Laura Evans
@lauraevans.bsky.social
Poli Sci prof at University of California, Riverside. I write and teach about the politics of Native Nations, Indigenous peoples, federalism, and race. I am both a dog person and a cat person.
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WELKER: Why is it necessary to do something 85% of Greenlanders oppose?
BESSENT: Denmark has a terrible history w/ Greenlanders. There were forced sterilizations until the '90s. Now that the US has expressed an interest, there is this new interest. But the US needs to be in control to prevent a war
BESSENT: Denmark has a terrible history w/ Greenlanders. There were forced sterilizations until the '90s. Now that the US has expressed an interest, there is this new interest. But the US needs to be in control to prevent a war
January 18, 2026 at 2:39 PM
WELKER: Why is it necessary to do something 85% of Greenlanders oppose?
BESSENT: Denmark has a terrible history w/ Greenlanders. There were forced sterilizations until the '90s. Now that the US has expressed an interest, there is this new interest. But the US needs to be in control to prevent a war
BESSENT: Denmark has a terrible history w/ Greenlanders. There were forced sterilizations until the '90s. Now that the US has expressed an interest, there is this new interest. But the US needs to be in control to prevent a war
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🇬🇱 Greenlanders protest in Nuuk after Trump's annexation threats
Thousands of people protest in the capital of Greenland against President Donald Trump's plans for the US to annex the Danish autonomous territory.
Thousands of people protest in the capital of Greenland against President Donald Trump's plans for the US to annex the Danish autonomous territory.
January 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM
🇬🇱 Greenlanders protest in Nuuk after Trump's annexation threats
Thousands of people protest in the capital of Greenland against President Donald Trump's plans for the US to annex the Danish autonomous territory.
Thousands of people protest in the capital of Greenland against President Donald Trump's plans for the US to annex the Danish autonomous territory.
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An Inuit message of solidarity and support for our 🇬🇱 relatives from Inuit of Alaska and Canada ❤️
You are not alone. We love you and stand for your right to self-determine the future of your nunaat ✨️
#InuitNunaat #InuitNunangat #Greenland #KalaallitNunaat #KalaallitPigaat
youtu.be/MeE8PHbLgfo?...
You are not alone. We love you and stand for your right to self-determine the future of your nunaat ✨️
#InuitNunaat #InuitNunangat #Greenland #KalaallitNunaat #KalaallitPigaat
youtu.be/MeE8PHbLgfo?...
180,000 Strong Inuit Standing Together
YouTube video by Ayyu
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January 17, 2026 at 9:07 AM
An Inuit message of solidarity and support for our 🇬🇱 relatives from Inuit of Alaska and Canada ❤️
You are not alone. We love you and stand for your right to self-determine the future of your nunaat ✨️
#InuitNunaat #InuitNunangat #Greenland #KalaallitNunaat #KalaallitPigaat
youtu.be/MeE8PHbLgfo?...
You are not alone. We love you and stand for your right to self-determine the future of your nunaat ✨️
#InuitNunaat #InuitNunangat #Greenland #KalaallitNunaat #KalaallitPigaat
youtu.be/MeE8PHbLgfo?...
Settler colonialism is a helluva drug
Cruz: "When it comes to Greenland, I want to commend President Trump for being single-mindedly focused on America first... I believe it is overwhelmingly in America's national interest to acquire Greenland... the whole history of America has been a history of acquiring new lands and new territories"
January 18, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Settler colonialism is a helluva drug
If you’re having a tough day, here’s a baby orca to make it better.
🖤🤍 Fri, Jan 16
Intriguing when a number of orcas go unreported, but the endangered SRKWs did! Yesterday, it wasn't until late morn when Ks were seen in Possession Sound & late afternoon when likely J pod was seen exiting Admiralty.
📸 Sweet calf K47 by @whaleresearch.bsky.social on 1/3
#psws
Intriguing when a number of orcas go unreported, but the endangered SRKWs did! Yesterday, it wasn't until late morn when Ks were seen in Possession Sound & late afternoon when likely J pod was seen exiting Admiralty.
