Adrienne Keene @NativeApprops Twitter profile

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Adrienne Keene

3 years

Just popping up to say hello! (Hi!! How’s everyone been??) and let y’all know that my book NOTABLE NATIVE PEOPLE: 50 INDIGENOUS LEADERS, DREAMERS, AND CHANGEMAKERS FROM PAST AND PRESENT is available for preorder! Ah! In stores 10/5!

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Adrienne Keene

@NativeApprops

6 years

Just a reminder: the system in what is currently known as the US isn’t “broken.” It was designed by male white supremacist slaveowners on stolen Indigenous land to protect their interests. It’s working as it was designed.

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7 years

For everyone who is appalled by this (you should be)—just also know that this is the model used on Native reservations. Still. Today. If you’re wondering what the health impacts would be, we have hundreds of yrs of data.

NPR

@NPR

7 years

SNAP recipients would get shelf-stable milk, cereals, pasta, peanut butter, beans and canned — but no fresh — fruit and vegetables."

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4 years

The news out of Portland is really terrifying. I keep thinking about Standing Rock and how they practiced all of this on the protectors in 2016 (and internal documents showed they were using it as “training” for future uprisings).

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6 years

Lewis and Clark: WE WILL DISCOVER THIS UNTAMED WILD LAND B/C WE ARE MIGHTY Native folks: Oh, you want to get over there? Here’s a detailed map. We’ll tell our cousins you’re on your way. Lewis and Clark: WE ARE THE FIRST MEN TO NAVIGATE THIS LAND ALONE WE ARE THE BEST.*

Blue Corn Comics (Rob Schmidt)

@bluecorncomics

6 years

"Monumental doesn't fully cover the importance of this discovery. This is easily the best-preserved of the Native American maps drawn for Lewis and Clark, and represents the most important discovery in the Lewis and Clark world" since 55 letters by Clark.

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@NativeApprops

6 years

*stares in Native American*

Fox News

@FoxNews

6 years

. @TomiLahren : "You don't just come into this country with low skills, low education, not understanding the language and come into our country because someone says it makes them feel nice. That's not what this country is based on." @WattersWorld

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@NativeApprops

5 years

I feel like this is 100% the plot of a children's book.

Benjamin Young Savage (ᐱᓐᒋᐱᓐ) 

@benjancewicz

5 years

🔥 This rare Zebra foal was born with spots instead of stripes 🔥

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5 years

NYC hospitals have just banned any support folks, including partners, for people in labor, meaning they will have to give birth completely alone, & partners will have to miss the birth of their babies. Someone very close to me is due in about a month, and I'm so worried for her.

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@NativeApprops

6 years

Because the jokes come at the expense of Native peoples. They're making fun of Warren by drawing upon racist stereotypes and tired tropes that don't actually hurt her, because she's not Native. They instead further marginalize Natives, & show us what you really think of us.

DollarBillCosby

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6 years

@NativeApprops @RobLowe We can't joke about an old white lady who pretended she was Native American for decades for career advancement? Why?

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4 years

The fires in California are a result of settler colonialism.

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6 years

So in the last 7 days: my partner and I decided to cohabitate ❤️, I won a big fellowship💰, I bought my first condo🏠, and today just found out the results of my surgery were great and I’m cancer free🔬. What. A. Week. 😭

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6 years

|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| People tell me I should die and you say “no violation was found” |＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| \ (•◡•) / \ / --- | |

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4 years

I know a lot of white and non-Black folks are looking for readings/resources right now, and I'd just like to offer that my Intro to Critical Race Theory grad course from 2017 is still online (and free), with all the readings linked:

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6 years

One more point: there is a long, long history of the Catholic Church aiding in Indigenous genocide and forced assimilation. From the CA mission system to catholic Indian boarding schools and everywhere inbetween.

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@NativeApprops

6 years

My entire TL is talking about a Native person for the first time that I’ve ever seen. Even during #NoDAPL . Please don’t let this be the last thing you tweet about Indigenous folks, let it lead to more advocacy and change.

