When we remove the parts of history that make us uncomfortable, we do not educate, we sanitize. Discomfort compels us to confront complicity, wrestle with hard truths, and become better as individuals and as a society. My latest in @calmatters.org: calmatters.org/commentary/2...

My latest piece argues for reforms that make consultation actually matter. Tribal consultation cannot be a box-checking exercise. It must be grounded in accountability, transparency, and meaningful government-to-government engagement. scholars.org/contribution...

Call for chapter abstracts for an edited Two-Spirit and Trans Indigenous Studies Reader. Abstracts due June 30, 2026. See full call at tinyurl.com/2STransIndig...

My new essay for CanopyForum examines how Christian doctrines and presidential proclamations still shape U.S. Indian policy and argues that a genuinely sovereign future with Native nations is long overdue. canopyforum.org/2025/12/12/f...

Heritage without sovereignty is erasure. In my @calmatters.org commentary, I show how Governor Newsom and President Trump despite different rhetoric, sidestep tribal nations as governments with authority and obligations in California today. calmatters.org/commentary/2...

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Proud to share my co-authored article “Survivance of Native American and Indigenous Students at a Four-Year Hispanic-Serving Institution.” Exploring survivance, belonging, and resilience at HSIs. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0951...

The Indigenous Peoples Day gathering on Alcatraz honors generations of resistance and renewal. Yet, the absence of acknowledgment for the Ohlone, the Indigenous people of these homelands, reveals how erasure persists even within acts of remembrance. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Honored to join KCBS Radio Ask an Expert with Steve Scott yesterday to discuss #IndigenousPeoplesDay, why it matters, and why 27 states still omit Native/Indigenous peoples from K–12 curricula. Listen here: www.audacy.com/stations/kcb...

Honored to contribute to @npr.org's coverage of the ongoing debate over #ColumbusDay and #IndigenousPeoplesDay. As I noted, “You can’t tell a story without telling both sides of it.” The legacy of Columbus must be examined through truth, not myth. share.google/M1mNORWxc8y1...

Congress’ $1B+ cut to CPB puts dozens of #NativeRadio stations at risk of going dark by Oct 1. For tribal communities, these are lifelines for local news, languages, emergency alerts, cultural continuity. Harm lands on sovereignty and safety first. www.kqed.org/news/12052335

Call it what it is: budget warfare. After years of underfunding, the White House wants ~90% cuts to Tribal Colleges and flirting with “pocket rescission” to withhold already approved funds. This is settler-colonial chaos, not governance. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/u...

Demanding the return of a racist team name isn’t about “tradition”—it’s #settler-colonial nostalgia. The need to assert dominance by resurrecting slurs is how empire justifies its stolen place. White supremacy isn’t subtle. It’s branded. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/... #NotYourMascot

Just published in Journal of History: My latest article explores how #California’s early statehood was primed for #genocide and what this reveals about systemic violence and prevention today. utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...

A lawsuit alone won’t bring justice for survivors of Indian boarding schools. True #transitionaljustice demands truth-telling, institutional accountability, and structural repair—not just legal remedies. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

The Thomas Indian School photos aren’t just archival—they’re settler-colonial artifacts. Images of “order” and “assimilation” mask the violence of #Indigenous dispossession. These aren’t memories to preserve uncritically—they're evidence. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/n...

#NAGPRA isn’t just about compliance—it’s about justice. Returning ancestors and cultural items is a legal duty and a moral reckoning. #Repatriation www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article...

Calling Native crops “sleeping” reinforces settler colonial erasure. These plants endure through #Indigenous care and ecological knowledge. This is not dormancy—it’s survivance: living, adapting, and resisting in ongoing relationship with land. www.technologynetworks.com/applied-scie...

New York's history of Native boarding schools demands more than words—it requires truth, accountability, and reparative justice. spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...

#MMIP isn’t a mystery—it’s a systemic crisis rooted in settler-colonialism. Native women go missing at alarming rates, met with silence, scarce resources, and jurisdictional chaos. This is not a gap. It’s a design. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...

Boarding schools are not just history—they are a legacy still felt today. Survivors remind us that the trauma endures across generations. We must listen, learn, and reckon with this truth. www.uppermichiganssource.com/2025/05/15/s...

Settler colonialism depends on erasure—of names, bodies, and stories. The Indian boarding school system was designed to erase Indigenous identity through forced assimilation—a cornerstone of settler colonialism. #BoardingSchoolTruth www.yesmagazine.org/social-justi...

