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Wai Allen, PhD

@nativesedhead.bsky.social
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Diné | Field Geologist | Sedimentologist | Assistant Professor #Firstgen #NativeinSTEM #IndigiGeoData #BasinAnalysis #Tectonics Opinions are my own

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Cody Mason @cosynomad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hello Geoscience folks ⚒️ We are advertising again for a new colleague at the TT level in structural geology. Start date of August 2027. www.geosociety.org/jobs (FYI, the last search resulted few applicants, so please encourage colleagues and students to apply this round)
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Geoscience Job Board
Explore open positions on GSA's geoscience job board, or post your organization's jobs.
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Wai Allen, PhD @nativesedhead.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
After Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Monuments being slashed, public comments are now open on whether the buffer around Chaco Canyon will also be slashed (>300k acres) until July 29. Please submit a public comment thru NEPA Register (click participate now): eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home...
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BLM Seeks Input on Proposed Withdrawal Revocation Near Chaco Culture National Historical Park | Bureau of Land Management
The BLM is seeking public comments on an environmental assessment for the proposed revocation of Public Land Order No. 7923 affecting public lands surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park in...
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Mika McKinnon @mikamckinnon.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
LANDSLIDE FOLKS: Time-urgent bat signal going out for a postdoc-to-be who is ready to scramble an application. This is a good team. The fieldwork is gorgeous. You’d get to be in Canada, which is pretty fun on the scale of potential global locations at the moment.
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Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️ @tornatrix.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
An information vacuum will quickly fill with lies, disinformation, AI slop, and propaganda. This is theft from US taxpayers.
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The Trump administration is deleting government data. From infant deaths to hunger, here are five ways it’s hurting Americans
This information was used to understand the problems Americans face. The consequences of its erasure, experts warn, could affect generations to come
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weird little whale guy @tumblesweed.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Small FYI: Many Native folks weren't able to vote until the Voting Rights Act in 1965. The recent Supreme Court decision will absolutely affect Indian Country and tribal rights. Include Indigenous folks in your voting advocacy. nativeamericanstoday.com/native-ameri...
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Current Native American Voting Rights and Political Activism - Native Americans Today
Explore the state of Native American voting rights in 2026. Learn about the unique challenges of voting on reservations, the impact of the "Native Vote" in key
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
If you aren't keeping up with the Iditarod this year, here is a good reason to: Four mushers are Alaskan Native: Kevin Hansen, Inupiaq; Ryan Redington, Inupiaq; Kaiser, Yup’ik; and Jody Potts-Joseph. Another, Jesse Terry, Anishinabe, is Indigenous from Canada. #Uglydogs ictnews.org/news/iditaro...
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IDITAROD 2026: A musher on a mission - ICT
Jody Potts-Joseph wants to encourage young Alaska Natives to travel the way of the ancestors
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · 06/01/2026
🌎 Dive into geophysics research this summer—applications for RESESS are now open! RESESS is a paid summer internship for undergrads that offers the chance to conduct geophysics research with a faculty mentor at colleges and universities across the country. Apply! ➡️ loom.ly/f5-KCDY
Group photo of 2025 RESESS interns outdoors with three rows of students. Text includes RESESS logo and 'applications now open!'
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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
This is good reporting on the disaster in Alaska if you're looking for a reliable summary. This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...
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Rescue crews airlift hundreds out of rural Alaskan villages after powerful storm
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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✊🏼Indigiqueer Hummingbird @riotousmuse.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
This Indigenous Peoples Day please speak up: another typhoon sweeping away homes of Alaska's Natives, who, during settlement (statehood: 1948) were forced to end ways of life (like my Grandma's) involving mobility across regions & stuck them in flood-prone/unstable villages with housing deficits.
WESTERN ALASKA DISASTER RELIEF
WAYS YOU CAN HELP:
ONLINE FUNDRAISER - DONATE TO SUPPORT
Join us in supporting relief efforts. Scan the QR code to donate online. All funds raised will go directly to assisting communities.
PURCHASE ITEMS - AMAZON WISHLIST
Purchase items of immediate need to go directly to the Bethel Community Services Foundation to be distributed to villages most affected.
DONATION DRIVE AT AFN CONVENTION
Accepting items of immediate need including:
Cases of water, nonperishable foods, diapers, wipes, toilet paper, personal hygiene items, cleaning supplies, phone chargers, blankets, sleeping bags, cots, flashlights, and hand wipes.
DENA'INA CENTER, ROOM 6 (2ND FLOOR)
Friday, October 17 | 1-5PM
Saturday, October 18 | 8AM-2PM
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Marisa Elena Duarte @mwhitehorse.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/asu-pol... At the university where I work.
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ASU police allegedly helped the feds detain a university employee
The ASU chapter of the National Lawyers Guild blasted the arrest of the unnamed employee, who was later released.
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Rick Thoman @alaskawx.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Hardly surprising, but terminating funding to support Alaska Native programs and services is a real gut-punch nonetheless. #UAF #AlaskaSky #UA
Sept. 11, 2025

