Dr. Twyla Baker
@indigenia.bsky.social
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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Anyway it is generally a good idea to listen to the elders not the pundits.
Yknow I’d like to say that the U.S. isn’t supposed to go around invading countries (and it’s not), but I’m a citizen of a Native Nation of THIS land, and this country is BORN of invasion. This is standard practice for this country, yall.
And yes, I’m still mad as hell about Venezuela.
And yes, I’m still mad as hell about Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Anyway it is generally a good idea to listen to the elders not the pundits.
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If one is interested in the historical antecedents of the current situation, it's important to remember the 1856 Guano Islands Act.
The US has always been extractivist and imperialist. When thinking of better futures, we must be honest about the deep roots of our problems.
(Open access article)
The US has always been extractivist and imperialist. When thinking of better futures, we must be honest about the deep roots of our problems.
(Open access article)
Guano and the Rise of the American Empire - Mauricio Betancourt, 2024
Ecological imperialism refers to the center’s robbery of nature from the periphery, emphasizing the ecological dimension of trade, often overshadowed by monetar...
journals.sagepub.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:51 AM
If one is interested in the historical antecedents of the current situation, it's important to remember the 1856 Guano Islands Act.
The US has always been extractivist and imperialist. When thinking of better futures, we must be honest about the deep roots of our problems.
(Open access article)
The US has always been extractivist and imperialist. When thinking of better futures, we must be honest about the deep roots of our problems.
(Open access article)
Absolutely.
The US also did this repeatedly in Central and South America during the Cold War. It's very on-brand.
January 4, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Absolutely.
Yknow I’d like to say that the U.S. isn’t supposed to go around invading countries (and it’s not), but I’m a citizen of a Native Nation of THIS land, and this country is BORN of invasion. This is standard practice for this country, yall.
And yes, I’m still mad as hell about Venezuela.
And yes, I’m still mad as hell about Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Yknow I’d like to say that the U.S. isn’t supposed to go around invading countries (and it’s not), but I’m a citizen of a Native Nation of THIS land, and this country is BORN of invasion. This is standard practice for this country, yall.
And yes, I’m still mad as hell about Venezuela.
And yes, I’m still mad as hell about Venezuela.
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The world's worst people are having a collective meltdown over Mayor Mamdani.
I love it.
Happy New Year.
I love it.
Happy New Year.
January 1, 2026 at 11:44 PM
The world's worst people are having a collective meltdown over Mayor Mamdani.
I love it.
Happy New Year.
I love it.
Happy New Year.
A gift as the seasons turn back to the sun. Please read my story, “Carrying the Light: A Winter Solstice Tale”, included in this amazing end-of-year edition of “The Game”, w/Editorial Director Kevin Powell. I’d be honored if you shared with your networks.
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Issue Eleven | The Game
Issue 11 closes out 2025 and opens 2026 with hope. Writers explore joy, ritual, travel, memory, games, film, music, and loss—finding meaning, resilience, and connection through the many ways we play t...
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January 2, 2026 at 12:34 AM
A gift as the seasons turn back to the sun. Please read my story, “Carrying the Light: A Winter Solstice Tale”, included in this amazing end-of-year edition of “The Game”, w/Editorial Director Kevin Powell. I’d be honored if you shared with your networks.
thegame.visibility.art/p/issue-elev...
thegame.visibility.art/p/issue-elev...
New Year, True You. 💫
January 1, 2026 at 11:14 PM
New Year, True You. 💫
Submitted a draft story and now I won't think on it. Been doing this for years, and I still get hella nervous when things go to edit.
Excited too, though. :)
Excited too, though. :)
December 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Submitted a draft story and now I won't think on it. Been doing this for years, and I still get hella nervous when things go to edit.
Excited too, though. :)
Excited too, though. :)
My writing mentor, who has written 15+ books and edited many more, and done so many amazing things over a decades long career - said I’m one of his favorite writers.
There isn’t a better Christmas gift than that. I can’t think of what could top it. 😭🥹💙🎄
There isn’t a better Christmas gift than that. I can’t think of what could top it. 😭🥹💙🎄
December 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
My writing mentor, who has written 15+ books and edited many more, and done so many amazing things over a decades long career - said I’m one of his favorite writers.
There isn’t a better Christmas gift than that. I can’t think of what could top it. 😭🥹💙🎄
There isn’t a better Christmas gift than that. I can’t think of what could top it. 😭🥹💙🎄
I just realized I hit my 27 year sobriety birthday on Dec 15th.
I do not miss a moment of those days, and life can be hard at times, but it is endlessly easier, more beautiful, more fulfilling, sober.
You go, Me.
I do not miss a moment of those days, and life can be hard at times, but it is endlessly easier, more beautiful, more fulfilling, sober.
You go, Me.
a woman wearing glasses is waving her hand while sitting in front of a window .
ALT: a woman wearing glasses is waving her hand while sitting in front of a window .
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December 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I just realized I hit my 27 year sobriety birthday on Dec 15th.
I do not miss a moment of those days, and life can be hard at times, but it is endlessly easier, more beautiful, more fulfilling, sober.
You go, Me.
I do not miss a moment of those days, and life can be hard at times, but it is endlessly easier, more beautiful, more fulfilling, sober.
You go, Me.
I put my pants on TWO legs at a time, too. 💅🏽 😎 😂
This is an example of @indigenia.bsky.social like everyday. If she was mid move and there was a house fire, she would come running out half ready for noon ball.