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6 years

Damn. My across-the-hall dorm neighbor freshman year worked for the state department six years later and I had to be interviewed for her background check. It was an *internship*.

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6 years

These incidents are not new for Native folks. They’re part of larger systemic problems that stem from ongoing settler colonialism. Allow Native writers, reporters, and community members illuminate that context and nuance for you.

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@NativeApprops

6 years

My dearest @QueerEye I love you so so much but the “spirit animal” thing in S3E7 is super disrespectful to the Native nations and traditions that concept comes from.

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Adrienne Keene

@NativeApprops

6 years

Note to news outlets using my tweets in your articles: I'm not "of Cherokee descent" or "part Cherokee" or "has Cherokee ancestry"--I *am* Cherokee. I am a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Also...you could pay me to write for you instead.

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@NativeApprops

6 years

I can’t stop thinking about SCOTUS effectively blocking every rez Native from voting in ND. And the ICWA decision in TX that called it an illegal race-based law. And Mashpee losing their trust land b/c they didn’t fit a 1930’s definition of “Indian”. All in the last month.

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@NativeApprops

5 years

There are the same number of Natives as there are Jewish folks in what is currently known as the US. Think about the difference in visibility.

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@NativeApprops

8 years

You do realize this statement led to the death of 70,000+ Native peoples. Genocide. You're promoting genocide, @GovMikeHuckabee .

Gov. Mike Huckabee

@GovMikeHuckabee

8 years

Hoping @POTUS tells Hawaii judge what Andrew Jackson told overreaching court-"I'll ignore it and let the court enforce their order."

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@NativeApprops

6 years

They’re doing the tomahawk chop. And folks say Native mascots “honor” us. It’s all connected.

RiotWomenn

@riotwomennn

6 years

More video of the MAGA hat wearing Covington Catholic High School students mocking Elder Nathan Phillips at the Indigenous Peoples March in Washington 1 of 2

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Adrienne Keene

@NativeApprops

5 years

*this land is not mine or yours, it wasn’t made for you and me, it was and is stolen Indigenous land. But I will work to be in good relation with those whose land I occupy and make sure that we continue to welcome immigrants and refugees in a good way as relatives.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@AOC

5 years

This land is your land, This land is my land, This land was made for you and me. 🇺🇸💜 #IStandWithIlhan

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Adrienne Keene

@NativeApprops

6 years

Time for the annual reminder...

Adrienne Keene

@NativeApprops

9 years

Happy Independence Day from this merciless Indian savage! 🇺🇸🙋🏽 http://t.co/1A3cjzTKrs

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6 years

Because this is my land.

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@NativeApprops

7 years

Hey, Hollywood. It’s me. A Native person who would REALLY LIKE you to leave the white savior Wild West savage Indian BS behind. This is awful.

IndieWire

@IndieWire

7 years

Christian Bale just made the Best Actor Oscar race very interesting. Watch the trailer for #Hostiles :

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@NativeApprops

6 years

I’m in the midst of supporting my close friends through an awful, heartbreaking tragedy so I don’t have the capacity to really even think about anything right now. But center and listen to Native voices on the MAGA hat boys.

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@NativeApprops

6 years

That doesn’t mean give up. It means imagine an otherwise.

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@NativeApprops

6 years

*Colonizers

Vice President Kamala Harris

@VP

6 years

A reminder this Fourth of July: it was eight immigrants who signed the Declaration of Independence. Happy Independence Day.

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6 years

Have we all forgotten they literally did the tomahawk chop in a Native elder’s face?

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@NativeApprops

4 years

Remember when this child sued CNN and Washington Post for like $275 million because they ruined his life and he’d never be able to work or have a life after their coverage?

The Hill

@thehill

4 years

McConnell's campaign hires Covington grad Nicholas Sandmann

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@NativeApprops

8 years

We watched on the live streams: the fires were started by law enforcement tear gas grenades. Not protectors. Remember this. #NoDAPL

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@NativeApprops

4 years

So the interesting thing about the Land O' Lakes logo is they changed it in February. The stores haven't had the Indian for almost 2 months...and no one noticed or cared.

