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Do you know what I find bananas? Humans think they’re better than dogs. Dogs, unlike humans, can detect cancer in your breast. They can see ghosts, if you believe in that. They wake you up when the house is on fire … Yet, humans lock them up, forget them, & fuck off. I prefer the company of dogs.

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We, Latinos, are not your enemy. We pick your grapes for your wine. We pick your tomatoes for your Sunday gravy. We pick your potatoes for your stew. We pick your lettuce for your salad. We pick your … so on and so forth. We feed you.

Don’t go to a protest without a Sharpie. Write the number of your attorney or mom or whomever on your arm. After you write it, go over it again. Make sure it’s in there because the cops will take everything off your person & conveniently lose all of it. But they can’t take that number off your arm.

“You don’t look Indian…” I’m sorry, my loincloth is at the cleaners.

We’ll give you an Indian name, sure … for a small fee. You may not like the name we give you, but, hey, at least you can brag to your cousins at this year’s Thanksgiving dinner that you got it from a legit Native, right? “Crypto Dick, how’s that turkey coming?”

My mom is Mexica (Mēxihcah). My dad is Oglala Lakota. While the U.S. considers my mom Mexican and my dad Native American, they both have the same brown skin (because they’re both Indigenous). This is why ICE targets Natives — because our skin color is the same as it has been for thousands of years.

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And, to this day, they want to touch us — our arms, faces, hair — and they want to fuck us when the drink hits their head, but they still won't give us our land back. Read more of my piece:

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And, to this day, they want to touch us — our arms, faces, hair — and they want to fuck us when the drink hits their head, but they still won't give us our land back. Read more of my piece:

Scorpions, White Folks, Ghosts, and Weird Fetishes — Simon Moya-Smith

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Feed the hungry Clothe the cold House the houseless Give shade & water to the burnt & thirsty Hug the sad & the sick Medicine for all in need of medicine Be company to elders Adopt abandoned senior dogs & cats Give a compliment Be company to the lonely Listen to the unheard Love.

Not always. Always is a long time. They always say never is a long time. I always say always is always longer, and I think a lot is too much. A lot is a lot, and probably a lot more than too much. Too much of a lot can be overwhelming, but not always. Understand?

📢 Giving new meaning to "Lunch-n-Learn! Tune in to 𝙒𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚 with @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social and @juliefrancella.com for real information about Indigenous issues and culture. Today at 2pm East on 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙁𝙪𝙜𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙬 @siriusxmprog.bsky.social Channel 127

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The US' first sin was (and is) its exploitation and oppression of Indigenous tribes already on the continent. Those undeniable wrongs are enshrined in the Declaration of Independence ﹍ its political birth certificate. Please listen to this discussion of that legacy with 👇🏼 @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social

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I also despise the 4th of July because fireworks scare dogs, angels on earth, they are. The number of dogs lost — terrorized and traumatized — having run away in fear spikes on the 4th of July. Oh, and troops suffering from PTSD don’t need to be subjected to a barrage of explosions.

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Remembering Indigenous peoples' history during America's 250th

The U.S. celebrates its 250th birthday this week. But one thing that’s missing among much of the festivities: the story of this continent's Indigenous peoples.

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Fuck Columbus, Washington, Jackson, Lincoln. Celebrate all you want. We’re still alive, fuckers. Signed, Us … Every Native American alive today.

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Just heard @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social say that the phrase "bottom of the totem pole" is trash because the bottom is the strongest part of the pole. I learned something today. Glad I tuned in to listen tonight.

While white Americans revere the nation’s founders and presidents as intrepid defenders of sonorous abstractions like “freedom” and “liberty,” Natives experienced them as fiendish predators. https://bit.ly/4vrXxkv

250 Years of Genocide, Theft, and Displacement

Natives have nothing to celebrate as the United States stages another sick-making festival of self-congratulation.

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Too many forced removals. The Long Walk also killed many Diné.

The Trail of Tears wasn’t meant to safely remove thousands of peoples from one place and put them safely somewhere else. It was a march of murder and death. The U.S. soldiers killed children and those who could no longer continue to walk. The Trail of Tears is one of many forced removals.

“They made us many promises, more than I can remember. But they kept but one. They promised to take our land and they took it.” -Red Cloud, Oglala Lakota