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Luiseño & Tongva, 3x tenured CSU Professor, Dir., California Indian Culture & Sovereignty Center. Exec. Dir.,

San Diego, CA
Joined March 2009
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
2 years
This morning my 11 year old daughter text me from school that a girl dressed up as a "Native American." She also had the audacity to enter the "creative contest." Why is this ok, why is this allowed? Why does my daughter have to deal with this level of racism? Disgusting.
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
My daughter's school is on the traditional homelands of her ancestors, yet she is the only Native American in her entire school. Our small California Indian population is a direct result of the violent history of genocide committed against us. Stop celebrating the Gold Rush!
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
9 months
“every little res kid, every little urban kid, every little Native kid out there who has a dream, who is seeing themselves represented and our stories told by ourselves, in our own words, with tremendous allies and tremendous trust.”
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
1 year
It’s 3am here in Cannes and we can’t stop smiling🪶
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
1 year
Who wants to see the making of the “Tantoo Takes Flight” dress. I documented the process. Patricia is amazing.
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
1 year
Magical night. We can’t stop smiling. Our car ride to the red carpet. So many wonderful moments.
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
1 year
We adore Robert De Niro
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BREAKING: Legendary actor Robert De Niro rips into Donald Trump during a press conference for his new film Killers of the Flower Moon at the Cannes Film Festival, comparing the movie's villain to the indicted former president. De Niro, considered by some to be the greatest actor
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
1 year
Thank you to Patricia Michaels for creating this marvelous dress “Tantoo Takes Flight”❤️🪶
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
9 months
The legend, Tantoo Cardinal🌟
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9 months
"Killers of the Flower Moon" star Tantoo Cardinal hits the red carpet at the #GoldenGlobes .
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
10 months
Congratulations Tantoo Cardinal!
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
1 year
The matriarch!! Absolutely shines⭐️
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1 year
Tantoo Cardinal at the 76th annual Cannes film festival.
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
Celebrating with these legends, icons, queens. Somebody pinch me. This is Native joy❤️⁦ @tantooC ⁩ Alanis Obomsawin ⁦ @BuffySteMarie ⁩ 🪶
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
1 year
Just magical. ❤️⁦ @lily_gladstone
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
By now, you have all seen this bizarre video. Sadly, we at the California Indian and Cultural Center (CICSC) and California Indian Education for All (CIEFA) and the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center (CIMCC) are not shocked. This was merely caught on tape.
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
1 year
Each one of the feathers on Tantoo’s dress was meticulously hand painted on silk. The Killers of the Flower Moon Cast Spotlighted Indigenous Design at Cannes | Vogue
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
10 months
UW-Madison launches program to cover Indigenous students' full costs, including tuition and housing
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
4 years
This is what our children witnessed today.
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
Dear California schools, please stop whitewashing the Gold Rush. Today I kept my 4th grader home from school so she didn't have to witness the "Gold Rush Day" celebratory activities. Teach the truth
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
1 year
Three California Tribal Nations Declare First U.S. Indigenous Marine Stewardship Area | Environment
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
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Native American translations are being added to more US road signs to promote language and awareness via @SFGate
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
11 months
Power of Lily❤️
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Variety
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Lily Gladstone gets emotional as she shares about the injustices committed against Native women and children on tribal land: "The only people who have any authority to do anything do nothing." | Variety #PowerOfWomen presented by @lifetimetv
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
6 months
Beautiful show of support for their Blackfeet relative, sister, descendant❤️🪶
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Nora Mabie
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Lily Gladstone Day on the Blackfeet Reservation has begun! ⁦ @lily_gladstone #mtnews
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
10 months
Presenting the Canadian Walk of Fame Award to Tantoo Cardinal, marked one of the most fulfilling moments of my life. @rebecca .baker.g @indigenousnouveau @mistyfoxmakeup @amandamaydalyDressy @redberrywoman @grandmotherspiderdesigns @pesata_creations @CWOFame l
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
7 months
Congratulations to the Osage people and this amazing cast and crew. Apple Original Films Oscars Celebration via @Deadline
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
7 months
Very cool, that brilliance that was Robbie Robertson.
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Martin Scorsese’s honorary bear ceremony opens with a live band performing his Killers of the flower moon score
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
8 months
N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize Winner and Giant of Native American Literature, Dead at 89. My deepest condolences to the family of N. Scott Momaday. A living legend and hero, his passing is a profound loss to the world. .
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
7 months
This film is an absolute must-watch and truly merits widespread recognition and distribution. Congratulations to everyone involved.
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Julian Brave NoiseCat
10 months
some news: SUGARCANE, a documentary that follows an investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school, directed by @emilykassie and me, will premiere at @sundancefest !!!
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
1 year
Hold your mother’s close. Thank you momma for all the sacrifices and hardships you went through for me. I miss my mom everyday. ❤️🪶
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
7 months
Celebrating the incredible beauty, artistry, and talent of our Native actors and artists. Custom hat by Naawikwegiizhig by artist Adam Avery. You wear it well Tantoo Cardinal
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
We are tired of genocide celebrations (gold rush/missions), we are tired of the cultural insensitive and racist antics, we are tired of the dehumanization, we are tired of the unfolding, we are tired of your unfunded mandates, we are tired of the ERASURE!
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
2 years
Go Jhane go👏🏽Native American Producer Jhane Myers of ‘Prey’ Hopes to Make History at the PGA Awards via @variety
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
More importantly, not adequately funding curriculum development by Indigenous curricular and cultural experts is a large part of the problem. It is IMPERATIVE that funds are made available for PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT of the thousands of teachers who are currently teaching.
