released.

So it’s been more than a month since I was last here. Updates: I am pleased to report that I submitted my Ph.D. applications by Dec. 1. I’ve moved already onto the second round of the application process with UTexas Austin! I have only a few more days in this semester, too.

UPDATE | At 7:15, Brown University issued the all-clear, lifting the lockdown. The FBI and Providence Police arrested a suspect at 3:45 this morning. One victim was released from the hospital. Seven are now stable, and one is in critical but stable condition. Praying they all make a full recovery.

“Most of us live off Hope” Ever true 💔

As someone who works at a different college in Providence, RI, my heart goes out to the students and families of Brown University tonight. 2 have already died + 9 are injured, but being treated at RI Hospital. If you are on the Brown campus/living in the neighborhood, stay locked down. Be safe!

Breaking: Update from Brown University Emergency Information 8:28pm The scene at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island continues to be an active scene. SHELTER IN PLACE remains in affect for all campus locations. All others are encouraged to avoid the campus area on the East Side of Providence.

Where Is This Year’s Demographic Enrollment Data? According to one researcher, far fewer selective colleges have posted the racial makeup of their incoming classes as compared to this time last year. https://bit.ly/4qndkPp #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

An Associated Press analysis finds that the number of Black students enrolling at many elite colleges has dropped in the two years since the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in admissions.

Out of the loop rn because I need to work on my doctoral app academic writing sample(s) and CV. See you on the other side!

Happy Black Poetry Day! I’m sharing Afro-Indigenous poet @ddayehunter.bsky.social’s spoken poetry, which I really loved:

🚨 BREAKING NEWS | The University of Pennsylvania has refused to sign the Trump administration's Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, making it the third of the nine initial institutions that were presented the deal to publicly turn it down. https://bit.ly/4oiFglC

Finally got to teach a class on Childish Gambino’s “This Is America.” Very much felt like this the whole time. 👀

I found resources on this topic, in case anyone else is curious like me!

Trump's administration fired almost all 60 staff at a college-prep program for low-income students, including the TRiO programs that serve 900,000 students in programs like Upward Bound + Talent Search. These employees are part of the 4200 shutdown layoffs. #AcademicSky #EducationNews

Okay, so it’s the kind of day where I forget my work laptop at home. I’m waving the white flag, y’all. I’m out of the game!

Goooood morning, #AcademicSky! What’s on the docket for us all today? I have five reflections to write before I can tackle either my doctoral program academic writing sample or my Current Issues midterm.

Breaking News: Brown University became the second college to reject a White House deal offering preferential treatment for federal grants.

Actually, they wanted it three Fridays ago.

Just finished up at the Providence Public Library, editing college admissions essays. The Class of 2030 is seriously bringing the heat this year! 🔥

Comics in the Native American Classroom A university associate professor spent ten years collecting Native American-created comic books, then crafted a college course on Native American history that uses them as source material READ MORE: bit.ly/4nSvs24

The United States is currently in material breach of over five hundred legally binding treaties with Indigenous nations. We violated even the treaties we coerced at the point of a sword. We cannot talk about restoring the rule of law until we acknowledge and repair this fundamental truth.

Hey, Alaska's been hit by a typhoon and no one is talking about it. Indigenous towns are in need of aid. People are missing and the gov't is still shut down. If any creators here are in affected areas, please drop links for aid. #mutualaid #crisis #alaska #typhoonhalong #helpourcountrymen

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

Spent a good portion of today trying to define the settlor/trustee/beneficiary relationship(s) between the U.S. and the tribal nations with one of my lawyer friends. It looks like it has never actually been defined, although Justice Powell says the U.S. is not a settlor in U.S. v. Mitchell (1983).

Last chance to find something to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day 2025!

The College Board has run a massive campaign to disparage “grade inflation,” and it has won. While GPAs have increased in parallel for PoC, SAT scores typically favor rich, white/Asian, men over black/Latino, low-income, first-gen women (Hur. & Lee, “Grade Inflation…,” 2018, Figs. 3.9 & 3.10).

After years of advocacy and growing awareness of Columbus’s human rights abuses, some states and cities switched to celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day. Now, we are witnessing the backlash to that modicum of change. Full post on my substack now:

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! 💖 If you’re in the Boston area today, check out MFA Boston for me — free admission, basket weaving lessons, and dancing.

Many of these are the aims for education outlined in Project 2025. Be aware.

A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.” By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

Started the day right with Paul Tough’s THE YEARS THAT MATTER MOST / THE INEQUALITY MACHINE. #AcademicSky #BookSky

“Columbus Day” only became federally recognized in the early twentieth century to fix relations between the U.S. + Italy after lynch mobs killed Italian-Americans. As a Cherokee-Italian American, I’m so tired of this argumentum ad antiquitatem. Celebrate Enrico Fermi instead. Hell, Sinatra.

This case was stayed on July 10 but both parties were required to file a joint status report by this past Wednesday. Fingers are crossed that it’s set back in motion and justice is served soon.

BREAKING NEWS: MIT is the first college to formally reject Trump’s higher education compact, citing that they meet/exceed most of the expectations already set forth + that they are not interested in having their free speech/expression restricted. #AcademicSky #BreakingNews

TCU Chief Dull Knife College (on the Northern Cheyenne rez) & Blackfeet Community College have been denied TRIO funding, which helps first-gen, low-income, and/or disabled students. This funding pays for programs like Upward Bound and Veterans Upward Found. #AcademicSky #TribalCollege

They don’t want it perfect. They want it by Friday. #AcademicSky

Some things I saw recently that I think are cool (Native American jewelry edition): — Neil Zarama. New Ralph Lauren collab coming (IG whirlinglog_and_arrow) — Troy Oviedo (IG troyoviedo) 😮‍💨 — Falcon Trading Company (IG ftcjewelry) — Samuel Sumpter (IG nabaahii_bizhiil_creations)

Every time I see this gif, I think of @thehallucination.bsky.social’s “Sisters” (feat. Northern Voices). 🎧: open.spotify.com/track/6ZzHtu...

I must not be a people-pleaser. People-pleasing is the mind-killer. People-pleasing is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my people-pleasing. I will permit it to pass over me and through me.

Hey, babes — what are you doing for Indigenous Peoples Day? With over 100 events, ICTNews might have some ideas. ⤵️ #NativeAmerican

After having a member of faculty yell at me on Thursday, #NorthOfNorth has been the escape that I *need.* What good indigenous shows, films, or books are you binging right now? I need more comfort. 😭

This blog post posits that higher education is becoming devalued because of “male flight” — men leaving industries as large numbers of women enter (similar to white flight). For every 1% increase in the proportion of women in the student body, 1.7 fewer men applied. #AcademicSky

Relatable #AcademicChatter #PoorlyDrawnLines

School is not a service to be consumed. School is meant to create democratic efficiency, yes, but it is also meant to inculcate self-actualization in our students + create solidarity by exposing them to different people. Private schools are typically homogenous and homeschooling, isolated. #EduSky

Yeah, The Life of a Showgirl is super good, innit? I especially loved the blue tiger.

“…the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change.” — Audre Lorde

Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people. But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no. By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, w/ @adn.com