Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 25/03/2025I was honored to participate in a panel on the impact of recent changes within the federal government on Indian tribes today at the Governor’s Tribal Nation Summit! What an informative day. 121
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 22/03/2025There’s a link to a roughly 11 minute exposé on the failure of the UC system to repatriate to culturally affiliated tribes in this article. abc7news.com/post/bay-are...abc7news.comReturning Home: Bay Area Indigenous tribes fight for return of ancestorsFor decades, thousands of Native American ancestral remains have been stored away in museums and academic institutions across California, despite a federal law requiring their return to descendants. 020
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 22/03/2025abc7news.com/post/bay-are...abc7news.comReturning Home: Bay Area Indigenous tribes fight for return of ancestorsFor decades, thousands of Native American ancestral remains have been stored away in museums and academic institutions across California, despite a federal law requiring their return to descendants. 011
Reposted by Michelle LeeArlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 18/03/2025From me: ‘DOD, Army websites scrub articles on Navajo Code Talkers, citing Trump DEI policies’ Via @azcentral.comazcentral.comDOD, Army websites scrub articles on Navajo Code Talkers, citing Trump DEI policiesSeveral military websites removed mention of the Navajo Code Talkers, saying new DEI rules demanded it. 55128
Reposted by Michelle LeeWillie Jack's Favorite Uncle @dandantransient.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Generations of Natives serving as Marines and without a second thought the Marine Corps show their disloyalty and throw those that saved their lives and called them brother and sister under the bus, letting politicians spit in their faces. www.axios.com/local/salt-l...axios.comNavajo Code Talkers get "DEI" label as military info disappears under Trump orderAlso vanishing: The Civil War regiment from "Glory," women pilots from WWII and a Medal of Honor winner. 911261
Reposted by Michelle LeeCALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 16/03/2025BREAKING: Trump and Republicans say they’ll focus their efforts on defeating Native American candidate Deb Haaland, who is running for governor of New Mexico. She has protected sacred lands and stood up to bullies. It’s obvious why they want her to lose. 359105183783
Reposted by Michelle LeeAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Trump has rescinded a proclamation that established the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla National Monument in California. 1873462941
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 15/03/2025More fuckery www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...whitehouse.govFact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Rescinds Additional Harmful Biden Executive ActionsRESTORING COMMON SENSE AND GOOD GOVERNANCE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order rescinding a second round of harmful executive 111
Reposted by Michelle LeeClaudia Friedlander @voiceteachernyc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Tesla Model 3 crushed by an Olmec statue By Mexican sculptor @chavismarmol.bsky.social 5944688010755
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 15/03/2025This really is the story. Explains so much. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/w...nytimes.comTrump Tries to Use White South Africans as Cautionary TaleThe president and his allies accuse South Africa of discriminating against and killing white people, and warn that it could happen in America if attempts to promote diversity aren’t stopped. 000
Reposted by Michelle LeeDr. Joely Proudfit @nativeprof.bsky.social · 15/02/2025www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...sfchronicle.com'Sugarcane' exposes truths about Indigenous schools in Canada. It's already made Oscars historyThe discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at an Indian residential school in Canada in... 063
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 06/02/2025How come every time he gets in office there’s an outbreak of some new virus 🦠? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...nytimes.comCows Have Been Infected With a Second Form of Bird FluA new version of the virus is widespread in wild birds but had not previously been detected in cows. 010
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 05/02/2025What kills me is that so many people refused to vote in the election because Kamala wasn’t “good enough”. It’s gonna take a while for me to get over that. Sorry, just being honest. 000
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Man, a lot has happened since Trump had to beak up with Laura Loomer. Feels like years ago. 000
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 26/01/2025I just realized that in the migration to Blue Sky some people might not realize that I changed my last name from LaPena to Lee. I got married in 2022, and my husband and I previously had the same middle name -Lee. We decided to make that our married name and picked out new middle names! 110