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
1 year
Love these young ladies. The future is so bright for these women. So proud of them.
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Janae Collins and Jillian Dion call the "Killers of the Flower Moon" world premiere experience "surreal." | @KeringGroup Women in Motion Dinner
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
9 months
Adore her❤️👏🏽🪶
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
As California Indian parents, teachers, curriculum writers, and scholars this behavior is what we address and combat regularly. We are hoping that the Governor's Office, California Department of Education, Riverside County School Board and DOE address and invest in systems change
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
Magical night ⁦ @TheAcademy ⁩ celebrating and honoring these iconic artists ⁦ @BuffySteMarie ⁩ ⁦⁦ @WesleyStudi ⁩ ⁦ @tantooC ⁩ ⁦ @r0bbier0berts0n ⁩ Special thanks to Ray Halbritter, Oneida Indian Nation. A night to remember🪶
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
4 years
This is what the result is when you have a Chumash Showrunner/creator, Native writers, animators, musicians and media makers creatively working together. Thank you @chrisdocnee @netflix @joeytainment @yerawizardkelly @rayezaragoza @Nativeprof Nothing About is Without Us. Bravo
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Netflix Family
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Spirit Rangers follows Native American sibling trio who have a shared secret—they’re "Spirit Rangers!" Spirit Rangers can transform into their own animal spirit to help protect the National Park they call home.
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
1 year
I highly recommend seeing the film in a theatre.
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1 year
Tickets for Martin Scorsese’s ‘KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON’ go on sale tomorrow.
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
Happy Indigenous People’s Day! Just some students watching @sierraornelas Rutherford Falls marathon ✊🏽📺🪶
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
My students are having a Rutherford Falls watching marathon at the California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center (CICSC) at CSU San Marcos all week🪶✊🏽
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
2 years
Can’t wait for Season 2. Before You Binge 'Rutherford Falls' Season 2, Meet the Native Artists on the Show via @sunset
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
We must move beyond talk and stop passing unfunded mandates/legislation. Passing legislation that is unfunded, well... you get what you pay for and/or you have folks without any expertise in the curriculum re-package old content.
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
I am going to use Michael’s monologues in my course lectures. Isn’t it amazing when you have a Native Showrunner, writers room, actors. Perfection. Exhaling. Rutherford Falls’ Michael Greyeyes on Terry’s Big Episode
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
We are exhausted and we need everyone to stand with us for REAL CHANGE. Let's do more than share this video online, let us demand for resources and invest in real systems and structure change. For more information, please visit and
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
4 years
So grateful that we have a new President but how wonderful would it have been to have had the land acknowledgment done in a Native language and This Land is Our Land sung by a Native person in one of our languages with lyrics appropriately acknowledging us. Representation Matters
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
Look who celebrated my birthday today with me. I am spending this week working with some of our women and relatives on how we can bring back our coming of age ceremonies for our girls and this beautiful bald eagle appeared. Good day and blessings for us all.
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
We are so tired of hearing that there is just not enough funds and resources to go around or that California is a big state. We understand the complexity of dealing with a state this size, but investments must be made in curricular and professional development today!
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
4 years
Ali Velshi presented this so beautifully yesterday. Long overdue memorial to Native American veterans unveiled in Washington, D.C. via @msnbc
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
Every California Indian parent fears the 4th grade because this is where “the Missions” and “the Gold Rush” show up. We escaped the Mission project and thought they heard me on the Gold Rush. 3days left in the school year? Really?
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
4 years
Red Alert! Let’s all pay attention.
@johnniejae
Johnnie Jae aka The Burnt Ball of Fury
4 years
It appears that Senator Inhofe may be trying to de-establish reservations in eastern Oklahoma. The "midnight rider" may be attached to the National Defense Authorization Act or the new Stimulus Bill. Please pay attention!
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😡Indigenous Producer Says He Was ‘Treated Like a Criminal’ for Wearing Moccasins on Cannes Red Carpet via @variety
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
Thank you ⁦ @Qchasinghorse ⁩ for stopping by the ⁦ @cicsc_csusm ⁩ and being such an awesome role model for our girls, our people, or planet. ❤️🪶
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
Yes #QuannahChasinghorse 🪶 absolutely beautiful
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2 years
Kudos to the PREY Team what a terrific time last night at the premiere with so many creative Natives attending. @AmberMidthunder slays! She is unstoppable, love how fierce she is. When Native women lead, great art happens. Bravo Jhane, EP @JhaneMyers @hulu @20thcentury
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Matt Neglia @NYFF
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Lily Gladstone’s speech at #NYFCC accepting the Best Actress award for her performance in KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON #FilmTwitter
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Native American Beadwork Is Inextricably Tied to Decolonization | Teen Vogue
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
2 years
This what we have been telling Hollywood for decades. "There's so much value in having Indigenous storytellers in front of and behind the camera."
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Joely Proudfit, Ph.D.
3 years
This made my 9 year old daughter so happy. Visibility matters, she was screaming with pure excitement.
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Shandiin Herrera
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If y’all were tuning into the Oscars you might’ve seen my commercial with @Verizon ! 🤗 This rez girl made it on national TV. Ahéhee Veeizon for elevating my story and our work! @NCovid19relief ✊🏽❤️
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California unveils Native American monument at Capitol, replacing missionary statue
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