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5 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
The U.S. slaughtered 150 million buffalo—and then had the nerve to call Natives savages.
“Why couldn’t they just leave us alone? We never killed more than our fill. And less than our share. Can they ever say the same?”
“Whatever you do to the animals—you do to yourself.”
“Kill every buffalo you can! Every buffalo dead is an Indian gone”

—Colonel Richard Dodge, 1867.

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Red Dawn Foster, Oglala Lakota/Navajo (D) South Dakota swearing into the state senate.
I agree, her regalia is immaculate. She wears it incredibly well. She represents the Lakota Nation flawlessly.
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A letter to my brother. Who had a run in with a non-compliant, anti-masker;

Dear Joe,

When they intubate a COVID patient it’s like a scene from the movie alien. A face hugger like myriad of tubes and breathing apparatus’ covers their faces. They’re hooked up to a shit load...
of modules and pumps. The only recourse doctors here have are to infuse the infected with massive amounts of antibiotics and hope and pray their immune systems are able to do the rest. Sometimes it works and the patient lives. But most of the time, death prevails....
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2 Dec 20
You’re Native Nation. Or the tribe you’re most interested in. And why?

Go. Image
Typo: Your Native Nation. Sorry about that. ☺️
Tribe, Nation. Apples and oranges.

Native Nation works for diplomatic etiquette.

I love tribe however, because I get to channel my inner savage.
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White Buffalo Calf Woman
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