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Replies to this tweeted CNN article build on the #IndigenousErasure of Warren's pretendianism. They demonstrate widespread & deep US American ignorance of Indigenous people, our histories, & issues. Across political & race backgrounds the lack of basic understanding is profound.
True though, grasping our peoplehoods that are co-constitutive with place can't be grasped well if one can't see beyond the settler state & US exceptionalism in any political tone. It's a horizon most Americans are incapable of seeing beyond. The US narrative is all encompassing.
The US US prez election only highlights the general state of affairs for us. We need to be present enough to mascot, to help lay claim to this place, but we also need to be sufficiently vanished, dead in the past, only living in family mythologies so as not to threaten claims.
Last night someone tweeted at me that “no Black people are erasing Indigenous people.” I had tweeted that most Americans erase us. That person is not alone in their denial of non-Indigenous POC complicity in Indigenous erasure. This thread is addressed to that wider audience.
Within national structures built on white supremacy, Indigenous people and other non-Black POC can be complicit in anti-Black racism. Likewise, so can non-Indigenous POC, including Black people be complicit in Indigenous erasure, although its foundation is also white supremacy.
For those who do not understand that, following are some examples just off the top of my head. You can also do a search on “erasure” on my timeline and come up with many links/examples of our everyday erasure by diverse Americans.