📸 Sweet calf K47 by @whaleresearch.bsky.social on 1/3
#psws
January 17, 2026 at 5:40 AM
If you’re having a tough day, here’s a baby orca to make it better.
It is hard to see this as anything but retaliation against the Oglala Sioux Tribe by Noem. They were highly critical of her and kicked off the movement to ban her from reservations in SD. See letter below.
At DHS, Noem’s rhetoric and imagery have been consistently anti-Native.
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At DHS, Noem’s rhetoric and imagery have been consistently anti-Native.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:22 PM
It is hard to see this as anything but retaliation against the Oglala Sioux Tribe by Noem. They were highly critical of her and kicked off the movement to ban her from reservations in SD. See letter below.
At DHS, Noem’s rhetoric and imagery have been consistently anti-Native.
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At DHS, Noem’s rhetoric and imagery have been consistently anti-Native.
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Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen:
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
January 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen:
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
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"Oneida Nation LLC takes action to terminate contracts with ICE"
Oneida Nation LLC takes action to terminate contracts with ICE - ICT
In a Jan. 2 Oneida Live online meeting, Tribal Chairman Tehassi Hill said he had just learned of the ICE contracts on Monday morning, Dec. 29 through social media posts.
ictnews.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:20 PM
"Oneida Nation LLC takes action to terminate contracts with ICE"
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‘Buying countries is Stone Age mentality:’ Inuit speak up on Greenland canadiangeographic.ca/articles/buy...
‘Buying countries is Stone Age mentality:’ Inuit speak up on Greenland
Indigenous Greenlanders, who endured centuries of colonialism from Denmark, now face a new threat from Donald Trump’s United States
canadiangeographic.ca
January 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
‘Buying countries is Stone Age mentality:’ Inuit speak up on Greenland canadiangeographic.ca/articles/buy...
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The Miccosukee Tribe is being punished 4 fighting Alligator Alcatraz. Congress passed a bipartisan bill 2 expand the Tribe’s land base & Trump vetoed the bill saying the tribe undermined his immigration agenda. The House refused 2 override his veto. ictnews.org/news/house-r...
House refuses to override Trump veto of a bill for Miccosukee lands - ICT
The House refused Thursday to override President Donald Trump's veto of two low-profile bills — one involving the Miccosukee Indian Reservation — as Republicans stuck with the president despite their…
ictnews.org
January 12, 2026 at 8:10 PM
The Miccosukee Tribe is being punished 4 fighting Alligator Alcatraz. Congress passed a bipartisan bill 2 expand the Tribe’s land base & Trump vetoed the bill saying the tribe undermined his immigration agenda. The House refused 2 override his veto. ictnews.org/news/house-r...
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This bill passed unanimously. You need 2/3rds of both houses to override a veto. That’s less than unanimity.
That’s how craven these people are.
That’s how craven these people are.
The Miccosukee Tribe is being punished 4 fighting Alligator Alcatraz. Congress passed a bipartisan bill 2 expand the Tribe’s land base & Trump vetoed the bill saying the tribe undermined his immigration agenda. The House refused 2 override his veto. ictnews.org/news/house-r...
House refuses to override Trump veto of a bill for Miccosukee lands - ICT
The House refused Thursday to override President Donald Trump's veto of two low-profile bills — one involving the Miccosukee Indian Reservation — as Republicans stuck with the president despite their…
ictnews.org
January 12, 2026 at 8:15 PM
This bill passed unanimously. You need 2/3rds of both houses to override a veto. That’s less than unanimity.
That’s how craven these people are.
That’s how craven these people are.
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Native people being detained by ICE proves the raids are not about immigration status, but skin color. Since the Trump administration sent 2,000 ICE officers to Minneapolis at least 5 Native people have been detained and an unknown...
January 12, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Native people being detained by ICE proves the raids are not about immigration status, but skin color. Since the Trump administration sent 2,000 ICE officers to Minneapolis at least 5 Native people have been detained and an unknown...
I would encourage everyone interested in following the Alaska Senate race to be following Indigenous media. Sullivan’s choice to alienate the Alaska Federation of Natives—and its significance—seems to have escaped the attention of other outlets.
ictnews.org/news/alaska-...
ictnews.org/news/alaska-...