The return of bison to #Native lands is more than conservation—it's #decolonization in motion. Tribal-led restoration restores ecosystems, revives culture, and reclaims #sovereignty. This is Indigenous leadership in action. gazette.com/life/reintro...

Recommendations for #Canada’s new neurotech guidelines nod to #Indigenousrights —but recognition without #Indigenous jurisdiction is just settler oversight. True regulation must be grounded in Indigenous #sovereignty, not framed by colonial tech ethics.” theconversation.com/new-recommen...

#Indigenous data #sovereignty demands more than consent; it requires dismantling the settler-colonial structures that steal, distort, and profit from Indigenous knowledge. www.theverge.com/features/664...

Tribal #libraries are more than books—they’re vital centers of culture, language, and #sovereignty. As funding cuts loom, these lifelines for Native communities are at risk. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

The “flood the zone” strategy imposes federal control under the guise of crime prevention—sidelining tribal #sovereignty and self-determination. True safety in Indian Country must come from within, not through colonial policing logics. www.startribune.com/as-trump-adm...

#NativeAmericans serve in the U.S. military at the highest rate of any group—an enduring legacy of honor and sacrifice. The Warrior Spirit exhibit offers educators and students a vital lens into Native military traditions, resilience, and service. www.wfmz.com/community/ca...

Native America Calling spotlights the ongoing fight for #Indigenous students' rights to celebrate their identity on their own terms. #decolonize www.nativeamericacalling.com/thursday-may...

From the #boardingschool era to today, undermining #Native self-determination through #education policy remains a colonial tactic. Native education must be protected and empowered. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

This bill reinforces settler-colonial logics by deepening the divide between federally and non-federally recognized tribes. Denying land stewardship based on federal recognition is a direct violation of sovereignty. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Turning #Alcatraz back into a prison would erase its legacy as a site of #Nativeresistance and reclamation. Such a move reduces a powerful symbol of #Indigenous #sovereignty to carceral use—once again silencing the stories it helped surface. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/a...

Dismantling efforts to document and confront the history of the boarding schools, reinforces structures of domination through silence and disappearance—it is settler-colonial erasure in practice. #Decolonize nativenewsonline.net/currents/nca...

When reports on Indigenous women go missing from federal websites, it’s not just censorship—it’s erasure. Removing these truths undermines justice, accountability, and Native sovereignty. Silence is violence. #MMIW #IndigenousRights #DataIsSacred 19thnews.org/2025/05/indi...

Traditional facial tattoos are part of a powerful movement of #culturalresurgence and #decolonization among #Nativewomen. Reclaiming these practices affirms identity, sovereignty, and resistance. #IndigenousSovereignty #TraditionalTattooing www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Medicine River offers a poignant reflection on Indian boarding schools as state-sanctioned violence. It’s a valuable resource for those teaching Native studies, literature, or colonial histories. newrepublic.com/article/1944...

The CA State Auditor’s report is clear: the @uofcalifornia.bsky.social is failing to meet its legal obligations under #NAGPRA/CalNAGPRA. Lawmakers and state leaders must ensure full compliance—delays are a violation of tribal rights and state law. 🔗 www.auditor.ca.gov/reports/2024...

The Massapequa mascot fight exemplifies settler-colonial fragility: the refusal to relinquish invented Native imagery reveals an attachment to dominance, not heritage. Listen to Indigenous voices—stop defending mascots. #AbolishNativeMascots #Decolonize www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Humbling observation. "There is no cosmic importance to your getting something published....." - Anne Lamott Bird By Bird

The fragility of the foundations of settler-colonial identity is evident by the necessity to manipulate history to center and promote themselves as civilizing and progressive heroes. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Mmm...students have no apprehension about talking with a carrot but won't come to office hours.

Having a land acknowledgement is one thing. Knowing how to pronounce the name of the #Indigenous peoples whose land your on is another.

Settler colonialism is a process of erasure and replacement to secure the permanency settler exceptionalism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Decolonizing institutions of #highereducation requires challenging the mindsets of those who claim to do the work of #decolonization yet actively reinforce settler colonial constructs. #decolonizeyourmind

Personal observation. I find myself wanting to recommend a #news detox to many of the individuals I interact with.

I had the incredible opportunity to spend time with Tommy Orange and talk about his book Wondering Stars this week.

The efforts and processes of #repatriation are intended to address an ethical and moral injury, which is often misunderstood as a property rights issue that reinforces the #settlercolonial narrative. I'm pleased to add my voice to the conversation. #NAGPRA #CalNAGPRA

The Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) program at SJSU located on the traditional territory and homelands of the Muwekma Ohlone, invites applications for an assistant professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies.

Even as a statue the breed has an attitude