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  1. You'll never hear an American Indian refer to Turtle Island (North America), our ancestral home, as "The New World." about 13 hours ago via Twitter for Android
  2. @aurevoir_soleil Philamayayelo! (Thank you!) 6:57 AM May 25th via web from Denver, CO in reply to aurevoir_soleil
  3. American History Myths Debunked: White Settlers Did Not Carve America Out of the Untamed Wilderness shar.es/qvEqB 6:37 AM May 25th via Tweet Button
  4. The Role of Indigenous Men in Ending Violence Against Women shar.es/qsQZa 12:55 PM May 24th via Tweet Button
  5. Frankly, if you're not pissed you're not paying attention. 9:32 AM May 24th via Twitter for Android
  6. Christopher Columbus' Jewish Roots Examined By Historians huff.to/LcG9U2 via @HuffPostPol 9:02 PM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  7. There was nothing "fair and square" about the way American Indians "lost" the land. #WeakArguments 6:18 PM May 23rd via Twitter for Android
  8. Lol magnificent! White Babies Outnumbered mattbors.com/archives/876.h… via @MattBors #FirstNation 6:12 PM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  9. "OK. If you think you own the land then take it with you when you leave. If you can't then you don't own it." -an Elder retelling a story 4:21 PM May 23rd via Twitter for Android
  10. English should be offered as a foreign language credit. Ask an Indian. #FirstNation 11:23 AM May 21st via web from Denver, CO
  11. Nothing was founded nor discovered. It was just new to them. #Colonists 8:49 AM May 19th via Twitter for Android
  12. Despite Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Ban, Students Can Still Enroll in Native Programs shar.es/qmXHq 6:34 AM May 19th via Tweet Button
  13. Regarding Johnny Depp’s Portrayal of Tonto shar.es/qm0XI 6:26 AM May 19th via Tweet Button
  14. Republicans and Pus: bit.ly/JoKuI0 5:37 PM May 18th via web from Denver, CO
  15. This piece went to print yesterday here in #Denver: Presidents, Voting Booths and Dead Buffalo: twitter.com/IAmNotAMascot/… 1:00 PM May 18th via web from Denver, CO
  16. @alecbaldwin It's evident that Elizabeth Warren used that vestige, one she knows diddly about, for her own cultural/capital gain. 11:43 AM May 18th via web from Denver, CO in reply to alecbaldwin
  17. American History Myths Debunked: No Native Influence on Founding Fathers shar.es/q1pjs 11:37 AM May 18th via Tweet Button
  • Name Simon Moya-Smith
  • Location Denver, Colorado
  • Web http://www.IAmNot...
  • Bio Welcome inside the brain of a contemporary American Indian journalist; reporter for @IndianCountry; Oglala Lakota; '13 @ColumbiaJourn M.A. Politics candidate.
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