#Dr_Twyla_Things #oldways
#Dr_Twyla_Things #oldways
December 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I put my pants on TWO legs at a time, too. 💅🏽 😎 😂
Drop your advice for severely dry winter skin. 👇🏾 I am now premenopausal, so even though I’m from up north and the dry winter air ain’t new, THIS is a new one to me. 😵
December 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Drop your advice for severely dry winter skin. 👇🏾 I am now premenopausal, so even though I’m from up north and the dry winter air ain’t new, THIS is a new one to me. 😵
If you’re muddling thru the holidays, I see you.
It’s hard to feel joy these days. Expectations are happiness killers, and it’s good to free yourself of them. Your happiness, your joy matters too. Lifting you up, friends.
It’s hard to feel joy these days. Expectations are happiness killers, and it’s good to free yourself of them. Your happiness, your joy matters too. Lifting you up, friends.
December 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
If you’re muddling thru the holidays, I see you.
It’s hard to feel joy these days. Expectations are happiness killers, and it’s good to free yourself of them. Your happiness, your joy matters too. Lifting you up, friends.
It’s hard to feel joy these days. Expectations are happiness killers, and it’s good to free yourself of them. Your happiness, your joy matters too. Lifting you up, friends.
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I was in Anza Borrego for a few days about a year ago. Flipped on the tv in my hotel room and Stand By Me was just starting. Hadn’t seen it in decades. Was so moved by it that I watched it again the very next day. Only the most beautiful of souls could have made such a profound work of decency.
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I was in Anza Borrego for a few days about a year ago. Flipped on the tv in my hotel room and Stand By Me was just starting. Hadn’t seen it in decades. Was so moved by it that I watched it again the very next day. Only the most beautiful of souls could have made such a profound work of decency.
Rob Reiner will be remembered with more love, more affection, respect, and deference than he EVER will, and that’s what gets to him the most. Reiner is beloved. He never will be.
December 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Rob Reiner will be remembered with more love, more affection, respect, and deference than he EVER will, and that’s what gets to him the most. Reiner is beloved. He never will be.
So now that the weather em events are wrapped, there’s no snowstorms forecast. 😭 like CMON, Mother Nature, I need to be snowed in!
December 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
So now that the weather em events are wrapped, there’s no snowstorms forecast. 😭 like CMON, Mother Nature, I need to be snowed in!
50 Cent has the type of beef capacity that Natives have with the government. 😂 💀
Fr though, that Netflix doc had me 👀
Fr though, that Netflix doc had me 👀
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
50 Cent has the type of beef capacity that Natives have with the government. 😂 💀
Fr though, that Netflix doc had me 👀
Fr though, that Netflix doc had me 👀
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It’s a collective shame that two years into genocide we spend today celebrating an ONGOING genocide.
Go to native-land[.]ca, learn whose land you’re on, & pay them reparations.
Find a survival fund for a family in Gaza, & pay them reparations.
15 HOURS LEFT to stop this family’s eviction. 419/700
Go to native-land[.]ca, learn whose land you’re on, & pay them reparations.
Find a survival fund for a family in Gaza, & pay them reparations.
15 HOURS LEFT to stop this family’s eviction. 419/700
Saving lives on the frontline in Palestine - help Maha
My name is Louisa and I'm raising money for my dear friend Maha and her family in Gaza.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It’s a collective shame that two years into genocide we spend today celebrating an ONGOING genocide.
Go to native-land[.]ca, learn whose land you’re on, & pay them reparations.
Find a survival fund for a family in Gaza, & pay them reparations.
15 HOURS LEFT to stop this family’s eviction. 419/700
Go to native-land[.]ca, learn whose land you’re on, & pay them reparations.
Find a survival fund for a family in Gaza, & pay them reparations.
15 HOURS LEFT to stop this family’s eviction. 419/700
Busta Rhymes and Lil Jon on Thanksgiving Day parade floats; this is how I know I’m old now. 😂👵🏾
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Busta Rhymes and Lil Jon on Thanksgiving Day parade floats; this is how I know I’m old now. 😂👵🏾
I got a vegetable tray for tomorrow. I really am an eternal optimist.
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I got a vegetable tray for tomorrow. I really am an eternal optimist.
Typically I’m good at staying positive. The world is just rather heavy today, and I am pretty disheartened. I need someplace to put this feeling, so that’s Bluesky today.
God’s blessings are coming, and I remain faithful. I just need to put the burden down for a minute from time to time.
God’s blessings are coming, and I remain faithful. I just need to put the burden down for a minute from time to time.
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Typically I’m good at staying positive. The world is just rather heavy today, and I am pretty disheartened. I need someplace to put this feeling, so that’s Bluesky today.
God’s blessings are coming, and I remain faithful. I just need to put the burden down for a minute from time to time.
God’s blessings are coming, and I remain faithful. I just need to put the burden down for a minute from time to time.
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AP is back in court today to defend itself and the right to speak freely without government retaliation.
Why AP is standing for your right to speak freely
The executive editor of The Associated Press says the news organization is fighting for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by the government.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
AP is back in court today to defend itself and the right to speak freely without government retaliation.
I am already overworking and exploiting the worker, but I am also considering unionization. 😉😂
Make sure the boss treats you right. (Go get it!)
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I am already overworking and exploiting the worker, but I am also considering unionization. 😉😂
I’m building an LLC.
Wish me luck, I am my only employee. 😂
Wish me luck, I am my only employee. 😂
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I’m building an LLC.
Wish me luck, I am my only employee. 😂
Wish me luck, I am my only employee. 😂
Self love includes self discipline. Holding yourself to account. Taking care of yourself.
I hope you’re finding gentle ways to do so, in these weird times.
I hope you’re finding gentle ways to do so, in these weird times.
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Self love includes self discipline. Holding yourself to account. Taking care of yourself.
I hope you’re finding gentle ways to do so, in these weird times.
I hope you’re finding gentle ways to do so, in these weird times.