Simon Moya-Smith
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social
Writer & Reporter | Oglala & Chicano | Thurs on SiriusXM | Bylines on The Nation | Columbia Journalism grad | Literary agency Cooke McDermid | Insta simonsaidtakeapic.
I don’t mean to ruin the book or movie “It” by Stephen King for you, but I’m going to.
The whole message of the story is to watch out for the white man. In the book, the Natives were chillin’, and then this vicious invader arrives and wreaks havoc on the community — and he’s sneaky & insatiable.
The whole message of the story is to watch out for the white man. In the book, the Natives were chillin’, and then this vicious invader arrives and wreaks havoc on the community — and he’s sneaky & insatiable.
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I don’t mean to ruin the book or movie “It” by Stephen King for you, but I’m going to.
The whole message of the story is to watch out for the white man. In the book, the Natives were chillin’, and then this vicious invader arrives and wreaks havoc on the community — and he’s sneaky & insatiable.
The whole message of the story is to watch out for the white man. In the book, the Natives were chillin’, and then this vicious invader arrives and wreaks havoc on the community — and he’s sneaky & insatiable.
Happy Native American Heritage Day.
Yep, we’re still here.
Columbus couldn’t kill all of us.
George Washington couldn’t kill all of us.
Andrew Jackson couldn’t kill all of us.
Abraham Lincoln couldn’t kill all of us (fuck him so much).
Your white great grandfather couldn’t kill all of us.
✊🏾
Yep, we’re still here.
Columbus couldn’t kill all of us.
George Washington couldn’t kill all of us.
Andrew Jackson couldn’t kill all of us.
Abraham Lincoln couldn’t kill all of us (fuck him so much).
Your white great grandfather couldn’t kill all of us.
✊🏾
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy Native American Heritage Day.
Yep, we’re still here.
Columbus couldn’t kill all of us.
George Washington couldn’t kill all of us.
Andrew Jackson couldn’t kill all of us.
Abraham Lincoln couldn’t kill all of us (fuck him so much).
Your white great grandfather couldn’t kill all of us.
✊🏾
Yep, we’re still here.
Columbus couldn’t kill all of us.
George Washington couldn’t kill all of us.
Andrew Jackson couldn’t kill all of us.
Abraham Lincoln couldn’t kill all of us (fuck him so much).
Your white great grandfather couldn’t kill all of us.
✊🏾
One day, I’m going to set up a table at a farmers’ market somewhere and the sign will simply read, ‘Trade.’ We Natives will trade you for whatever you have for our legitimate everything made by Native hands. The epilogue to this story is to stop buying dreamcatchers at gas stations & airports. Stop.
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 AM
One day, I’m going to set up a table at a farmers’ market somewhere and the sign will simply read, ‘Trade.’ We Natives will trade you for whatever you have for our legitimate everything made by Native hands. The epilogue to this story is to stop buying dreamcatchers at gas stations & airports. Stop.
Nov. 28 is Black Friday. It’s also Native American Heritage Day, which is often ignored b/c it’s on a day to buy shit. The day before this capitalistic rampage is Thanksgiving, a day that omits the mass murder of Natives. Add that the Cowboys played the Chiefs during a colonist’s dinner party? Wtf?
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Nov. 28 is Black Friday. It’s also Native American Heritage Day, which is often ignored b/c it’s on a day to buy shit. The day before this capitalistic rampage is Thanksgiving, a day that omits the mass murder of Natives. Add that the Cowboys played the Chiefs during a colonist’s dinner party? Wtf?
Two things:
Firstly (and sadly), Black Friday is, in fact, Native American Heritage Day. These two shouldn’t be on the same day.
Secondly, don’t spend your $ at big box stores. Buy local. Target, Walmart, Amazon, they won’t suffer if you support small businesses. Always support a small business.
Firstly (and sadly), Black Friday is, in fact, Native American Heritage Day. These two shouldn’t be on the same day.
Secondly, don’t spend your $ at big box stores. Buy local. Target, Walmart, Amazon, they won’t suffer if you support small businesses. Always support a small business.
