Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 13/02/20262 things to note: -Tribes are not subsets of states, as press release implies. -States cannot choose whether tribal rights, including tribal rights, are constricted or not. Tribes are sovereigns that precede the states. (Yes, there are tons of nuances here. But remember the fundamentals.) 010
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 10/02/2026If teaching US modern territorial politics for the first time, may I suggest using US v. Vaello Madero Gorsuch concurrence details how the entire basis for territorial governance today is racist. Here are highlight quotes 🧵 200
Reposted by Laura EvansRob Maxim @robmaxim.bsky.social · 03/02/2026If you or someone in your network is interested in working at @brookings.edu on issues affecting Native Americans and Tribal economies, I am hiring for a (paid!) summer intern. You can find more info or apply here:interns-brookings.icims.comJobs and Internships 041
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 29/01/2026The leaders of the Oglala Sioux Tribe have a helluva lot more courage of conviction than a lot of mealy-mouthed politicians out there. 000
Reposted by Laura Evansexplore.org @explore.org · 25/01/2026Cuddles and coffee. We all need a dose of unconditional love right now. These pups are future Guide Dogs for the blind. 09617
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Remember that at this point, the Trump Administration has researched the best arguments they have available to justify Pretti’s murder. Their best wonks and analysts were up all night designing a strategy. It’s telling that their best arguments are devoid of fact and reason. 000
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Genuinely—can someone explain to me Bondi’s request for MN voting records? In every state I know, it’s already public record whether you’re registered, for which party, and which elections you’ve participated in. Are Bondi’s staff so incompetent that they don’t know this? Or is MN law unusual? 010
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 25/01/2026These claims are patently false. Here’s the data on Native health Native Life expectancy Greenland: 74.0 for women, 69.2 for men Alaska: 72.8 for women, for 68.1 men Share of Native women involuntarily sterilized in US in 1970’s: one quarter 🧵 112
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Heart-shaped whale spray, for anyone who needs something good and beautiful to sustain them. 000
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Helpful explanation of why it’s important to think about US power plays over Greenland through the lens of Native politics. Too much other news coverage has been built on a lot of presumptions about the people of Greenland and their desires. grist.org/global-indig...grist.orgGreenland is a global model for Indigenous self-governance. Trump’s demands for the island threaten that.Historians say underpinning Trump's talk of national security lies a longstanding pattern of American entitlement to Native land. 000
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Sometimes we talk about the enduring presence of genocidal institutions in a metaphorical way. But sometimes it’s physical. ictnews.org/news/former-...ictnews.orgFormer Native American concentration camp lies beneath current immigration detention center - ICTFort Snelling, the site of a Dakota War era concentration camp, is once again being used to detain Indigenous people 0107
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Ah, old familiar speech that non-Christians are monsters who don’t love children. 010
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Yup. I read this as saying the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all Arctic peoples is up for grabs. 100
Reposted by Laura EvansRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Trump is not “bringing back” the age of U.S. imperialism. From Indigenous nations, to Guam and Puerto Rico, to migrants detained at our border, the U.S. has always controlled the lands and lives of people who had no say. The U.S. has always been an empire. 15824
Reposted by Laura EvansFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 21/01/2026man could we please stop with the ignorant “Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark, so the people who live there must be white” takes? 89.51% of Greenland’s population are Greenlandic Inuit. 371537399
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Maybe Trump’s reference to Iceland is dementia. But maybe it’s a tell. If someone informed him that his logic wrt Greenland applies as well to Iceland and to the Arctic islands of Canada and Norway, he’d be pleased as punch. 000
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Seriously, what’s going to happen when he learns Reykjavik is in the Western Hemisphere, too? 010
