Rebecca Nagle
@rebeccanagle.bsky.social
Cherokee writer and journalist, check out my substack: https://gohini.substack.com/
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Rebecca Nagle
@rebeccanagle.bsky.social
· Apr 18
The Constitutional Crisis Americans Forgot
What Trump is doing, has already been done. And not in some foreign country, but right here in the United States.
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My first post is up! The Constitutional Crisis Americans Forgot: What Trump is doing, has already been done. And not in some foreign country, but right here in the United States. Read and subscribe: open.substack.com/pub/gohini/p...
Good news in #LandBack. Over 10,000 acres near Lake Tahoe was returned to the Washoe Tribe! The former ranch was purchased with a grant from the California Wildlife Conservation Board. www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/ar...
10,000 acres north of Lake Tahoe to be returned to California tribe
The grant toward purchasing the land was part of an $87 million funding package.
www.sfgate.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Good news in #LandBack. Over 10,000 acres near Lake Tahoe was returned to the Washoe Tribe! The former ranch was purchased with a grant from the California Wildlife Conservation Board. www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/ar...
In Cherokee there are thousands of ways to conjugate the word tie. Making it a hard language to learn. As Indigenous languages face extinction, some folks (I hear it mostly from non-Natives) are suggesting AI.
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
In Cherokee there are thousands of ways to conjugate the word tie. Making it a hard language to learn. As Indigenous languages face extinction, some folks (I hear it mostly from non-Natives) are suggesting AI.
Did you know that schools are in large part where the Thanksgiving myth was born? Alarmed by what your kid learned about Thanksgiving at school? You are not alone. After a wave of immigration in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Americans grew increasingly worried that their...🧵
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Did you know that schools are in large part where the Thanksgiving myth was born? Alarmed by what your kid learned about Thanksgiving at school? You are not alone. After a wave of immigration in the late 1800s and early 1900s, Americans grew increasingly worried that their...🧵
The Makah Tribe has the right to hunt whales by treaty (the only tribe in the lower 48). But they have been waiting on a government permit to exercise that right for TWO DECADES.
Makah Tribe’s treaty-protected whaling rights remain blocked more than two decades later - ICT
Federal officials have not responded to the October deadline for the tribe’s permit for a traditional summer/fall subsistence hunt of eastern North Pacific gray whales, covered by the Makahs’ 10-year…
ictnews.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Makah Tribe has the right to hunt whales by treaty (the only tribe in the lower 48). But they have been waiting on a government permit to exercise that right for TWO DECADES.
Oklahoma is attacking hunting & fishing treaty rights, but tribes are fighting back. 3 tribes (including mine) filed a federal lawsuit arguing OK has crossed a line and is violating not only our treaty rights, but also the law.
3 tribes sue Gov. Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma wildlife officials in hunting license fight
The Chickasaw, Choctaw and Cherokee Nations are suing Gov. Kevin Stitt, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation officials and a special prosecutor in an ongoing dispute over hunting and fishing…
www.kosu.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Oklahoma is attacking hunting & fishing treaty rights, but tribes are fighting back. 3 tribes (including mine) filed a federal lawsuit arguing OK has crossed a line and is violating not only our treaty rights, but also the law.
Archeologists in Wisconsin found an ancient canoe that is over 5,000 years old!! The discovery was in a canoe “parking lot” along a popular waterway and trail system.
Wisconsin archaeologists identify 16 ancient canoes in a prehistoric lake 'parking lot'
Archaeologists have identified more than a dozen ancient canoes that Indigenous people apparently left behind in a prehistoric parking lot along a Wisconsin lakeshore.
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Archeologists in Wisconsin found an ancient canoe that is over 5,000 years old!! The discovery was in a canoe “parking lot” along a popular waterway and trail system.
Since 2006, Save The Children has recorded how many kids die each year from war. Last year was the highest death toll on record–driven by Israel’s assault on Gaza.
Explosive weapons caused record child deaths last year: Save the Children
Deaths and injuries are highest since records began in 2006, and up by 42 percent on the 2020 total, UK charity says.
www.aljazeera.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Since 2006, Save The Children has recorded how many kids die each year from war. Last year was the highest death toll on record–driven by Israel’s assault on Gaza.
Cowlitz comedian Joey Clift has a new animated short–Pow! follows a young Native kid at a bustling intertribal powwow. The short includes lessons in Native activism and even uses actual audio from the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. Watch it here:
Pow!