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 26/01/2025100% agree that now is the best time to make art. Dream, meditate, create. Stay aligned with your creativity. 040
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Watched Nosferatu last night with my husband. I’m still reeling because he said he has NEVER HEARD of Nosferatu! How we are even married is mind boggling. Needless to say, I gave him a very long lesson on the history of Nosferatu and the vampire genre that he didn’t know he needed. 010
Reposted by Michelle LeeChristina Alaniz - M.S.Ed. @radicalaunty.bsky.social · 05/01/2025I hope 2025 has started out in a good way for you. I am beginning my pre-doctoral research. 👩🏾🎓🎉 My focus is on the experiences of California Indian students, families, and community members in public schools.near.tlExperiences of California Indians in the Public School SystemExperiences of California Indians in the Public School System - This survey is part of a doctoral research project examining the lived experiences of California Indian students, families, and communit... 121
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Thank you Deb Haaland, for caring so much. I appreciate you. 010
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 15/01/2025It’s official! Biden signed the proclamations for Sáttítla National Monument and Chuckwalla National Monument this evening. 010
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 14/01/2025After a false start on the monument designations last week due to high winds and fires, President Biden will sign proclamations to establish the Sáttíttla Highlands National Monument and the Chuckwalla National Monument TODAY. I’ll post pictures from the White House! abcnews.go.com/Politics/bid...abcnews.go.comBiden establishes largest corridor of protected land by adding 2 new monumentsThe two new monuments -- the Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands -- total nearly 850,000 acres, according to the administration. 010
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 14/01/2025If you like the photo of my uncle Fred, this Netflix series highlights his murder in episode 3. It’s scary but true. 010
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 14/01/2025museumca.org/on-view/born...museumca.orgBorn of the Bear Dance: Dugan Aguilar’s Photographs of Native California - Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)Born of the Bear Dance: Dugan Aguilar’s Photographs of Native California offers guests a first look at a significant collection that highlights Indigenous endurance and explores the vivid tapestry of ... 011
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 14/01/2025My uncle Fred as photographed by my amazing cousin Dugan Aguilar. They were both wonderful people and I miss them every day. 1122
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Heading to DC tomorrow to join in the White House celebration of the Chuckwalla and Sáttítla National Monument. The next administration may seek to change it, but let’s celebrate the milestone! www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...smithsonianmag.comBiden Establishes Two New National Monuments in CaliforniaThe Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument will protect more than 848,000 acres of public lands 001
Reposted by Michelle LeeArlyssa D. Becenti ✍️🗞️ @abecenti.bsky.social · 10/01/2025‘Biden designates 2 new national monuments, creating a western 'conservation corridor' From @debkrol.bsky.socialazcentral.comBiden designates 2 new national monuments, creating a western 'conservation corridor'The Chuckwalla National Monument will protect public lands in southeastern California and will extend a conservation corridor stretching into Utah. 0428
Reposted by Michelle LeeLucas Brown Eyes @lucasbrowneyes.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Climate Change is real. Anyone who believed Tech Companies were going to save the world were fooled. Anyone who still believes that is being purposefully ignorant. They aren't saving our planet, they're poisoning it for profit. 46120
Reposted by Michelle LeeRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Sometimes our government’s racism looks like incompetence and indifference. Because a federal clerk filed a treaty map under the wrong letter, Yakama Nation lost over 90,000 acres to Washington State. Now, the tribe wants it back. grist.org/indigenous/s...grist.orgA filing error put more than 90,000 acres of Yakama Nation land in the hands of Washington stateMore than 170 years later, the Yakama are still trying to get their land back. 14017
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 08/01/2025President Biden was not able to make it to the signing ceremony for the two new National Monuments today due to a wicked sandstorm, but we all celebrated without him. 040
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Today is such a special day. My grandparents met at Sherman Indian boarding school. A marriage of Pit River and Cahuilla people. Today sacred lands from both sides of my lineage are protected from development and mining. I’ll be there for the signing of Biden’s proclamation and carry them with me. 010