Dear UAF staff and faculty members,

Yesterday, UAF received notice that the U.S. Department of Education is terminating current and future funding for the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions program, among others. This decision is likely to result in the loss of several grants under what is commonly known as Title III. It is also likely to limit the availability of future funding to support UAF’s mission to serve Alaska Native students and the people of Alaska.

Here’s what we currently know:

This is not happening immediately. The federal government is allowing up to a year to close out the programs funded by the grants.

UAF has multiple grants that fall under this category, most within the College of Indigenous Studies and the UAF Community and Technical College.

Title III doesn’t directly fund student aid at UAF, but rather funds degree programs and student support services like advising and recruiting.

The loss of these funds would be substantial—currently around $2.9 million yearly—but we are still analyzing what the full effects may be.

More than 20% of UAF’s students are Indigenous, or about 1,450 students each year, on average. Title III grants support important workforce development and student success initiatives for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students at locations throughout Alaska. The loss of this grant funding will have a substantial and negative impact on a large number of Alaskans, including our Alaska Native students.

Because we just received news of this decision, I don’t have a lot of details to share. But please know that the UAF and UA system leadership team are gathering as much information as we can to find a path forward as we attempt to mitigate the impacts, both current and future, from this proposed action.
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Joslynn Lee, Ph.D. @theoreticalfun.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I got to share a bit about Indigenous values in chemistry on this pod! Thanks @nature for the feature and joining some an amazing list of ChangeMakers!
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Lydia Jennings, PhD @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
New article led by Tara McAllister & co-authored by Lelani Walker, @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social, myself, Bradley Moggridge, Serena Naepi, Brittany Kamai and @napaaqtuk.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.
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Corey Garza @profcgarza.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Deadline for the GeoFutures program has been extended to 07-11-25. The program provides travel & mentoring support for geoscience undergrads attending the 2025 SACNAS conference. @accessiblegeo.bsky.social @agu.org @official-bweems.bsky.social @sacnas.bsky.social environment.uw.edu/about/inclus...
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NSF Geo-Futures Program
Geo-Futures is a conference-based program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that engages with, and provides educational resources for, students interested in pursuing a career in the geo...
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
For perspective: a recent study suggested that economic savings from just a *single* well-predicted hurricane, thanks to NOAA research advancements, are on order of *$5 billion.* That exceeds NOAA's *entire proposed annual operating budget.* So much for government efficiency.
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 30/06/2025
Tribal Colleges Worry for Their Survival After Proposed Cut Department of the Interior proposed reducing funding for tribal colleges by more than $100 million. Some tribal college leaders fear their institutions wouldn’t survive it. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4lyfmJl
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Tribal Colleges Worry for Their Survival After Proposed Cut
Department of the Interior proposed reducing funding for tribal colleges by more than $100 million. Some tribal college leaders fear their institutions wouldn’t survive it.
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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Wrote this piece for Harpers Bazaar about the life, legacy, and hate-induced murder of Jonathan Joss through the eyes of being a Two-Spirit Native person this Pride. I hope you take a read. For Him. For all of us. 🪶
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We All Need to Be Talking About the Murder of Jonathan Joss This Pride and Beyond
The actor, who was Comanche and White Mountain Apache, was shot in a targeted hate crime while protecting his husband.
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Katy @katydiddance.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Please know Trevor Project has 3 ways to access help when needed. Also, Make a donation, if you can. www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
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Get Help
Get immediate help 24/7/365. The Trevor Project's crisis counselors are just a text, chat, or phone call away. Completely confidential and free LGBTQ hotline.
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Wai Allen, PhD @nativesedhead.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Ugh more disappointment
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SpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
USGS, which operates the Landsat satellites, just announced that Landsat 7 was officially decommissioned today. Landsat 8 and 9 continue operations. www.usgs.gov/news/nationa...
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End of an Era: Landsat 7 Decommissioned After 25 Years of Earth Observation