Pow! is an animated short film about Jake, a young Native American kid scrambling to charge his dying video game console at a bustling Coastal Salish intertribal powwow, where he learns that loving…
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November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Cowlitz comedian Joey Clift has a new animated short–Pow! follows a young Native kid at a bustling intertribal powwow. The short includes lessons in Native activism and even uses actual audio from the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. Watch it here:
Last month, the Tule River Indian Tribe purchased 17,000 acres of their ancestral lands where they are reintroducing tule elk. The purchase was partly funded by California’s Tribal Nature-Based Solutions Grant, which funds tribal land return projects. www.latimes.com/california/s....
Elk are again roaming on lands that California has returned to the Tule River Indian Tribe
Tribal leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom gathered Wednesday to mark the return of 17,000 acres of ancestral land to the Tule River Indian tribe.
www.latimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Last month, the Tule River Indian Tribe purchased 17,000 acres of their ancestral lands where they are reintroducing tule elk. The purchase was partly funded by California’s Tribal Nature-Based Solutions Grant, which funds tribal land return projects. www.latimes.com/california/s....
New substack post out today. The myth of Thanksgiving is as American as it is wrong. Every year, we tell the mythical story of the first Thanksgiving so we can ignore the obvious truth that this land was taken not by friendship, but by violence. Read here:
The myth of Thanksgiving is as American as it is wrong
Every year, we tell the mythical story of the first Thanksgiving so we can ignore the obvious truth that this land was taken not by friendship, but by violence.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New substack post out today. The myth of Thanksgiving is as American as it is wrong. Every year, we tell the mythical story of the first Thanksgiving so we can ignore the obvious truth that this land was taken not by friendship, but by violence. Read here:
Can a gay, Native man get justice? When vanishingly few Native ppl were on TV (& none were gay) Jonathan Joss was an important cultural touch stone. (He played John Redcorn on King of the Hill.) Last week, the man who allegedly murdered him was indicted, but it's not...
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Can a gay, Native man get justice? When vanishingly few Native ppl were on TV (& none were gay) Jonathan Joss was an important cultural touch stone. (He played John Redcorn on King of the Hill.) Last week, the man who allegedly murdered him was indicted, but it's not...
As part of the dismantling of the Department of Education, the Trump admin moved key programs serving Native students from the Ed Dept to the Department of the Interior. Tribes were not aware of the move. ictnews.org/news/departm...
Department of Education hands off key programs without consulting tribes as required - ICT
UPDATED: Tribes and advocacy organizations are working to understand changes that could have broad impact across Indian Country
ictnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
As part of the dismantling of the Department of Education, the Trump admin moved key programs serving Native students from the Ed Dept to the Department of the Interior. Tribes were not aware of the move. ictnews.org/news/departm...
Israel has killed 312 Gazans and injured 760 more since the ceasefire began six weeks ago. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Updates: Israel military launches wave of strikes on Gaza killing 24
Children among the dead and wounded as Israeli army launches drone-and-missile strikes on civilian areas in Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Israel has killed 312 Gazans and injured 760 more since the ceasefire began six weeks ago. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
OK's Governor is hell-bent on attacking tribal sovereignty. In a showdown over hunting & fishing treaty rights he has appointed a special prosecutor to go after hunters who don’t pay for a state license. According to our treaty rights, tribal citizens don’t need one. www.kosu.org/news/2025-11...
Stitt appoints special prosecutor for Indigenous Oklahoma hunters without state licenses
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has appointed a special prosecutor to go after Indigenous hunters who are cited for hunting without a state license on tribal reservations.
www.kosu.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
OK's Governor is hell-bent on attacking tribal sovereignty. In a showdown over hunting & fishing treaty rights he has appointed a special prosecutor to go after hunters who don’t pay for a state license. According to our treaty rights, tribal citizens don’t need one. www.kosu.org/news/2025-11...
Another Native person is running for Congress. Rodney Rave (Ho-Chunk) announced a bid for Wisconsin’s third district.
PRESS RELEASE: Ho-Chunk Nation citizen Rodney Rave announces bid for U.S. Congress
“I’m not a career politician, I’m a builder,” said Rodney Rave in launching his campaign to represent Wisconsin’s 3rd District in the U.S. Congress.
indianz.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Another Native person is running for Congress. Rodney Rave (Ho-Chunk) announced a bid for Wisconsin’s third district.
🧵In the 1970s, at least a quarter of Native women of childbearing age were sterilized without their consent–many without their knowledge.
Most of the procedures happened thru Indian Health Service–the federal program that is supposed to deliver health care to tribal citizens.
Most of the procedures happened thru Indian Health Service–the federal program that is supposed to deliver health care to tribal citizens.
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🧵In the 1970s, at least a quarter of Native women of childbearing age were sterilized without their consent–many without their knowledge.
Most of the procedures happened thru Indian Health Service–the federal program that is supposed to deliver health care to tribal citizens.