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Two things:
Firstly (and sadly), Black Friday is, in fact, Native American Heritage Day. These two shouldn’t be on the same day.
Secondly, don’t spend your $ at big box stores. Buy local. Target, Walmart, Amazon, they won’t suffer if you support small businesses. Always support a small business.
Firstly (and sadly), Black Friday is, in fact, Native American Heritage Day. These two shouldn’t be on the same day.
Secondly, don’t spend your $ at big box stores. Buy local. Target, Walmart, Amazon, they won’t suffer if you support small businesses. Always support a small business.
Reposted by Simon Moya-Smith
Required listening for oblivious Americans celebrating Thanksgiving.
“The first Thanksgiving was a celebration of white people massacring indigenous people & then joining each other at a table & celebrating that.”
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“The first Thanksgiving was a celebration of white people massacring indigenous people & then joining each other at a table & celebrating that.”
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November 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Required listening for oblivious Americans celebrating Thanksgiving.
“The first Thanksgiving was a celebration of white people massacring indigenous people & then joining each other at a table & celebrating that.”
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
“The first Thanksgiving was a celebration of white people massacring indigenous people & then joining each other at a table & celebrating that.”
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
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@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I are doing a special Thanksgiving episode tonight on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social’s SiriusXM show (Ch. 127).
It’ll air between 9-12 PM ET — & it’ll replay tomorrow.
We’re calling it Thanksgiving / Takesgiving / ThanksTaking — a conversation about truth & myth 🌾. Tune in
It’ll air between 9-12 PM ET — & it’ll replay tomorrow.
We’re calling it Thanksgiving / Takesgiving / ThanksTaking — a conversation about truth & myth 🌾. Tune in
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I are doing a special Thanksgiving episode tonight on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social’s SiriusXM show (Ch. 127).
It’ll air between 9-12 PM ET — & it’ll replay tomorrow.
We’re calling it Thanksgiving / Takesgiving / ThanksTaking — a conversation about truth & myth 🌾. Tune in
It’ll air between 9-12 PM ET — & it’ll replay tomorrow.
We’re calling it Thanksgiving / Takesgiving / ThanksTaking — a conversation about truth & myth 🌾. Tune in
We dance on stolen land
We keep our ways alive
We live with trauma
Still, we thrive
They gave us November, a month
Thanks?
How about our land back?
We know, that’s asking too much
Because if they gave it back
They’d have to leave
Or genocide again
They are not the kind that will ever be pleased.
We keep our ways alive
We live with trauma
Still, we thrive
They gave us November, a month
Thanks?
How about our land back?
We know, that’s asking too much
Because if they gave it back
They’d have to leave
Or genocide again
They are not the kind that will ever be pleased.
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
We dance on stolen land
We keep our ways alive
We live with trauma
Still, we thrive
They gave us November, a month
Thanks?
How about our land back?
We know, that’s asking too much
Because if they gave it back
They’d have to leave
Or genocide again
They are not the kind that will ever be pleased.
We keep our ways alive
We live with trauma
Still, we thrive
They gave us November, a month
Thanks?
How about our land back?
We know, that’s asking too much
Because if they gave it back
They’d have to leave
Or genocide again
They are not the kind that will ever be pleased.
Reposted by Simon Moya-Smith
If you missed me and @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social live on Thursday on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM Progress show, you can catch our segment every Saturday for free.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you missed me and @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social live on Thursday on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM Progress show, you can catch our segment every Saturday for free.
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The difference between a Mexican & a Chicano? A Mexican may be born in Mexico or the U.S.— still, if one moves to Mexico they can become a citizen of Mexico. An Italian from Italy can become a Mexican if he chooses to be a Mexican citizen. Chicanos recognize our Native roots to the land he moved to.
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The difference between a Mexican & a Chicano? A Mexican may be born in Mexico or the U.S.— still, if one moves to Mexico they can become a citizen of Mexico. An Italian from Italy can become a Mexican if he chooses to be a Mexican citizen. Chicanos recognize our Native roots to the land he moved to.
Him: “What do Indians do on Thanksgiving?”
Me: “Indigenous peoples? Or Indian-Americans?”
Him: “Your kind.”
