Rebecca Nagle
@rebeccanagle.bsky.social
Cherokee writer and journalist, check out my substack: https://gohini.substack.com/
Author of BY THE FIRE WE CARRY out now https://www.harpercollins.com/products/by-the-fire-we-carry-rebecca-nagle?variant=41322925359138
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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...
Hiring a part-time workshop coordinator. Ideally u have xperience working w/ Indigenous young people & in creative writing. It's part of a larger project, fighting the erasure of indigenous people in the story of America. Apps due Jan. 1. Details here:
Youth Writing Workshop RFP.pdf
drive.google.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hiring a part-time workshop coordinator. Ideally u have xperience working w/ Indigenous young people & in creative writing. It's part of a larger project, fighting the erasure of indigenous people in the story of America. Apps due Jan. 1. Details here:
A project I am organizing is hiring a part time workshop coordinator. Applications due January 1. Do you have experience working with Indigenous young people? Do you have experience in creative writing? This job might be right for you! App link in thread -->
December 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
A project I am organizing is hiring a part time workshop coordinator. Applications due January 1. Do you have experience working with Indigenous young people? Do you have experience in creative writing? This job might be right for you! App link in thread -->
Erasure is how anti-Indigenous racism works. Substack out today at open.substack.com/pub/gohini/p... .
Native America: An Indigenous perspective on news & history | Rebecca Nagle | Substack
Indigenous communities deserve the same standard of journalism as the rest of the country, but rarely receive it from non-Native media outlets. My writing seeks to correct this. Click to read Native America:...
gohini.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Erasure is how anti-Indigenous racism works. Substack out today at open.substack.com/pub/gohini/p... .
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By the Fire We Carry
\"No part of the judiciary exposes the chasm between American ideals and institutional practice like federal Indian law. In By the Fire We Carry, Nagle...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If you’re looking for the perfect holiday gift for the book lover in your life consider By the Fire We Carry. Now out in paperback and hard cover! harpercollins.com/products/by-the-fire-we-carry-rebecca-nagle
This means a lot to me! Cherokee Nation is taking control of the cemetery where Elias Boudinot is buried. Elias Boudinot, a relative and the publisher of the first Native-run newspaper in the U.S. He was murdered for signing the Treaty of New Echota.
Cherokee Nation celebrates cemetery acquisition where historic leaders were laid to rest
The Cherokee Nation has acquired the Park Hill Mission, or Worcester, cemetery from the Oklahoma Historical Society, which has held it since 1952. The Northeast Oklahoma site is where important…
www.kosu.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This means a lot to me! Cherokee Nation is taking control of the cemetery where Elias Boudinot is buried. Elias Boudinot, a relative and the publisher of the first Native-run newspaper in the U.S. He was murdered for signing the Treaty of New Echota.
After some tribal leaders dug their heels into the ground, enrollment for Muscogee Freedmen descendants is finally moving forward. The tribe’s highest court is ordering the administration to comply with the ruling and provide status updates.
Muscogee Nation officials offer next steps in complying with Freedmen citizenship ruling
Muscogee Nation leaders are beginning to change tribal policy in response to a court order requiring the tribe to grant citizenship to Freedmen descendants, or those whose ancestors were formerly…
www.kosu.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
After some tribal leaders dug their heels into the ground, enrollment for Muscogee Freedmen descendants is finally moving forward. The tribe’s highest court is ordering the administration to comply with the ruling and provide status updates.
While we see images of Palestinians living in flooded, makeshift tents this winter, its important to remember the legal definition of genocide is broader than direct killing. It includes “deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated...
December 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
While we see images of Palestinians living in flooded, makeshift tents this winter, its important to remember the legal definition of genocide is broader than direct killing. It includes “deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated...
Our country was shocked when migrant children were held in detention or separated from their parents. In the late 1800s/early 1900s, over a third of Native kids were sent to govt-run assimilation schools, where many died...
December 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Our country was shocked when migrant children were held in detention or separated from their parents. In the late 1800s/early 1900s, over a third of Native kids were sent to govt-run assimilation schools, where many died...
Last week, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation came under fire after its business arm accepted a $30 mil contract to design ICE detention facilities.