After 25 years of capturing Earth's changing landscape, the Landsat 7 satellite received its final transmission from the U.S. Geological Survey and was officially decommissioned June 4, closing a rema...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Today the Supreme Court cleared the way for the federal government to transfer thousands of acres of national forestland including a Native American sacred site, to Resolution Copper a mining company owned by Rio Tinto and BHP. The land holds deep spiritual significance for the Western Apache tribe.
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Decolonize Myself @decolonizemyself.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
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Indigenous leaders call on new Pope to return thousands of artifacts | CBC News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is calling for the Vatican to return sacred First Nation artifacts that were taken from Indigenous communities during the residential school era.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 11/05/2025
More than a hundred libraries on federally recognized tribal lands across the country were notified that their congressionally appropriated grant had been terminated midcycle. Those communities are at risk of losing their local libraries and the history they hold.
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Tribal communities risk losing local libraries and the history they hold amid DOGE cuts
Federally recognized tribes say the Trump administration cut the grant money they use to sustain the local libraries that serve as anchors in their most rural communities.
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Laughing bc otherwise I will cry 🙃 guess I'll hold off on submitting that NSF grant I was working on
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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
NSF’s entire Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EDU/EES), which “aims to provide opportunities for individuals from all backgrounds to actively participate and excel in STEM disciplines” and some of it congressionally mandated, was just notified they will be RIFed. www.nsf.gov/edu/ees/about
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About EES
The NSF Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EES) aims to provide opportunities for individuals from all backgrounds, especially those historically underrepresented in science and engineering.
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Deb Haaland @debhaalandnm.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
The crisis of missing and Murdered Indigenous People is urgent and ongoing. Today is about more than remembrance. It's a call for justice. We are always working to get answers, action, and accountability. #MMIP
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Dr. BlackDeer @drblackdeer.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
today is the National Day for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives. I created this mini guide as a resource to increase awareness, share education, and provide links to resources to get involved. #MMIW #MMIR #NoMoreStolenRelatives
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Jevin D. West @jevinwest.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
It's official. 15% ICR on NSF grants. My favorite line: "Reducing administrative burdens for awardee institutions." Say the opposite of what is true... the communication strategy of our time: www.nsf.gov/policies/doc...
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Policy Notice: Implementation of Standard 15% Indirect Cost Rate
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
At RFK Jr’s direction, HHS plans to cut the National Suicide Hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth. In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
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HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope you’ll read and share the piece. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
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What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
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Eos @eos.org · 21/04/2025
On Friday, the NSF announced the cancellation of awards that aren’t aligned with the agency’s mission, “including but not limited to those on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and misinformation/disinformation.” eos.org/research-and...
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NSF Cancels Hundreds of DEI and Disinformation Grants - Eos
The National Science Foundation has cancelled hundreds of grants to researchers working on projects related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as misinformation and disinformation.
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Dr. Robin Tanamachi 🌪️ @tornatrix.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Happening NOW
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
🧪 Tip: You have the right to contest a grant termination, even though NSF says you don't. 🧵 On Friday, NSF terminated 402 grants (per Musk's DOGE). The notification letters had one of the most egregious violations of fed regulations I've seen so far in these cases: "not subject to appeal"
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Science Magazine @science.org · 18/04/2025
NSF has spent decades—and billions of dollars—trying to attract more women and members of underrepresented groups into STEM. Not anymore. scim.ag/3RUtgZg
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NSF starts to kill grants that violate Trump’s war on diversity efforts
Attracting women and minorities into science and studying misinformation are no longer priorities, agency says
