Charles Emery Kodera (雨森小寺)
@codystrum.bsky.social
A small temple in the rain forest - Singer/Songwriter, guitarist, author, writer, filmmaker, videographer, and educator . Indigiqueer Two Spirit 2SGA “greyacegay” BC North Fraser Metis Nation
Today I am going to write a #sponsor #letter to the @bcmetis.bsky.social #BCMetis to adopt #ThomasKing n his works into the #North #Fraser #Metis nation @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social @metisnationbc.bsky.social @cbcalloway.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Today I am going to write a #sponsor #letter to the @bcmetis.bsky.social #BCMetis to adopt #ThomasKing n his works into the #North #Fraser #Metis nation @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social @metisnationbc.bsky.social @cbcalloway.bsky.social
Thanks for your support, inquiry, and thoughtful questioning / debate JM. Always helps me learn n grow.
I do this with some risk. I have been told by administrator not to continue to speak out abt this in my workplace. I resigned as my worksite Indigenous liaison in protest.
I do this with some risk. I have been told by administrator not to continue to speak out abt this in my workplace. I resigned as my worksite Indigenous liaison in protest.
December 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Thanks for your support, inquiry, and thoughtful questioning / debate JM. Always helps me learn n grow.
I do this with some risk. I have been told by administrator not to continue to speak out abt this in my workplace. I resigned as my worksite Indigenous liaison in protest.
I do this with some risk. I have been told by administrator not to continue to speak out abt this in my workplace. I resigned as my worksite Indigenous liaison in protest.
It is highly likely that as a visible activist for Native rights during the 1960s and 1970s, he would have encountered racist insults. His work is a direct critique of the very mindset that generates such language.
December 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It is highly likely that as a visible activist for Native rights during the 1960s and 1970s, he would have encountered racist insults. His work is a direct critique of the very mindset that generates such language.
In his non-fiction book, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, King confronts and dissects these pervasive stereotypes, including the ones associated with wagon trains.
December 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In his non-fiction book, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, King confronts and dissects these pervasive stereotypes, including the ones associated with wagon trains.
Loss of Friends: In reflecting on his activism from this period for his book The Inconvenient Indian, King stated that the process was difficult because he "had lived through part of that history" and "lost a number of friends to all sorts of calamities."
December 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Loss of Friends: In reflecting on his activism from this period for his book The Inconvenient Indian, King stated that the process was difficult because he "had lived through part of that history" and "lost a number of friends to all sorts of calamities."
Counselling and Advocacy: He worked as a counselor and activist for Native students at the University of Utah during this time. teacher, focusing on English and Native American Studies at various universities in the U.S. and Canada, helping to establish and direct American Indian history programs.
December 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Counselling and Advocacy: He worked as a counselor and activist for Native students at the University of Utah during this time. teacher, focusing on English and Native American Studies at various universities in the U.S. and Canada, helping to establish and direct American Indian history programs.
Literary Career and Activism: His belief in his Cherokee background often centered on the experiences and issues of Indigenous peoples. He wrote extensively about the Native experience in oral stories, literature, history, religion, politics, popular culture, and social protest.
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Literary Career and Activism: His belief in his Cherokee background often centered on the experiences and issues of Indigenous peoples. He wrote extensively about the Native experience in oral stories, literature, history, religion, politics, popular culture, and social protest.
Belief in Ancestry: King's mother told him when he was young that his father, who had left the family when King was three, was part Cherokee. King grew up with and identified as being of partial Cherokee descent for most of his life.
December 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Belief in Ancestry: King's mother told him when he was young that his father, who had left the family when King was three, was part Cherokee. King grew up with and identified as being of partial Cherokee descent for most of his life.
Final example. My father is 6th gen Metis. I'm 7th. I completely accept my indigeniaty as valid, so does my dad. But he himself does NOT consider himself at ALL Metis. Completely European colonial. Not culturally. So Whose more “authentic” n “honest” we BOTH are. It's about how we identify.
December 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Final example. My father is 6th gen Metis. I'm 7th. I completely accept my indigeniaty as valid, so does my dad. But he himself does NOT consider himself at ALL Metis. Completely European colonial. Not culturally. So Whose more “authentic” n “honest” we BOTH are. It's about how we identify.
Let's go even deeper in the identity train. Not race…exactly. I met blonde Caucasion 12 yo boy born in Japan in Tokyo. He only spoke Nihongo; all mannerisms too. I could not consider him European heritage at ALL. He looked it but acted n spoke Japanese. But isn't accepted by all as such in Japan.
December 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Let's go even deeper in the identity train. Not race…exactly. I met blonde Caucasion 12 yo boy born in Japan in Tokyo. He only spoke Nihongo; all mannerisms too. I could not consider him European heritage at ALL. He looked it but acted n spoke Japanese. But isn't accepted by all as such in Japan.