Answer: Many of us don’t celebrate it at all, but we do get together. We get together to celebrate our resilience, that we’re still here, that we survived the US’s plan to kill all of us.
Me: “Indigenous peoples? Or Indian-Americans?”
Him: “Your kind.”
Answer: Many of us don’t celebrate it at all, but we do get together. We get together to celebrate our resilience, that we’re still here, that we survived the US’s plan to kill all of us.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Him: “What do Indians do on Thanksgiving?”
Me: “Indigenous peoples? Or Indian-Americans?”
Him: “Your kind.”
Answer: Many of us don’t celebrate it at all, but we do get together. We get together to celebrate our resilience, that we’re still here, that we survived the US’s plan to kill all of us.
Me: “Indigenous peoples? Or Indian-Americans?”
Him: “Your kind.”
Answer: Many of us don’t celebrate it at all, but we do get together. We get together to celebrate our resilience, that we’re still here, that we survived the US’s plan to kill all of us.
Reposted by Simon Moya-Smith
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We're Still Here with Simon and Julie
Podcast Episode · The John Fugelsang Podcast · 2025-11-15 · 39m
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November 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Me on the Eastcoast:
“I’m Chicano and Oglala.”
“You’re a what?”
“… Chicano and Oglala.”
“Where’s that?”
Really, folks? Really?
“I’m Chicano and Oglala.”
“You’re a what?”
“… Chicano and Oglala.”
“Where’s that?”
Really, folks? Really?
November 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Me on the Eastcoast:
“I’m Chicano and Oglala.”
“You’re a what?”
“… Chicano and Oglala.”
“Where’s that?”
Really, folks? Really?
“I’m Chicano and Oglala.”
“You’re a what?”
“… Chicano and Oglala.”
“Where’s that?”
Really, folks? Really?
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If you missed me and @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social last week, you can listen free 🎧👇
We joined @johnfugelsang.bsky.social for a spooky-season convo. We also tackled J.D. Vance’s harmful claim about “child sacrifice” and why that myth is dangerous.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
We joined @johnfugelsang.bsky.social for a spooky-season convo. We also tackled J.D. Vance’s harmful claim about “child sacrifice” and why that myth is dangerous.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
We're Still Here with Simon and Julie
Podcast Episode · The John Fugelsang Podcast · 2025-11-01 · 40m
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November 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
If you missed me and @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social last week, you can listen free 🎧👇
We joined @johnfugelsang.bsky.social for a spooky-season convo. We also tackled J.D. Vance’s harmful claim about “child sacrifice” and why that myth is dangerous.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
We joined @johnfugelsang.bsky.social for a spooky-season convo. We also tackled J.D. Vance’s harmful claim about “child sacrifice” and why that myth is dangerous.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Reposted by Simon Moya-Smith
If you missed our weekly “We’re Still Here” segment on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social SiriusXM show last week, catch @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & me here for free.
We talk about the gov shutdown, a $300M White House ballroom while SNAP benefits are cut & more.
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We talk about the gov shutdown, a $300M White House ballroom while SNAP benefits are cut & more.
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We're Still Here with Simon and Julie
Podcast Episode · The John Fugelsang Podcast · 2025-10-25 · 45m
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October 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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We talk about the gov shutdown, a $300M White House ballroom while SNAP benefits are cut & more.
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We talk about the gov shutdown, a $300M White House ballroom while SNAP benefits are cut & more.
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“If you’re Native American, why do you speak Spanish like that?”
Firstly, my mom raised me. She is a Chicana. My dad (the Oglala) took off. *She* approached the Oglalas & said, “His dad bailed. I have one of yours.” That’s how I got enrolled. I speak Chicano b/c I was raised by Chicanos. So, there.
Firstly, my mom raised me. She is a Chicana. My dad (the Oglala) took off. *She* approached the Oglalas & said, “His dad bailed. I have one of yours.” That’s how I got enrolled. I speak Chicano b/c I was raised by Chicanos. So, there.
October 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“If you’re Native American, why do you speak Spanish like that?”
