Read this timely wisdom 10 times, think broadly and act accordingly. 👇

Being old doesn’t make one an elder. An elder is not an older because an older hasn’t achieved the status of an elder. Be an elder, not an older.

Why does everybody else’s ghosts get to be from different eras? Why do we always have to be in loincloths? I like slacks, thank you.

Ok, I’ll say it. It’s not just that we lost Stephen Colbert's weekly refreshing take on the collapse of free speech, it’s the hard reality that we live in a dictatorial pseudo republic where even our most influential voices can’t do a thing about it.

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JD Vance just said the $1.8 billion fund is for “just compensation” for those “who’ve been mistreated by the government.” So, reparations? I can hear all the Black and Indigenous folks laughing at that jackassery right now.

Please “go Native.” You’ve heard this phrase. “Welp, he’s gone Native.” Good. That would mean he’s for clean water for all, free housing for all, free medicine for all. Free childcare for all. Free education for all. So, by all means, go Native.

Name a random, everyday thing that annoys the shit out of you but shouldn’t. I’ll go first: That cadence and tone people use when listing shit. For example: “I looked under the bed, the couch, the table…” Nope.

White Americans don’t like to be reminded that they’re new to this land; that they’re actually German, Irish, Italian — until it’s Oktoberfest, St. Patty’s Day & Columbus Day. And they don’t like you flying any other flag than the American flag until it’s Oktoberfest, St. Patty’s Day & Columbus Day.

Here’s the difference: You’ll see a black actor, an Asian actor, a Latino actor, a white actor, a female actor, and a gay actor play any role. But a Native actor is expected to have long hair (often with braids) and speak with ancient Indian wisdom to the sounds of a flute to be cast AS AN INDIAN.

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“The Greeks gave us democracy.” Natives: We already had it.

We didn’t come through Ellis Island. We’ve been here for thousands of years. “What’s your take on the 250th anniversary of the United States?…” That’s cute.

I have a policy that if you schlep your so-called “game changer”product in the middle a video I’m watching I won’t buy it. You’re interrupting my joy. Imagine what that would do to their industry.

“Are there Native American Jews?” “Are there Native Indians with alopecia?” “If an Indian from India marries a Native American, that’s an Indian-Indian lol.” “What’s the Native American word for fart?” “Are Native American guys hung? Are they circumcised?” “How can I discover my spirit animal?”

This is my go to for understanding the native perspective. I love this show.

Bulldozers preparing an expansion of the U.S. border wall with Mexico caused extensive damage to the Las Playas intaglio 280-by-50-foot etching in the Sonoran Desert. The intaglio, a site sacred to the Indigenous Oʼodham peoples of the Sonora, is estimated to be at least 1,000 years old.

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Cinco de Mayo is an Indigenous celebration. Even outnumbered by thousands, Indigenous badasses of the south kicked the shit out of the colonizing French & sent those jackasses back to Europe. And *that’s* what we celebrate every Cinco de Mayo.

You never hear of anyone hanging a dreamcatcher before a nap. You never hear of a bald Native American ghost. You never hear a story about the king of the Cherokees. You never hear a white farmer say, “You know, let’s give the land back.” But we do get asked, “Are there Native American dwarves?”

“Where did you guys masturbate?” is up there as one of the craziest questions I’ve ever been asked with regard to us living in teepees.

If you’re at the bottom of the totem pole, you’re the strong, stable base. Keep it up.

“Apache Native American” gets me every time. You can just say Apache.

All of my best writing is done at the last minute. If you finish too soon, you’ll question what you just wrote. You’ll delete & over edit. Editors are there to scrutinize your work. Your job is to write. So, keep writing.

Tune in tonight at 10 PM ET on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social 's show Chan 127 for We’re Still Here with me and @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social We’ll be talking about the stories and truths that need more airtime. Call in and talk to us. We want to hear from you.

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An excerpt from my forthcoming book: Why is that when a white person says their house is haunted b/c it was built on “sacred Native American burial grounds" they never admit the truth? “Well, my house is haunted b/c my great grandparents murdered a bunch of Natives & just left them right here.”

On last night’s segment on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s show, @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social mentioned a Substack piece I wrote about the “myth” of three meals a day. Here’s a link to that piece: open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...

Thanks to @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social and @juliefrancella.com for putting the "Indigenous Inspiration" episode of "Chopped" on my radar. It's an education in Indigenous cuisine, health, history and culture, through talented Native chefs. Check it out! nativenewsonline.net/arts-enterta...

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Tonight at 10 PM ET, catch me & @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social live with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social on SiriusXM Prog ch 127. We’re talking Route 66, Native food as medicine on CHOPPED, & what’s really behind the headlines from Oklahoma to Berkeley. Come hang with us. It’s going to be a good one.

If people cared about Mother Earth then we wouldn’t need an Earth Day. Just sayin’.

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“A whole civilization will die tonight” is so 1492 energy.

White people, you have made the deadliest society. But, you can also unmake it.

Mexicans speak Spanish because the Spaniards invaded from the south. Americans speak English because the English invaded from the east. Canadians speak French because the French invaded deep into the north. Alas, we Indigenous peoples continue to speak our ancient languages born of *this* soil.

“He’s at the bottom of the totem pole.” Here’s another illogical idiom. If you chop off the top of a tree, the tree will heal & go on growing. But, if you chop at the bottom, the tree will fall. The strongest, most important part of a totem is the bottom. Strength comes from the bottom, not the top.

Tonight at 10pm ET @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I are back on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM show. Birthright citizenship, a proposed highway through the Gila River Indian Community named after Charlie Kirk, & Stacey Abrams backing Deb Haaland. Call in — we want to hear from you.

Gorsuch follows up: "Do you think Native Americans today are birthright citizens under your test?" SG says no. Gorsuch responds that because his test is domicile of the parents, so why not? Wouldn't tribal Indians domiciled in the US be birthright citizens? The SG SAYS YES, THEY PROBABLY WOULD BE.

I’ve seen you on Instagram. You film your fur baby sleeping, awooing, doing zoomies. So, if I may ask, does your love of fur babies stop at your own? Do you hate brown people so much that you care little for the abandoned dogs & cats that are left behind in houses after ICE arrests their parents?

We, Natives, who have been on this continent for upward of 100,000 years, we'd love to know about you. Who are you? What is “white”?

One thing you’ll never hear a Native say: “You know, back in the old country…” Because this is our old country. We never left.

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If you missed our latest We’re Still Here segment on SiriusXM with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social , you can catch it now as a FREE podcast. @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I talk about Dolores Huerta, plus the long history of Irish & Native American allyship. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...