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 07/01/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/c...nytimes.comBiden to Designate Chuckwalla and Sáttítla National Monuments in CaliforniaWith these two new monuments, Mr. Biden has protected more federal land and waters than any other president, about 674 million acres. 010
Reposted by Michelle LeeUAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 07/01/2025"For us as tribal people, these are our churches. When folks go in & vandalize panels or cultural sites, we correlate it to the same thing as if somebody was to go into a temple or religious space & write graffiti all over it or write their name all over it.” hyperallergic.com/981220/utah-...hyperallergic.comUtah Authorities Seek Public’s Help in Catching Rock Art VandalsUnknown culprits have illegally installed climbing bolts around an ancient petroglyph panel. 02413
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 07/01/2025It’s official! Two new National Monuments will be designated today! I’ll be there and take pictures. www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...whitehouse.govFACT SHEET: President Biden Establishes Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands National Monuments in California | The White HousePresident Biden has now conserved more lands and waters than any President in history and has created the largest corridor of protected lands in the lower 000
Reposted by Michelle LeePabàmàdiz @karynpugliese.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Here's what some people are saying about #Trudeau's legacy with #indigenous people and a few memories. I would love to hear from you all. What was his legacy? What are the moments you remember most? www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...aptnnews.caHope, Tears and Arrogance: Trudeau’s Indigenous legacy - APTN NewsDespite everything, prime minister set the higher bar yet says author. 4117
Reposted by Michelle LeeDr. Joely Proudfit @nativeprof.bsky.social · 05/01/2025www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comCalifornia tribes celebrate historic dam removal: ‘More successful than we ever imagined’After four dams were blasted from the Klamath River, the work to restore the ecosystem is under way 0103
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 03/01/2025This designation will end 20 years of litigation brought by the Pit River Tribe seeking to protect sacred lands within the Tribe’s aboriginal territory. 010
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 03/01/2025www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-c...cbsnews.comBiden to designate environmental national monuments in CaliforniaIn the closing days of his administration, Biden plans to travel to California to dedicate the Chuckwalla National Monument, sources said. 000
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 30/12/2024The hardest part of traveling south of the US border isn’t the language or cultural barriers, it’s remembering not to put the toilet paper in the toilet. 000
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 27/12/2024‘A place to heal’: Native tribes urge Biden to protect sacred lands before leaving White House 060
Reposted by Michelle LeeNinkasi23 @ninkasi23.bsky.social · 01/11/2023"Nestled within the Shasta-Trinity, Klamath, and Modoc National Forests of northeastern California, Sáttítla, commonly known as the Medicine Lake Highlands, are a culturally significant, geologically unique, water rich, and life sustaining region in need of greater protections."protectmedicinelakehighlands.orgProtect Medicine Lake Highlands 021
Reposted by Michelle Leebonchicabonbon.bsky.social @bonchicabonbon.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Join Indigenous leaders in speaking up for the proposed Sáttítla National Monument www.protectsattitla.org/take-actionprotectsattitla.orgGet Involved — Protect Medicine Lake Highlands 001
Reposted by Michelle LeeHannah Miller @hannahmiller215.bsky.social · 04/12/2024@POTUS can make new National Monuments - Black Wall Street in Oklahoma, Great Bend of the Gila in Arizona, and Chuckwalla, Kw'tsàn, and Sáttítla in California...can't be undone! please sign the petition: buff.ly/3OdVAnR @sierraclubpabuff.lyJoin me to urge Biden to act on climate before leaving officePresident Biden can still act during his lame-duck session. We need him to do everything he can to protect our health, air, water, outdoors, & climate from a dangerous Trump presidency. Ask him to… 011
Reposted by Michelle LeeBluesterB @bluesterb.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Ah, Christmas. That magical time of year that has been reminding us annually that rich people do not care about the best interests of the working class since 1843. 913721
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Why do some people want to follow thousands of accounts? Is it to just generate lots of followers for themselves? That’s nuts. I block followers left and right because there’s no Private setting on here. 000
Michelle Lee @momaeagle.bsky.social · 19/12/2024My Tribe is getting closer to a possible announcement regarding our proposed Sattitla National Monument designation. This would end 20 years of litigation to protect lands that are sacred and also contain the source of most of California’s drinking water. It’s where it springs from the Earth. 010