January 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I would encourage everyone interested in following the Alaska Senate race to be following Indigenous media. Sullivan’s choice to alienate the Alaska Federation of Natives—and its significance—seems to have escaped the attention of other outlets.
ictnews.org/news/alaska-...
ictnews.org/news/alaska-...
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I’m proud to have worked with the Native American Rights Fund on an amicus brief on behalf of Native communities about the difficulties Native communities face when voting by mail: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I’m proud to have worked with the Native American Rights Fund on an amicus brief on behalf of Native communities about the difficulties Native communities face when voting by mail: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
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ICE kidnapped 4 Oglala men
This is continual settler colonial violence and genocide
This is why we need #Landback
GET ICE OFF OUR STREETS! #Minnesota
This is continual settler colonial violence and genocide
This is why we need #Landback
GET ICE OFF OUR STREETS! #Minnesota
January 9, 2026 at 9:43 PM
ICE kidnapped 4 Oglala men
This is continual settler colonial violence and genocide
This is why we need #Landback
GET ICE OFF OUR STREETS! #Minnesota
This is continual settler colonial violence and genocide
This is why we need #Landback
GET ICE OFF OUR STREETS! #Minnesota
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From the Inuit Circumpolar Council, which represents the almost 200,000 Inuit of Alaska, Greenland, Canada, and Chukotka (or Russia): “There is no such thing as a better colonizer.”
Trump wants Greenland. But what does Greenland want?
“There is no such thing as a better colonizer."
grist.org
January 7, 2026 at 1:31 AM
From the Inuit Circumpolar Council, which represents the almost 200,000 Inuit of Alaska, Greenland, Canada, and Chukotka (or Russia): “There is no such thing as a better colonizer.”
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From my column of nearly a year ago, a reminder that Trump’s Greenland gambit is an attempt to steal an indigenous nation that is working toward its own independence: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/08/o...
January 7, 2026 at 1:03 AM
From my column of nearly a year ago, a reminder that Trump’s Greenland gambit is an attempt to steal an indigenous nation that is working toward its own independence: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/08/o...
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In what appears to be a punishment for fighting Alligator Alcatraz, President Trump vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded and clarified Miccosukee land in Florida. nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/...
Trump Veto Stalls Effort to Expand Miccosukee Tribal Lands
On Monday, President Donald Trump vetoed bipartisan legislation that would have expanded and clarified the Miccosukee Tribe’s land in Florida’s Everglades. The veto appears to be in retribution of the...
nativenewsonline.net
January 7, 2026 at 3:17 AM
In what appears to be a punishment for fighting Alligator Alcatraz, President Trump vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded and clarified Miccosukee land in Florida. nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/...
As is half of Iceland. Make Reykjavik Great Again?
Greenland envoy Gov. Jeff Landry: "Solidifying the Western Hemisphere is good for the United States and good for the states that are in the United States, like Louisiana. And Greenland is in the Western Hemisphere."
January 6, 2026 at 11:07 PM
As is half of Iceland. Make Reykjavik Great Again?
Plus, circumpolar security policy has been based on cooperation with Canada and Norway. We seem less safe by sabotaging those relationships.
Both Canada and Norway include Arctic islands, to which Trump’s land-grab logic would also seem to apply. Surely this makes them nervous.
Both Canada and Norway include Arctic islands, to which Trump’s land-grab logic would also seem to apply. Surely this makes them nervous.
What is just crazy about this, aside from the need for this statement at all, is that Greenland already IS in the US sphere of influence. It's far cheaper for the US, in material, security, and reputational terms, to have Denmark continue administering Greenland and work within NATO on security.
Joint Statement of major EU/NATO countries on Greenland, together with Denmark:
January 6, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Plus, circumpolar security policy has been based on cooperation with Canada and Norway. We seem less safe by sabotaging those relationships.
Both Canada and Norway include Arctic islands, to which Trump’s land-grab logic would also seem to apply. Surely this makes them nervous.
Both Canada and Norway include Arctic islands, to which Trump’s land-grab logic would also seem to apply. Surely this makes them nervous.