Most of the procedures happened thru Indian Health Service–the federal program that is supposed to deliver health care to tribal citizens.
Many totalitarian regimes have targeted disabled people. The Trump admin wants to start denying visas to people with certain health conditions.
Immigrants with obesity, diabetes and other health problems may be denied visas
New guidance from the Trump administration directs visa officers to consider common health ailments, including obesity and diabetes, when would-be immigrants seek to enter the U.S.
www.npr.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Many totalitarian regimes have targeted disabled people. The Trump admin wants to start denying visas to people with certain health conditions.
The hell people in Gaza are facing is getting even worse. Heavy rains are bringing floods to areas where nearly 1 million people are living without shelter. Due to damaged sewage systems from Israeli bombings, sewage could mix with the flood waters.
900,000 Palestinians Face Flood Risk as Heavy Rains Compound Gaza’s Misery
In Gaza, officials warn more than 900,000 displaced Palestinians face the risk of flooding as a storm system brings heavy rains and colder temperatures to a region where Israeli attacks have left 85…
www.democracynow.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The hell people in Gaza are facing is getting even worse. Heavy rains are bringing floods to areas where nearly 1 million people are living without shelter. Due to damaged sewage systems from Israeli bombings, sewage could mix with the flood waters.
The Oklahoma Attorney General announces a new task force to address the crisis of missing & murdered Indigenous people in the state.
New task force combines resources to address Missing Murdered Indigenous Peoples crisis in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced the launch of a task force dedicated to addressing the MMIP, or Missing Murdered Indigenous Peoples, crisis during the United Indian Nations of…
www.kosu.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Oklahoma Attorney General announces a new task force to address the crisis of missing & murdered Indigenous people in the state.
On Friday, over 100 Indigenous protesters block the entrance to COP 30 in Brazil. While the earth is on literal fire, world leaders continue to pay lip service to the need for Indigenous sovereignty & self determination to combat climate chaos.
COP30 has big plans to save the rainforest. Indigenous activists say it's not enough.
"We need the government to recognize our climate authority and our role as guardians of biodiversity.”
grist.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
On Friday, over 100 Indigenous protesters block the entrance to COP 30 in Brazil. While the earth is on literal fire, world leaders continue to pay lip service to the need for Indigenous sovereignty & self determination to combat climate chaos.
The last female Governor of South Dakota was Kristi Noem. A Native woman is running for the seat in 2026 as an Independent. Allison Renville is Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota, Hunkpapa Lakota, Omaha and Haudenosaunee.
Native woman announces run for South Dakota governor - ICT
Allison Renville will run as an Independent candidate
ictnews.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The last female Governor of South Dakota was Kristi Noem. A Native woman is running for the seat in 2026 as an Independent. Allison Renville is Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota, Hunkpapa Lakota, Omaha and Haudenosaunee.
The November Native News Roundup is out today! Native American Heritage Month, shutdown impacts, news from Alaska and Oklahoma, and continued attacks on human rights. Read and subscribe, and watch for next week’s post on Thanksgiving.
November 2025 Native News Roundup
Native American Heritage Month, shutdown impacts, news from Alaska and Oklahoma, and continued attacks on human rights.
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The November Native News Roundup is out today! Native American Heritage Month, shutdown impacts, news from Alaska and Oklahoma, and continued attacks on human rights. Read and subscribe, and watch for next week’s post on Thanksgiving.
Alaska Native villages hit by Typhoon Halong will have to clean up sacred artifacts displaced by the floodwaters as they rebuild their communities.
A Storm Hit Alaska. Now, a Native Community Is Racing to Save Its History.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong scattered artifacts from an archaeological site along the shore of the Bering Sea.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Alaska Native villages hit by Typhoon Halong will have to clean up sacred artifacts displaced by the floodwaters as they rebuild their communities.
Today is Native Women’s Equal Pay Day. It symbolizes how much longer Native women have to work to earn the same amount white men earned the previous year. Native women are paid $.52-$.58 on the dollar compared to white men, and over their careers lose out on an average $1 million...
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Today is Native Women’s Equal Pay Day. It symbolizes how much longer Native women have to work to earn the same amount white men earned the previous year. Native women are paid $.52-$.58 on the dollar compared to white men, and over their careers lose out on an average $1 million...
I had a great time at OCC, UCO and Colgate University last week. It was great to see some familiar faces in Oklahoma and meet new ones. My favorite part of speaking is always connecting with students!
November 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I had a great time at OCC, UCO and Colgate University last week. It was great to see some familiar faces in Oklahoma and meet new ones. My favorite part of speaking is always connecting with students!