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@NativeApprops

6 years

Psst @AOC : “Nation of immigrants” erases Indigenous peoples and descendants of enslaved Africans. Wall is still bad, racism is still bad, just remember we’re not all immigrants.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@AOC

6 years

“Build a wall of steel, a wall as high as Heaven” against immigrants. - 1924 Ku Klux Klan convention We know our history, and we are determined not to repeat its darkest hour. America is a nation of immigrants. Without immigrants, we are not America.

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@NativeApprops

6 years

Watch whiteness work.

The Hill

@thehill

6 years

Covington teenager sues Washington Post for $250 million over coverage of viral incident

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@NativeApprops

5 years

This is awesome! Every college and university built on Indigenous lands (Spoiler: that’s all of them) should follow suit!

NavajoTweets™

@NavajoTweets

5 years

UIC to offer in-state tuition to students from any of the 573 tribal nations in US

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@NativeApprops

7 years

YOU ASKED AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE! Welcome to the online version of my Introduction to Critical Race Theory course!

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@NativeApprops

6 years

It’s not that they’re not “widely accepted.” There is *NO* federally recognized Tribal Nation in the US that will accept an ancestral DNA test as proof for citizenship.

NBC News

@NBCNews

6 years

DNA tests are not widely accepted as proof of tribal citizenship — in part because the DNA could not show a specific tribe, only some genetic markers from Native people — and are more unreliable for Native Americans than for other ancestral regions.

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6 years

And I hope Native folks are taking care of themselves too, these videos are so hard to watch. Each new angle brings more pain. Sending everyone love. ❤️

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@NativeApprops

8 years

Indigenous women saying #NoBanOnStolenLand !! ✊🏽 #providence

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@NativeApprops

4 years

I may regret sharing this in this context—but for all the “what is ‘critical race theory’ and why is it trending?” folks, my Intro to CRT course from 2017 is still online, with most articles/books linked in PDF.

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@NativeApprops

6 years

Basics when interviewing a Native person for an article or news segment: Ask how they want their tribal affiliation stated, and USE that.

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@NativeApprops

7 years

I saw Black Panther tonight. I may or may not have started crying at several times when it was completely inappropriate because the idea of a truly decolonized indigenous place was just hella overwhelming.

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Adrienne Keene

@NativeApprops

6 years

For the Native community: 1879-1970 (and later): Gov’t boarding schools. Indian babies as young as 4 forcibly removed from their homes, separated from their families for months or years at a time, had their culture and language stripped from them. (1/3)

Steve Schmidt

@SteveSchmidtSES

6 years

The separation of children from parents is something that happens in Gilead ( handmaids tale ) and Auschwitz. This is should not be happening in America. Disgusting

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@NativeApprops

6 years

Me, every lecture, every class:

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@NativeApprops

6 years

The piece of the Warren video that is hard for me is the entire section of folks defending her hiring. They say “her ethnicity was not a factor, she was an incredible teacher.” “Her race was not a factor, she’s brilliant.” Etc. It makes them feel mutually exclusive.

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@NativeApprops

4 years

I don’t even have words to talk about the removal of the Washington Racial Slurs yet. I’m thrilled, relieved, exhausted, sad, and hopeful all at once. I didn’t think I’d see it in my lifetime. But let me be clear:

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@NativeApprops

5 years

These stories happen every year and I am enraged more and more. ESPECIALLY for Oklahoma. Every high school in what is known as the US is on Indigenous land. Let Native students wear their regalia. It’s the bare minimum you can do. #LetTheFeathersFly

KFOR

@kfor

5 years

School officials: Native American regalia not allowed at graduation ceremony

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@NativeApprops

7 years

Celebrating indigenous resilience, resistance, and epic amazingness today and every day. ✊🏽

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@NativeApprops

7 years

Additional note: these numbers are probably undercounted. Native folks often get recorded as other races, or police have no category for Native.