Firstly, my mom raised me. She is a Chicana. My dad (the Oglala) took off. *She* approached the Oglalas & said, “His dad bailed. I have one of yours.” That’s how I got enrolled. I speak Chicano b/c I was raised by Chicanos. So, there.
Firstly, my mom raised me. She is a Chicana. My dad (the Oglala) took off. *She* approached the Oglalas & said, “His dad bailed. I have one of yours.” That’s how I got enrolled. I speak Chicano b/c I was raised by Chicanos. So, there.
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We're talking White House demolition, Leech Lake Ojibwe suing 3M & over “forever chemicals” contamination, & just in time for spooky season, Indigenous representation in Welcome to Derry
We're talking White House demolition, Leech Lake Ojibwe suing 3M & over “forever chemicals” contamination, & just in time for spooky season, Indigenous representation in Welcome to Derry
October 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Join @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & me tonight at 10 PM ET on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social' s SiriusXM show ch 127.
We're talking White House demolition, Leech Lake Ojibwe suing 3M & over “forever chemicals” contamination, & just in time for spooky season, Indigenous representation in Welcome to Derry
We're talking White House demolition, Leech Lake Ojibwe suing 3M & over “forever chemicals” contamination, & just in time for spooky season, Indigenous representation in Welcome to Derry
I’m not opposed to the demolishing of The White House. It was built on stolen Native land by black slaves brought to this continent against their will. What I am opposed to, however, is the GOP sycophants justifying spending $250 million on an unnecessary ballroom while they gut VA healthcare, etc.
October 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I’m not opposed to the demolishing of The White House. It was built on stolen Native land by black slaves brought to this continent against their will. What I am opposed to, however, is the GOP sycophants justifying spending $250 million on an unnecessary ballroom while they gut VA healthcare, etc.
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Sea levels are rising faster than at any time in the last 4,000 years... Melting glaciers and thermal expansion are driving the ‘acceleration’ of sea level rise to record levels. 😡😡😡
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Sea levels rising faster than they have in 4,000 years, study warns
Melting glaciers and thermal expansion are driving the ‘acceleration’ of sea level rise to record levels.
www.euronews.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Sea levels are rising faster than at any time in the last 4,000 years... Melting glaciers and thermal expansion are driving the ‘acceleration’ of sea level rise to record levels. 😡😡😡
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
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ICE has no jurisdiction on Indian reservations. So, as Natives of the north, what’s to lose by bringing in the Spayola (Oglala for people of the south)? Nothing. Fuck ICE. Let’s flex our sovereignty. If anything, you’ll get good menudo and a good fight. It’s been a while since we had a good fight.
October 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
ICE has no jurisdiction on Indian reservations. So, as Natives of the north, what’s to lose by bringing in the Spayola (Oglala for people of the south)? Nothing. Fuck ICE. Let’s flex our sovereignty. If anything, you’ll get good menudo and a good fight. It’s been a while since we had a good fight.
Reposted by Simon Moya-Smith
Join @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & me live tonight at 10 p.m. ET on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM Show ch. 127 for our We’re Still Here segment. We’ll be talking with Rae Fancher, Alaska Native, about the devastating flooding in Alaska, & more.
Tune in and Call in. 🪶📻 #Indigenous
Tune in and Call in. 🪶📻 #Indigenous
October 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Join @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & me live tonight at 10 p.m. ET on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM Show ch. 127 for our We’re Still Here segment. We’ll be talking with Rae Fancher, Alaska Native, about the devastating flooding in Alaska, & more.
Tune in and Call in. 🪶📻 #Indigenous
Tune in and Call in. 🪶📻 #Indigenous
Listening to people that we would rather not listen to is the responsibility of the journalist, even when we know they are completely full of shit.
October 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Listening to people that we would rather not listen to is the responsibility of the journalist, even when we know they are completely full of shit.
Republican: “Libtard!”
Me: So, by implication, calling someone a ‘retard’ is ok?
Me: So, by implication, calling someone a ‘retard’ is ok?
October 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Republican: “Libtard!”
Me: So, by implication, calling someone a ‘retard’ is ok?
Me: So, by implication, calling someone a ‘retard’ is ok?
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Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/