For example, a former mixed race student Japanese / Canadian was bullied 4 being “white “ in Japan. He came to Canada. Refuses his Japanese heritage completely. Only speaks English. Claims to be only white. Refused to spk Japnese w me. Inauthentic or valid? I respect his wishes. He’s only white.
December 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
For example, a former mixed race student Japanese / Canadian was bullied 4 being “white “ in Japan. He came to Canada. Refuses his Japanese heritage completely. Only speaks English. Claims to be only white. Refused to spk Japnese w me. Inauthentic or valid? I respect his wishes. He’s only white.
Here’s another tangent I'm going to throw out. We should not question trangender ppl authenticity of their lived experience b/c of genetics. Why question a person who lived as a race whose genetics “betrayed”them years later after they lived as that mixed race. Esp as an activist no less!
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Here’s another tangent I'm going to throw out. We should not question trangender ppl authenticity of their lived experience b/c of genetics. Why question a person who lived as a race whose genetics “betrayed”them years later after they lived as that mixed race. Esp as an activist no less!
So I guess what I am actually contending from a mixed race/cultural perspective is how authentic indigenous or queer one is, is abt how u represent, advocate n identify much more than one’s actual biology.
That is pissing ppl off in my community n workplace. But that’s my Métis n Queer reality.
That is pissing ppl off in my community n workplace. But that’s my Métis n Queer reality.
December 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
So I guess what I am actually contending from a mixed race/cultural perspective is how authentic indigenous or queer one is, is abt how u represent, advocate n identify much more than one’s actual biology.
That is pissing ppl off in my community n workplace. But that’s my Métis n Queer reality.
That is pissing ppl off in my community n workplace. But that’s my Métis n Queer reality.
So I guess I am saying that I don’t care what level of inauthenticity is being decried. The inauthenticity accusation is unfair. heart n intention of person more than racial genetics or degree of same sex attraction. So To me ally = queer / indigenous esp when they did more activism than I did.
December 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
So I guess I am saying that I don’t care what level of inauthenticity is being decried. The inauthenticity accusation is unfair. heart n intention of person more than racial genetics or degree of same sex attraction. So To me ally = queer / indigenous esp when they did more activism than I did.
The history that I find parallel is that these two were roundly vilified as betraying our community, by others, for being the least bit hetero n therefore “inauthentic” I argue that the others vilification is completely parallel… and unjust.
December 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The history that I find parallel is that these two were roundly vilified as betraying our community, by others, for being the least bit hetero n therefore “inauthentic” I argue that the others vilification is completely parallel… and unjust.
No I’m bringing in examples of Queer people who had been accused of betraying our community that we are both NOT angry abt… in response to ur statement saying you would be angry in a scenario of Queer misrepresentation. You responded that their bisexuality still makes them queer. However…
December 7, 2025 at 6:29 AM
No I’m bringing in examples of Queer people who had been accused of betraying our community that we are both NOT angry abt… in response to ur statement saying you would be angry in a scenario of Queer misrepresentation. You responded that their bisexuality still makes them queer. However…
But are we going around saying we should ban Rice’s books b/c she couldn’t possible “reflect authentic queer lived experience”? Nope.
But my fellow indigenous are claiming King’s “inauthentic lived experience” to the man jailed for Red Power movement activism!!!
INfuckingCredible!
But my fellow indigenous are claiming King’s “inauthentic lived experience” to the man jailed for Red Power movement activism!!!
INfuckingCredible!
December 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
But are we going around saying we should ban Rice’s books b/c she couldn’t possible “reflect authentic queer lived experience”? Nope.
But my fellow indigenous are claiming King’s “inauthentic lived experience” to the man jailed for Red Power movement activism!!!
INfuckingCredible!
But my fellow indigenous are claiming King’s “inauthentic lived experience” to the man jailed for Red Power movement activism!!!
INfuckingCredible!
I don’t see the difference. And Tom and Robyn were vilified then for “going straight” n “betraying the community” I see the parallels as chillingly similar.
December 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I don’t see the difference. And Tom and Robyn were vilified then for “going straight” n “betraying the community” I see the parallels as chillingly similar.
The Red Power King fronted emphasized pan-Indigenous solidarity and self-identification over strict documentation, but formal verification processes were rudimentary, inaccessible, and often biased against mixed-heritage or urban Native people. (Grok)
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The Red Power King fronted emphasized pan-Indigenous solidarity and self-identification over strict documentation, but formal verification processes were rudimentary, inaccessible, and often biased against mixed-heritage or urban Native people. (Grok)