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Dr. Twyla Baker

@indigenia.bsky.social

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Indigenous academic living and working on the original homelands of my ancestors. Nu’Eta & Hidatsa. Fort Berthold | MHA Nation | Indian Country I’m a Tribal College President fond of storytelling and green chile. All opinions are my own.

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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · Nov 18

Gonna’ pin this here.

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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 4d

Not D’Angelo. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 5d

Brilliance, beauty, innovation, love, faith, joy, COMMUNITY have lived on this continent for millennia. We hold each other up today and celebrate the divinity of our existence, the infinite expressions of Creator’s love that our lives represent. Happy Indigenous People’s Day, beloveds. 🪶❤️

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Maah Xopini Shųųshuke (Vincent) @mr-wizard.bsky.social · 5d

#IndigenousPeoplesDay2025 is almost here. And this year we're tired of your shit and we're using cuss words like DJ Quik and @indigenia.bsky.social!!!

Read my take, if you dare MUAHAHAHA 👻 🎃 👻

open.substack.com/pub/mrw1zard...

#america #fuckyeah #betterdont #my_indian_name_is_smells_like_pee

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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 5d

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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 6d

I was shooting for fall vibes 🍂 and instead got seasonal allergies 🤧

Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 6d

I love to eat on that holiday too! It’s all about family, and remembering who we are. And yes - CHICKEN 🤤 yum.

Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 7d

Nah I’m taking about Columbus; I do reserve plenty of truth telling for Thanksgiving as well though, to be fair.

I’m an enrolled citizen of a Tribal Nation in the U.S., so this season is something of an assault on the senses thru Turkey Day.

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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 7d

Be real. These guys didn’t give a good gotdamn about Columbus ‘til they started to feel like something was being “taken away” from them, rather than seeing it as something being restored via Indigenous Peoples Day.

Folks simply enjoy being shitty to others, and that’s deeply, truly fucked up & sad.

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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 12d

Hope, joy, and community are resistance too.

Cultivate. 🌱

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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 12d

Sure, I stopped the generational trauma in my bloodline, but there’s still plenty there to work with, so, you know. Mind yourself.

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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 15d

I am managing the trials as they come, and super grateful for my circle. Thank you for asking my friend! 🫶🏾

Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 15d

I got one of those Taste of Home magazines and I’m about to tear into that for some new ideas. I’m tired of the same things. Life is short, and cooking is joy. 🫶🏾

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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 15d

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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 15d

Awww, I’m sorry to hear that. 😢 I vote you get the pizza slice instead, it’s big enough for two. And yes, always hold hands. Happy Anniversary, no matter what. 🫶🏾💖 Love is amazing.

Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 15d

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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 15d

I’m lovely, I wish you didn’t have a headache though! 😢 Feel better!💐

Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 15d

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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 15d

Morning check in. How y’all doing?

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 15d

🚨 “They put black people in one van and immigrants an another… Trucks and military style vans were used to separate children from their parents.” THIS. IS. HAPPENING. People need to see this. We all need to see it. Nobody gets a pass here. Please share with your networks. 1/2

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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 16d

Reason number 3665 why I love working at a Tribal college - food from our gardens. Our Ag department is doing a distribution for our students on campus. This was all raised/canned here.

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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 17d

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a turtle with its eyes closed and the words `` it is time '' written on it .

ALT: a turtle with its eyes closed and the words `` it is time '' written on it .

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 17d

MORNINGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!

a man with a pumpkin head is dancing in a cemetery in the fog .

Alt: a man with a pumpkin head is dancing in a cemetery in the fog .

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 18d

This government shut down is all about whether Republicans will get away with raising health care premiums by 75% for 20 million Americans and throwing 15 million people off their health care.

We can't allow that to happen.

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Dr. Twyla Baker @indigenia.bsky.social · 18d

I did this at an Ice Cube concert, stg, IDK why Ice Cube is having standing room concerts nowadays anyway, KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE! 💀😂

🎃This is Septimus🎃 @septimusreviews.com · 18d

I am at a standing only concert. This was a mistake. I am elderly, (37) I cannot do this.

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Rafi @rafil.bsky.social · 20d

I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation

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