PLEASE recognize how hard this next season is going to be for indigenous peoples leading up to the election simply because Warren is running.

Stereotypes and hate speech will increase.
Our president will continue making jokes like this, and liberals will continue to say “Well he’s really the racist one, so just vote for Warren.”

All the while, Native people will be used as pawns in their political games and arguments.
We are freaking tired.
But we will keep writing pieces and talking about why DNA tests are problematic.
We will keep sharing our experiences and for the most part, they will continue to be ignored.
Realize, specifically, how this weighs on Cherokee ppl.
My people were forced from the Great Lakes to Kansas in what we call the Trail of Death.

It’s not a joke.
It’s erasure.
It’s oppression.
It’s murder.

Call people out for shit like this,
stand with Indigenous ppl.
THE TRAIL OF TEARS SHOULD NEVER BE TRENDING

unless it’s to have an honest conversation about settler colonialism in this country.
Now there will be a bunch of jokes, references, cartoons and photos surfacing all over social media and it will only increase the trauma we already feel.

The week of the attack on #nathanphillips I was completely exhausted the entire week following.

We carry this inside us.
So before you defend Warren or even say that this is all Trump (who is definitely an asshole) center the people who are being hurt over and over again.

Center Indigenous voices.
Cherokee voices.

We
Are
Still
Here.
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