Reposted by Laura EvansRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Across the country Indigenous nations are warning their citizens they may be targeted by ICE and to carry tribal IDs. If this is not evidence of racial profiling, I don’t know what is. 04916
Reposted by Laura EvansAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/01/2026WELKER: Why is it necessary to do something 85% of Greenlanders oppose? BESSENT: Denmark has a terrible history w/ Greenlanders. There were forced sterilizations until the '90s. Now that the US has expressed an interest, there is this new interest. But the US needs to be in control to prevent a war 26451999
Reposted by Laura EvansAFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 18/01/2026🇬🇱 Greenlanders protest in Nuuk after Trump's annexation threats Thousands of people protest in the capital of Greenland against President Donald Trump's plans for the US to annex the Danish autonomous territory. 05726
Reposted by Laura Evansayyu ❄️ @ayyu210.bsky.social · 17/01/2026An Inuit message of solidarity and support for our 🇬🇱 relatives from Inuit of Alaska and Canada ❤️ You are not alone. We love you and stand for your right to self-determine the future of your nunaat ✨️ #InuitNunaat #InuitNunangat #Greenland #KalaallitNunaat #KalaallitPigaat youtu.be/MeE8PHbLgfo?...youtu.be180,000 Strong Inuit Standing TogetherYouTube video by Ayyu 8328115
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 17/01/2026If you’re having a tough day, here’s a baby orca to make it better. 010
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 14/01/2026It is hard to see this as anything but retaliation against the Oglala Sioux Tribe by Noem. They were highly critical of her and kicked off the movement to ban her from reservations in SD. See letter below. At DHS, Noem’s rhetoric and imagery have been consistently anti-Native. 1/2 100
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 14/01/2026ictnews.org/news/north-c...ictnews.orgFour Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICTThe four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars 000
Reposted by Laura EvansAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen: "If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU." "Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added. 947292497637
Reposted by Laura EvansHistory Keeps Happening @historykeeper.bsky.social · 13/01/2026"Oneida Nation LLC takes action to terminate contracts with ICE"ictnews.orgOneida Nation LLC takes action to terminate contracts with ICE - ICTIn a Jan. 2 Oneida Live online meeting, Tribal Chairman Tehassi Hill said he had just learned of the ICE contracts on Monday morning, Dec. 29 through social media posts. 0225
Reposted by Laura EvansMEDIA INDIGENA @mediaindigena.bsky.social · 13/01/2026‘Buying countries is Stone Age mentality:’ Inuit speak up on Greenland canadiangeographic.ca/articles/buy...canadiangeographic.ca‘Buying countries is Stone Age mentality:’ Inuit speak up on GreenlandIndigenous Greenlanders, who endured centuries of colonialism from Denmark, now face a new threat from Donald Trump’s United States 0199
Reposted by Laura EvansArn Keeling @arnkeeling.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Can’t argue with that logic! #YanquiStayHome www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.ca'No such thing as a better colonizer': Inuit emphatically reject U.S. takeover of Greenland | CBC NewsInuit advocacy groups, as well as Greenlanders who live in Canada, are emphatically opposed to American designs on their homeland. And, they say, they're tired of being used as geopolitical chess piec... 12617
Reposted by Laura EvansRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 12/01/2026The Miccosukee Tribe is being punished 4 fighting Alligator Alcatraz. Congress passed a bipartisan bill 2 expand the Tribe’s land base & Trump vetoed the bill saying the tribe undermined his immigration agenda. The House refused 2 override his veto. ictnews.org/news/house-r...ictnews.orgHouse refuses to override Trump veto of a bill for Miccosukee lands - ICTThe House refused Thursday to override President Donald Trump's veto of two low-profile bills — one involving the Miccosukee Indian Reservation — as Republicans stuck with the president despite their… 15638
Reposted by Laura EvansEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 12/01/2026This bill passed unanimously. You need 2/3rds of both houses to override a veto. That’s less than unanimity. That’s how craven these people are. 111548
Reposted by Laura EvansRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 12/01/2026I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Native people being detained by ICE proves the raids are not about immigration status, but skin color. Since the Trump administration sent 2,000 ICE officers to Minneapolis at least 5 Native people have been detained and an unknown... 16725