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Jonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Hearing from sources that grant terminations are starting now, likely targeting grants aimed at broadening participation of underrepresented groups in science.... which congress explicitly asks NSF grants to do.
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Rebecca (BeKa) Leuschen-Kohl @bleuschenkohl.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Updates on NSF priorities - as they begin to terminate grants... "Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation began terminating awards that are not aligned with agency priorities. NSF priorities are grounded in our mission and modulated by statutory directives and administrative priorities. "
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Updates on NSF Priorities
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Eos @eos.org · 17/04/2025
NOAA has quietly reported that they will soon decommission 14 datasets, data products, and catalogs related to marine, coastal, and estuary science and earthquakes. Story by @astrokimcartier.bsky.social. eos.org/research-and...
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NOAA Datasets Will Soon Disappear - Eos
NOAA has quietly reported that they will soon decommission 14 datasets, products, and catalogs related to earthquakes and marine, coastal, and estuary science.
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Dr. Kim Hannula @stressrelated.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
There is earthquake and geothermal data in this. (I hadn't realized those were in NOAA rather than USGS databases.)
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Shout out to the tenured and emeritus faculty who are speaking up on here, at rallies, in calls and emails to legislators, in board meetings, in meetings with funders, so that us non-tenured folks don't risk our careers to speak out against *waves hands wildly* all of this
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Erin 🦇🎃💀👻EEK👻💀🎃🦇 Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
"Effective today, NSF’s division of grants and awards is returning all grant proposals previously approved for funding and awaiting final signoff to the program officers who oversaw the initial review. In the meantime, according to those sources, NSF will not make any new awards."
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Wai Allen, PhD @nativesedhead.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Today the Advisory Committee for Geosciences at NSF has been “diestablished” amongst 11 other advisory committees
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Rosie ʻAnolani Alegado | ME*E Lab @rosiealegado.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Hi followers. If you are interested in the work my lab does, this is a great introduction
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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Between federal and tribal cuts, we are having to be very cautious with our dollars. I can’t pretend that everything is going to be ok, I can just promise that we are fighting like hell for our TCUs. Thanks to Inside Higher Ed for this piece. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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Tribal Colleges Fear for Their Federal Funding
As the Trump administration slashes government spending, some tribal college leaders are preparing for the worst.
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MT Dávila @mtdavila.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
LET'S GOOOOO!!!
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Wai Allen, PhD @nativesedhead.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Senator Cory Booker has the longest filibuster that outruns the previous record held by Senator Thurston that spoke against the Civil Rights Act of 1957
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Happy Trans Day of Visibility. 🏳️‍⚧️👀 Today I’m donating to the NYC Anti-Violence Project, which provides services and legal representation to LGBT and HIV+ victims of gender-based violence. Join me: avp.org/donate/
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Donate - NYC Anti-Violence Project
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Holly Guise ❄️ @hollyguise.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Data sovereignty and Native academics as advocates: “For the next two decades, Carroll would continue to push for U.S. tribes — which are sovereign nations — to own and maintain control over their data, including health statistics.”
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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
#MMIW #MMIP #MMIWG2S #MMIWG
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Lydia Jennings, PhD @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I’m saddened by this news. Representative Grijalva was a champion for the environment, introducing important policy such as the General Mining Law reformation Act, and an ally to Indigenous Peoples, including the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. I remember seeing him at our Easter Ceremonies. Huge loss to S.AZ
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Dr. BlackDeer @drblackdeer.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
New book project dropping April 2025! 🙌🏽 I am incredibly honored to be among anti-colonial scholar-activists across the globe for this important and timely work!! Early reviews have called our book a must-read follow up to thee Linda Tuhiwai Smiths seminal work on Decolonizing Methodologies?! 🥹
Book cover of Anti-Colonial Research Praxis: Methods for Knowledge Justice edited by Caroline Lenette
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