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In a major win in the fight to #ProtectICWA, Wyoming becomes the 11th state to codify the Indian Child Welfare Act. Utah and Montana are considering similar legislation, which is vital for Native children, Native families and Tribal sovereignty. https://t.co/oa8f63d8nA

— IllumiNative (@IllumiNative) April 10, 2023

After decades of failing to comply with federal law, the single-largest holder of Native American human remains is taking steps to complete the repatriation of more than 14,000 Native American ancestors, reports @YahooNews. https://t.co/xQSwcB6Z3O

— IllumiNative (@IllumiNative) April 11, 2023

 

With limited records, the abuse, neglect and cultural oppression of #IndianBoardingSchools has been largely erased by the US government. Now, a group is finally compiling a first-of-its-kind list of Catholic-run boarding schools. https://t.co/yY3VmQuQLX

— IllumiNative (@IllumiNative) April 7, 2023

Minnesota's Gov. approves a bill that codifies (ICWA) into state law.

“What this bill does is continue to protect Indigenous children, so they continue to have a lifeline to their culture,” Minn. @RepKeeler tells @MNReformer. #ProtectICWA https://t.co/nLaQJQujTX

— IllumiNative (@IllumiNative) April 6, 2023

Twitter+ #NAAM2021

 

You wouldn't tell a black person not to talk about racism. You wouldn't tell a gay person not to talk about gay rights. You would t tell a woman not to talk about feminism.

But Adoptees had just better not talk about adoption. 🤦🏻‍♀️ #NAAM #AdopteeVoices

— 💣⚰️The Ungrateful Adoptee ⚰️💣 (@IHateAdoption1) November 15, 2021

Issue 002 of YOU ARE HOLDING THIS: an abolitionist zine for and by adopted, fostered, and trafficked people has arrived!

Order yours here: https://t.co/zSDbO1UPzq#NAAM #FFY #AdopteeVoices https://t.co/inaDXzd5je

— Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sánchez (they/them/elle) (@b_lts_) November 21, 2021

The knowing is the most important part for me.

Folks not separated from family sometimes lament their own harmful families when I talk about the significance of relationships with first family, not acknowledging that they have context to know & define their family relationships https://t.co/Yv1hmOk8pF

— Benjamin Lundberg Torres Sánchez (they/them/elle) (@b_lts_) November 23, 2021

 

Adoptee and adoption Twitter: After a long process of doing DNA tests and family tree research, I am meeting my birth father today for the first time in over 20 years. Any tips or advice? I don't feel too nervous, but I'm not really sure how much I should ask about.

— mark (@MapleSystemsRd) November 23, 2021

 

Ken Burns: “Being American means reckoning with our violent history”

November 23, 2021 Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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Video here.

 

What's News? Tweets

If you need someone to talk to during these difficult times or to assist you in navigating your way to help, support is at the end of a phone line, from Monday - Friday, 9-noon and 1-4 EST. pic.twitter.com/lKC359KLgH

— NWAC (@NWAC_CA) August 6, 2021

The law on repatriation of Native American cultural items is broken. Returning that which doesn’t belong to you to the rightful owners is a simple concept—you give it right back. But this extremely limited law has resulted in laughable delay by dilatory museums for what is easy. https://t.co/4QOzwIZCkc

— Brett Chapman (@brettachapman) August 6, 2021

 

Survivors of the St. Michael’s Indian Residential School attended a five-day gathering on the former site of the school.

The gathering was an opportunity to get survivors’ input on what areas need to be searched. | @priscil28509125 https://t.co/V6sHO37zur

— APTN News (@APTNNews) August 6, 2021

 

Whites stole everything associated with land from Native Americans like my great great grandma Alberta Four Eyes. They put 12 oil wells on her land. In 1919 alone, just 1 of the 12 produced $11 million of oil—helping a White oilman control 10% of the world’s oil in 1920. Robbery! pic.twitter.com/LBqzRecGbX

— Brett Chapman (@brettachapman) August 6, 2021

 

"“Boarding schools — along with the entire structure of our churches and government and policing and military — combine to create a particular world. White Christians are safe in that world.” — @gindaanis" https://t.co/k4ITl0w8EI via @sojourners

— Trace kalala Hentz (@StonePony33) July 27, 2021

 

Criminal justice advocates are calling for the murder convictions of two Indigenous women to be immediately overturned.

Odelia Quewezance cut off her hair as a statement – mourning the loss of her and her sister’s freedom. | @Hollyaptn | @brittany_guyothttps://t.co/o0wTpw72NP

— APTN News (@APTNNews) August 6, 2021

 

On the largest tribal nation in Montana, climate change is further diminishing water sources that have been declining for years. “This time, there is no single enemy to fight,” wrote Crow scientists last spring: https://t.co/JmhnjwyK0U

— High Country News (@highcountrynews) August 6, 2021

 

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News from Twitter #NoDAPL

Meet Feather. She has an idea of how we can help heal the world. #HealingTogether pic.twitter.com/dJMWeGaMfb

— National Congress of American Indians (@NCAI1944) July 1, 2020

We applaud the D.C. District Court’s decision to vacate the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Lake Oahe easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline, and to require the removal of all oil flowing through the pipeline by August 5, 2020. Read our statement: https://t.co/0Gvd0ghbvw #DAPL pic.twitter.com/VP87rMkxyO

— National Congress of American Indians (@NCAI1944) July 6, 2020

“NCAI looks forward to immediately commencing discussions with the league and team about how they will change the team’s name and mascot, and a prompt timetable for doing so.” - NCAI @PresFawnSharp https://t.co/McWxrDlyV9

— National Congress of American Indians (@NCAI1944) July 6, 2020

Adoption is trauma (tweet)

My mom & me were both adopted. My mom was 5 when she was taken out of Alaska, adopted by nonNatives who severely abused her. I found her 19 years ago & am still finding other family, reconnecting with them & my tribe. Adoption is trauma & intergenerational trauma is real. https://t.co/48pUWyuTcf

— Daz'i Rising (@heather28df) February 18, 2018

 I am so sorry to read a tweet like this but it is the reality we face as adoptees... Trace