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 12/01/2026I would encourage everyone interested in following the Alaska Senate race to be following Indigenous media. Sullivan’s choice to alienate the Alaska Federation of Natives—and its significance—seems to have escaped the attention of other outlets. ictnews.org/news/alaska-... 100
Reposted by Laura EvansTorey Dolan @toreydolan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026I’m proud to have worked with the Native American Rights Fund on an amicus brief on behalf of Native communities about the difficulties Native communities face when voting by mail: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...supremecourt.gov 074
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 09/01/2026ictnews.org/news/five-na...ictnews.orgFive Native Americans detained by ICE during ongoing raids in Minneapolis - ICTNative American community members report increased ICE presence, fears of racial profiling 000
Reposted by Laura EvansMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 07/01/2026From the Inuit Circumpolar Council, which represents the almost 200,000 Inuit of Alaska, Greenland, Canada, and Chukotka (or Russia): “There is no such thing as a better colonizer.”grist.orgTrump wants Greenland. But what does Greenland want?“There is no such thing as a better colonizer." 1134
Reposted by Laura EvansKimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 07/01/2026From my column of nearly a year ago, a reminder that Trump’s Greenland gambit is an attempt to steal an indigenous nation that is working toward its own independence: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/08/o... 11327128
Reposted by Laura EvansRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 07/01/2026In what appears to be a punishment for fighting Alligator Alcatraz, President Trump vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded and clarified Miccosukee land in Florida. nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/...nativenewsonline.netTrump Veto Stalls Effort to Expand Miccosukee Tribal LandsOn Monday, President Donald Trump vetoed bipartisan legislation that would have expanded and clarified the Miccosukee Tribe’s land in Florida’s Everglades. The veto appears to be in retribution of the... 0247
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 06/01/2026As is half of Iceland. Make Reykjavik Great Again? 000
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Plus, circumpolar security policy has been based on cooperation with Canada and Norway. We seem less safe by sabotaging those relationships. Both Canada and Norway include Arctic islands, to which Trump’s land-grab logic would also seem to apply. Surely this makes them nervous. 010
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Suppose I’m an evil genius in Trumpland. What’s my pretext for an invasion and occupation of Greenland? A false flag, and then I claim the response by Europeans is insufficient? Please help me make sense. Even evil geniuses have to workshop. 100
Reposted by Laura EvansMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 02/01/2026There seems to be a lot of confusion between “lots of professors who lack merit are being hired” (false) and “lots of people with merit are unable to find jobs as professors” (true). 1754493
Reposted by Laura EvansWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 19/12/2025Full of unpleasing blots and sightless stains, Lame, foolish, crooked, swart, prodigious, Patch’d with foul moles and eye-offending marks 334156
Reposted by Laura EvansPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Authorities are investigating possible ties between the shooting at Brown University and a professor who was killed at MIT, WPRI reports www.wpri.com/target-12/po... 12237100
Laura Evans @lauraevans.bsky.social · 15/12/2025How many instructors have used the “these go to eleven” clip in a stats or math class? ✋ I remember when the ability to include a video film clip in a PowerPoint came along—I thought it was ridiculous, until I realized I could show that clip, and I was sold. 100
Reposted by Laura EvansFLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 14/12/2025I shouldn’t have to share this article as much as I do. Sending condolences to all friends and family and loved ones from the Brown Shooting today. www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...newsweek.comWhy Flavor Flav says the US must ban firearms now | OpinionThe lack of U.S. gun laws has created a violence epidemic unlike anywhere else on Earth. This is domestic errorism 8568501140
Reposted by Laura EvansChris Newman @cnewman.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Good that this is happening. But in all seriousness, what took them so f-king long? www.latimes.com/california/s... #iceoutofcalifornialatimes.comCalifornia leaders launch online portal where 'federal agent misconduct' can be reportedCalifornia officials launched an online portal Wednesday where residents can report potentially illegal activity by federal agents or military officers working in the state. 0138