The incoming nomination of the next Secretary of Homeland Security is an evergreen example of the reality that there will always be Indigenous peoples, and more broadly, colonized peoples who will gladly become foot soldiers and staunch defenders of Empire out of self-interest.
But I’m the asshole who thought that a Native leading the DOI was really fucking dark
Not all representation is good representation and idk why we pretend that it is
Both my kids have taken to calling me “bro” in case you’ve ever wondered if rez is genetic
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
My youngest, playing “work”:
Oh no, my boss isn’t very happy.
*Attempts to hand our dog, “the boss,” a ball, dog declines to take it*
Youngest: Wow. I’m never working here again.
I hope I never lose that clarity. It is also a gift.
My youngest was hospitalized for a rare illness after weeks spent in and out of clinics trying to figure out what was wrong. He is home now and on the mend, which is a miracle. During the ordeal, I was filled gratitude for time. Feeling awe over the gift of every hour we’ve spent together.
My youngest and rezziest child, who was born in one midwestern city and has grown up in another, but who naturally stares mfers down like he also grew up on the Pine Ridge Rez: Mom, would I do well on the rez? When I’m angry, am I very Pine Ridge?
A photo of Chief Big Foot, alive.
Chief Big Foot and his wife, White Hawk, alive.
Today you're going to see the images of my ancestors dead and frozen in the snow in the aftermath of the Wounded Knee Massacre that took place today 135 years ago.
This is what Chief Big Foot looked like when he was alive, because we're people before we're corpses white people can propaganize.
I recently read The Buffalo Hunter Hunter and the Wounded Knee Massacre day of mourning has me remembering sections that had me crying. I think that book will live inside me forever
Abu Hatab has become one of Gaza’s silent witnesses, a man whose old hands have performed the final act of dignity for an unfathomable 18,000 people, many of whom have been incinerated, disembowelled, dismembered, beheaded by the Israelis during their extermination campaign in the besieged enclave
“During the strip searches I was raped.”
German journalist Anna Liedtke, detained after Israeli forces intercepted the Gaza bound Freedom Flotilla ship Conscience in fall 2025, accused Israeli prison authorities of raping her during a strip search while being transferred.
The solstice cannot happen soon enough. I'm very ready to turn back towards the light.
Solid hit too. My response was 😮🫢🫡
😂😂😂
My child just told me that I’m “so rez” and I was not expecting to get called out at 10 am on a Monday
I was choked up but trying to play it cool because same lil bestie, you’re awesome
My five-year-old told me that I’m his favorite person and his favorite person to talk to and damn yall…if that’s not the privilege, compliment, honor of a lifetime. My cup is full.
If you want to raise your children to change the world, raise them with unconditional love, compassion, and an understanding that every person on this earth has the right to safety, dignity, and respect, including them.
My youngest used to walk around the house repeating “from the river to the sea, little babies will be free” and I think about it often
No one prepares you for your kids’ first “your mama” joke
Second quote: Mom, do you know who’s more comfortable than you? Our dog. Wanna know why? She’s always wearing her coat. She can’t take it off. It’s a curse!
Ms. Rachel wore a dress designed by Palestinian children in Gaza while being honored at this awards ceremony.
"Rana made this beautiful drawing, she lost both of her sisters in the genocide."
(AJ+)
My almost-5 y/o, who is so much like me it’s uncanny: Mom, do you wanna know why Twinkle Twinkle Yittle Star makes me mad?
Rarely have I encountered customer service rudeness that rivals the ladies behind the desk at the tribal building and IHS but damnit I respect it
its cool how “no purity tests” can simultaneously express the cheap realism of “you must accept monsters with power no matter what they do” and impose the absurd idealism that “you the relatively powerless must never, ever complain or even have standards”
Sometimes I’ll hear my voice played back to me and receive confirmation that the rez accent is intact holayyyyyy
I know this is a very Lakota thing to say, but imo people who hold nothing as sacred are dangerous af