CNN

@CNN

7 years

Native Americans are killed in police encounters at a higher rate than any other racial or ethnic group, according to the CDC

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@NativeApprops

7 years

FINALLY!!! (This is not a culture jam, btw. The real deal.) ✊🏽 “The logo is no longer appropriate for on-field use in Major League Baseball”

Cleveland Indians Will Abandon Chief Wahoo Logo Next Year (Published 2018)

The team was under pressure from baseball’s commissioner to stop using the logo, which is deemed racist by many.

www.nytimes.com

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@NativeApprops

5 years

Hi, um, @zoom_us ? Is your platform prepared for practically every college class in America to be using it? Simultaneously? Asking for a whole lot of friends...

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@NativeApprops

8 years

Please stop saying "this is not America." You can still be upset & angry while also acknowledging this has always been America.

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@NativeApprops

7 years

Your land?

Patagonia

@patagonia

7 years

This is the largest elimination of protected land in American history. Take Action: #BearsEars

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9 years

Happy Independence Day from this merciless Indian savage! 🇺🇸🙋🏽 http://t.co/1A3cjzTKrs

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@NativeApprops

6 years

I just sat a coffee shop for 10 minutes listening to two undergrads painstakingly try to compose an email to a faculty member inquiring about a waitlist process for a course before I had to jump in and save them.

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@NativeApprops

5 years

So the fact that “Sauvage” is on some “we are the land” BS is not surprising, but as always I find it deeply disturbing when brands force Native people to make the choice between stereotypes and misrepresentation, or utter invisibility.

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@NativeApprops

6 years

Resolution for settlers in 2019: Listen to Indigenous folks. Actually listen. You've got a lot to learn, and that's ok. Be humble, realize you've got work to do, and listen.

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@NativeApprops

5 years

😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️ ᏩᏙ (thank you) @lizzo ! This is a hella old tweet but I just saw it and you deserve a late shout out cause this solidifies your awesomeness forever.

FOLLOW @YITTY

@lizzo

6 years

The term “spirit animal” is offensive to First Nation and indigenous tribes but look girl I love that u feel like I’m ur inner self! LOVE URSELF! *Muah* 😘

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6 years

As a Native woman, every time I see "Pocahontas" or "Lie-awatha" or "chief" jokes or smoke signals or tomahawks or headdresses or trail of tears references, it makes me realize how close to the surface and accessible these stereotypes are--for liberals and conservatives alike.

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@NativeApprops

6 years

My tribal citizenship was a factor in my hiring. As it should be. I represent my nation & Native ppls in this space & we wouldn’t have a voice otherwise. But I’m also a great teacher. Hardworking. Have degrees from top colonial institutions. Publish research. Win fellowships. Etc

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@NativeApprops

5 years

Hi everyone, I’ve been writing a blog called “Native Appropriations” for almost 10 yrs. I’ve been following Depp’s transgressions since 2012. I’ve seen it all, and nothing you throw at me to “stump” me is going to work. 😂 There’s 300+ posts for you here:

Native Appropriations

Representations Matter

nativeappropriations.com

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@NativeApprops

5 years

Tonight I walked into the brewery down the street with my dog, and the bartender excitedly said, “Mochi! Hi! Let me get you one of the treats you like!” Friends, I have never been in the brewery before. Guess I know where my partner is when I’m out of town...😂

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@NativeApprops

6 years

Judge’s reasoning? “The federal courts are unanimous in their judgment that it is highly important to preserve the status quo when elections are fast approaching.” Really? Changing to a residential street requirement right before the election wasn’t deviating from the status quo?

The Hill

@thehill

6 years

JUST IN: Judge refuses to exempt Native Americans from voter ID law in North Dakota

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6 years

Last thing before I sign off for a bit: you can critique DNA tests. You can critique misunderstandings of tribal citizenship. But saying someone is not Native because of their appearance is not the critique you should be going for. Tribal enrollment is not phenotype based.

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6 years

It implicitly suggests that faculty hired when race was a factor are somehow less qualified. That she was a “real” hire based on her talent and merits. Considering what is going on with the Harvard affirmative action trial today, this is a harmful narrative to perpetuate.

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6 years

These "jokes" show me that most Americans don't think of Native folks as your neighbors, your professors, your friends, or your fellow citizens. You think of us as nothing more than stereotypes and punchlines. We don't actually exist.

