Simon Moya-Smith
@simonmoyasmith
Writer & Reporter | Oglala & Chicano | Thurs on SiriusXM | Bylines on The Nation | Columbia Journalism grad | Literary agency Cooke McDermid | Insta simonsaidtakeapic
If you enjoy our segment, 'We're Still Here' on SiriusXM, or if you just like irritating your coworkers with woke merch, consider this summer stocking stuffer: the-fire-i-keep.printify.me/product/2860...
“You and Julie get paid beaucoup bucks for being on SiriusXM.” No, we don’t. In fact, we pay for our subscriptions. I recently lost my credit card and failed to update my SiriusXM account. So, I got this:
I’ve seen you on Instagram. You film your fur baby sleeping, awooing, doing zoomies. So, if I may ask, does your love of fur babies stop at your own? Do you hate brown people so much that you care little for the abandoned dogs & cats that are left behind in houses after ICE arrests their parents?
For decades, Rev. Jesse Jackson stood with Indigenous peoples and our fight against injustice. He visited the Oceti Sakowin camp on the Standing Rock rez in 2016 as we fought against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Rest in power, sir.
It’s only when your fur pup takes that walk over the rainbow bridge that you cherish the things they chewed on. You find yourself thumbing over their bite marks. Their hair on everything is everything now. Their beautiful snout left those marks on the window — a window we’ll never clean again. ❤️
From Ann Coulter calling for more dead Indians, to Pete Hegseth glorifying the brutal massacre of more than 200 women & children, to all of you justifying the culture of racism in your fucking sports teams on Sundays, murdered Natives is the American theme. Clearly. Prove me wrong. Try.
I figured a way to get rid of it was to draw the words thuggish and finish it with fancy. It worked.
Caption: The Tohono O’odham, the TO’s, the 1st ppls whose land was cut in two by the white man’s manufactured border invited me to speak on police brutality in their community. *They* have been fighting ICE before this continuing hate of our skin became mainstream news. @uarizona.bsky.social.
This is RFK Jr. in 2016 at Standing Rock in North Dakota as we fought against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Here, he poses for the media in front of several armored vehicles set ablaze. He allegedly came to stand in solidarity against an oppressive system & the dehumanization of Indigenous peoples.
DMs, pow wows, Indian Markets, for selfies. Say “hi!” I’m here, folks. Julie, too!
My grandfather, a Mexican, was delivered by Dr. Justina Ford in 1936 in Denver, Colo. Justina Ford was banned from practicing medicine in hospitals simply because she was black. Throughout her career, she delivered thousands of black & brown babies out of her home in Denver. #BlackHistoryMonth
She’s a sailor. A pilot. A traditional hunter. She’s the first Alaska Native woman to graduate from the Naval Academy. And I get to call her my partner in this life. She doesn’t dig Valentine’s Day, but I dig her.
Whenever they tell us to go back to Mexico or Asia or Africa or the reservation, I'm reminded that they *sincerely* believe they are from this land.
Folks, Trump also wants to strip Natives of our birthright citizenship, and make no mistake, it’s because he wants to “drill, baby, drill” on our lands. By their logic, if we lose our citizenship, then we lose our sovereignty. This would open up millions of acres for aggressive oil & gas extraction.
“Simon, why don’t you have a PhD?” Easy. This … simply this. Btw, if you still think “Indians go to college tuition-free,” stop it.
Abraham Lincoln holds the record for hanging the most people in the U.S. in a single day. The date: Dec. 26, 1862 The people: Dakotas — the first peoples of this land Share this.
Saying goodbye to your pup after so many years is extremely difficult. She was one of mine. Her name was Annie — aka Raggedy Annie and Raggedy Ass. She was a rescue baby. Folks, please rescue. Don’t buy. Senior pups need love, too.
For decades, these neon signs were quite popular at bars & restaurants in the west and southwest, particularly. And while most have been taken down, the racist sentiment continues.
White, mainstream ‘objective journalism’: “They were settlers & colonists…” Non-whitewashed objective journalism: They invaded Indigenous territories, so they were invaders. We’re following the facts, too.
Ten years ago today, we Natives took over The White House — for a documentary. We worked on a piece for MTV and then they invited us to present the doc. I later signed the daily program and sent it to my mother for her birthday.
What’s the ‘grass dance’? Well, way back when, the dance was meant to tamp down the long grass — the plains grass — to make way for the sundance. It’s why grass dancers dance with long strands…