We need to have serious conversations about pretendianism, even when it shatters our illusions.

In my new book I wrote about disenrollment as a problem of the concentration of power in Indian country. I write specifically about Mark Macarro and others, exposing a web of influence and power that entangles certain tribes and tribal leaders, Hollywood, media, and the philanthropy world.

Popping back up on social media to start promoting my forthcoming book.

Those EO’s trump rescinded seem to be mostly related to DEI and climate/environ. Let’s be clear: tribal issues are not DEI issues, they are sovereignty issues. This represents trump 2.0’s first strike against tribal sovereignty.

For the next 4 years we cannot stop exposing the man behind the curtain.

There’s nothing more virtue signaling than plastering the American flag all over your car, your clothes, your head. It says I am more American, more patriotic, more deserving of the benefits of Americanness than you.

Please.

Agent Orange swore up and down before the election that he knew nothing about Project 2025, still no surprise that he intends to pack his cabinet with a bunch of P25 architects. Those who voted for him not really knowing what they were voting for are in for some rude awakenings.

Critiquing the US as a place with white supremacy at its foundation is not the same as hating white people. White people need to get over their fragility about this and conflating criticism with hate.

Nuclear is making a comeback with new technology that supposedly makes it safer, as this article shows. Nowhere however is the issue of uranium mining discussed. Uranium mining has a horrible history of contamination of Native lands in the US and is ongoing. How will it be different in the future?

Check out this lecture series on Radical Resistance. I was honored to be part of it this week. My talk isn’t posted yet, but check out this great talk by Laura Pulido on climate change obstructionism in the GOP.

This is an anti-fascist veterans group to keep watching. commondefense.us

I for one am glad for vaccines, as someone who almost died from adult chicken pox at 44 years old. If there had been a vaccine for that back then I would’ve taken it. The shingles vaccine? Hell yes. I’m vulnerable to shingles because of my adult chicken pox. Let me say it again: hell yes.

The misogyny in social media land is off the charts. Really worried about what our future looks like, especially for younger women.

Join me this week #Nativesky

Are we taking bets about how long Rfkjr will last as HHS Secretary? Or Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegspeth, or any of the others in trump’s staffing clown car escapades?

Is there an American Indian/Alaska Native Bluesky feed, like there is a Blacksky?

Here’s my formal introduction. I’m an American Indian educator, writer, activist. I teach in American Indian studies in California and specialize in environmental justice discourse, theory, and policy. I wrote a fairly popular book on the topic. I also do critical sports studies, esp surfing.

I was thinking about the early days of facebook. when i first joined there it was 2009. I was just getting ready to travel to DC for the Obama inauguration. It was still so new, fresh, fun, and hopeful. Then trump happened and it all went to shit. Maybe it already did but I don't remember.