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6 years

Grateful for the folks who organized and protested to make this happen—it wasn’t just the school district deciding to do the right (obvious) thing. Anti-indigeneity is rampant in US colonial schools.

The Hill

@thehill

6 years

New Mexico teacher fired for cutting Native American student’s braid, calling another a "bloody Indian"

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6 years

I just got emotional telling my partner Oppy's last message was, “My battery is low and it’s getting dark." 😭😭😭

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@NativeApprops

5 years

I’ve always felt like the Dothraki were portrayed like the (white gaze version of) Indigenous people in Westeros and damn did they prove me right tonight. Just...got rid of them. All. In the first 10 min. Totally disposable. 😒 #GOT

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@NativeApprops

8 years

Photo from @bluefancyshawl on the front lines right now (she's ok). Looks like a horror film. #NoDAPL

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@NativeApprops

4 years

So many of these dark spots are Native reservations. 😞

Charles M. Blow

@CharlesMBlow

4 years

When we implore everyone to wash their hands, let's remember that there are 1.5 mil ppl suffering from "plumbing poverty," no access to running water (map). This doesn't even count the people whose water has been shut off because they couldn't pay. Can't wash hand with no water.

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@NativeApprops

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It's 25 degrees, "feels like" 17 with the wind. Folks can get hypothermia in minutes in those conditions. This is intentional. #NoDAPL

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@NativeApprops

8 years

I can't even process this. You're "concerned for public safety" so you're going to block FOOD? There are families there. #NoDAPL

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@NativeApprops

7 years

Y'all ready for that Critical Race Theory Syllabus drop?? I've worked my butt off on this:

Intro to CRT Syllabus Fall 2017

This graduate seminar will explore the foundations and central tenets of Critical Race Theory, from its origins in Critical Legal Studies, to current applications, debates, and evolutions, with...

www.academia.edu

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@NativeApprops

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For non-Black academics feeling "lost" as to what you could be doing right now: Use that library access, make a google doc, create resources. If your teaching doesn't include issues of race and racism, time to start. If you "don't know enough"--consent to learn in public.

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@NativeApprops

6 years

Since the "Native Americans were immigrants too" crew is back, thread w/links on why the land bridge theory is BS. Also, again, the US has only existed for 242 years. "Documented" indigenous history on these lands is 13,000+ yrs, our oral histories stretch since time immemorial.

Adrienne Keene

@NativeApprops

6 years

The BS theory (ha) is rooted in Christian theology, eugenics, and racism--not much real science. Remains have been discovered over and over that break the timeline. Googling "Bering Strait theory" gives lots of alternate perspectives (not being facetious):

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So today had some big news that only means anything to other academics: passed my reappointment review, got reappointed for four more years. Woo! Onward toward tenure! Super grateful for my amazing supportive chair and department colleagues for guiding me through. 🥳

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@NativeApprops

5 years

“Snotty book bitches” is now the name of my new book club. I’ll make shirts. All are welcome.

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@NativeApprops

8 years

Now I'm getting teary thinking abt how many folks came together to get to this point. 300+ tribes stand in solidarity, 1000s of ppl. #NoDAPL

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@NativeApprops

8 years

I see the news about DAPL. I'm not celebrating yet. I need to see an official statement from ACOE and see what the actual plan is. #NoDAPL

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@NativeApprops

5 years

In summary: I’ve been on Johnny Depp’s case since at least 2012. He’s not Native, he’s not a friend to Indian Country. Dior has also been on the appropriation train since forever. Galliano literally put ghost dance designs on dresses:

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6 years

Confession: I deleted the twitter app off my phone to try and be more productive, and instead I’ve just been logging in on safari, doing the two factor authentication (every. time.), and enduring the awful mobile web version. I have not been more productive.

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@NativeApprops

8 years

So grateful for folks wanting to support #standingrock . I know ppl want to give *something* but can I be honest? Money might be best. Thread

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4 years

Outlets reporting on the Redsk*ns: please use “DC football team” or something similar, not the racial slur over and over.

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6 years

So a small interaction, but another reminder the hidden curriculum exists, that faculty need to be real people to students, that students need to be given more credit, and clarity around expectations is everyone's friend. #Welcomebacktoschool

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Seems like the problem wasn't that you were attached to the logo and it harbored nostalgia for you, the problem apparently is Native folks speaking out.

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@NativeApprops

8 years

As #Halloween approaches, a thread of the eleventy billion posts I've written about why you shouldn't dress up as an "Indian":

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Adrienne Keene

@NativeApprops

7 years

“A study out this year, found that marginalized professors spent twice as much time mentoring, recruiting and ‘serving on various task forces,’ than their White male counterparts.”

Karl Jacoby

@karl_jacoby

7 years

How Faculty of Color Hurt Their Careers Helping Universities with Diversity: via @DiverseIssues

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Adrienne Keene

@NativeApprops

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Mixing and borrowing is great when it's done in an equal power relationship. When one group (Natives) is still experiencing colonization and had their spirituality banned by law until 1978, "borrowing" spiritual practices isn't benign.

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The full video shows Nathan Philips trying to de-escalate a brewing situation that had the potential to turn even more ugly. He approached with good medicine and a song, and was met with sneering hatred and tomahawk chops.

Tim

@macrod01

6 years

@NativeApprops Care to remove this now that the full video has been released exonerating these kids?

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@NativeApprops

8 years

CAN WE PLEASE REMEMBER ANDREW JACKSON IS NOT A ROLE MODEL AND GENOCIDE IS NOT A POLICY MODEL. Signed, a Cherokee

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Adrienne Keene

@NativeApprops

6 years

Tonight at Muay Thai: Pad holder/partner dude: So what do you teach? Me: *jab-cross* Native Studies Him: So are you, like, Native? Me: *back leg kick* Yeah. Him: How much? Me: *MASSIVE CROSS WITH ALL THE FORCE OF THE ANCESTORS THAT ROCKS HIM BACKWARD* ...Enough.

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Adrienne Keene

@NativeApprops

5 years

“Hello we would like to acknowledge that what you are standing on, is, in fact, LAND.”

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Adrienne Keene

@NativeApprops

7 years

*looks to camera* *looks to Indian Country* *looks to Black folks*

Al Jazeera English

@AJEnglish

7 years

#ComeyTestimony : “The FBI is honest. The FBI is strong. And the FBI is and always will be independent.”

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Adrienne Keene

@NativeApprops

8 years

Beyond horrific. ND is literally going to starve out a camp of peaceful Natives. History means nothing, apparently.

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Adrienne Keene

@NativeApprops

4 years

Sorry we're not all docile and silent like your beloved Indian Maiden. It's just butter. Tastes the same with or without the racism. Maybe you should stop being so sensitive?

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Adrienne Keene

@NativeApprops

6 years

We tried. 🤷‍♀️ For folks ready to do the work: "SYLLABUS: ELIZABETH WARREN, CHEROKEE CITIZENSHIP, AND DNA TESTING"

SYLLABUS: ELIZABETH WARREN, CHEROKEE CITIZENSHIP, AND DNA TESTING — Critical Ethnic Studies

Introduction The goal of this syllabus is to frame the recent claims to Cherokee ancestry by US Senator Elizabeth Warren as part of a longer history of cultural appropriation, erasure, and settler...

www.criticalethnicstudiesjournal.org

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Adrienne Keene

@NativeApprops

6 years

I’m fairly certain that wasn’t what the campaign was going for. They’re trying to demonstrate she didn’t “use” her heritage to get ahead. But by even entertaining the narrative means you give weight to the idea that minority hire=less qualified.

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@NativeApprops

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Almost a decade since my first post about “hipster headdresses” at music festivals, @sfoutsidelands has banned headdresses! I’ll take it. Thanks for the shout out @SFist .

'American Indian Headdresses' Now Officially Banned At Outside Lands

Cultural appropriation in the form of Native American headdresses has now joined the list of banned items at Outside Lands — meaning it's no longer just an insensitive faux pas, its completely...

sfist.com

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