Many Native advocates and tribal citizens pointed out the parallels to our own violent histories. -->
Many Native advocates and tribal citizens pointed out the parallels to our own violent histories. -->
Some Native Americans draw shocked response over contract to design immigration detention centers
The criticism has been so intense that the 4,500-member tribe said it fired the economic development leaders who brokered the deal.
www.politico.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Last week, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation came under fire after its business arm accepted a $30 mil contract to design ICE detention facilities.
Many Native advocates and tribal citizens pointed out the parallels to our own violent histories. -->
Many Native advocates and tribal citizens pointed out the parallels to our own violent histories. -->
There are ovr 250 unidentified missing & murdered Indigenous people across the country. In many places, law enforcement hasn’t done DNA testing 2 identify the remains. To try & bring those Indigenous people home, SD & the BIA are offering free DNA testing.
South Dakota MMIP Office hosting DNA drive to help bring 273 unidentified Indigenous people home - ICT
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and South Dakota Attorney General are partnering to bring free DNA testing services to victims’ families
ictnews.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
There are ovr 250 unidentified missing & murdered Indigenous people across the country. In many places, law enforcement hasn’t done DNA testing 2 identify the remains. To try & bring those Indigenous people home, SD & the BIA are offering free DNA testing.
The tragedy of mass shootings deserves our attention, but often the drumbeat of steady gun violence–and the communities most impacted–goes unnoticed. Native Americans have one of the highest rates of gun-related deaths in the US, according to a new report.
www.kosu.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The tragedy of mass shootings deserves our attention, but often the drumbeat of steady gun violence–and the communities most impacted–goes unnoticed. Native Americans have one of the highest rates of gun-related deaths in the US, according to a new report.
Looking for some last minute gift ideas? Add these Native-run stores to your holiday shopping list and buy Native this holiday season!
Eighth Generation eighthgeneration.com
Cherokee Copper cherokeecopper.com
Copper Canoe Woman www.coppercanoewoman.com
Eighth Generation eighthgeneration.com
Cherokee Copper cherokeecopper.com
Copper Canoe Woman www.coppercanoewoman.com
Eighth Generation
Eighth Generation is a Native-owned business with a flagship store a Pike Place Market in Seattle. Eighth Generation specializes in wool blankets.
eighthgeneration.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Looking for some last minute gift ideas? Add these Native-run stores to your holiday shopping list and buy Native this holiday season!
Eighth Generation eighthgeneration.com
Cherokee Copper cherokeecopper.com
Copper Canoe Woman www.coppercanoewoman.com
Eighth Generation eighthgeneration.com
Cherokee Copper cherokeecopper.com
Copper Canoe Woman www.coppercanoewoman.com
ICE repeatedly questioning and detaining Native Americans is proof the raids aren’t targeting people based on their citizenship status, but on the color of their skin.
December 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
ICE repeatedly questioning and detaining Native Americans is proof the raids aren’t targeting people based on their citizenship status, but on the color of their skin.
A businessman won hundreds of millions of dollars in federal contracts to help Native Hawaiians. Instead, he spent the money on private jets, luxury homes, and polo horses. Even after his company was raided, the gov still gave him more contracts.
He Spent Funds Meant for Native Hawaiians on Polo and Porsches. The Federal Government Failed to Stop Him.
A small business program allowed Christopher Dawson to win big contracts if he promised to uplift Native Hawaiians. Instead, federal prosecutors allege, he used the money to line his own pockets.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A businessman won hundreds of millions of dollars in federal contracts to help Native Hawaiians. Instead, he spent the money on private jets, luxury homes, and polo horses. Even after his company was raided, the gov still gave him more contracts.
A Caribou herd in Northwest Alaska has fallen by 66% in the last 20 yrs, which the Iñupiat community relies on for subsistence. A new mining road through Alaskan wilderness–approved by the Trump administration–further threatens their way of life. apnews.com/article/ambl...
Takeaways from AP’s report on potential impacts of Alaska’s proposed Ambler Access Road
A proposed mining road in Northwest Alaska has sparked debate amid climate change impacts. The 211-mile Ambler Access Road would cut through Gates of the Arctic National Park, affecting salmon and car...
apnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
A Caribou herd in Northwest Alaska has fallen by 66% in the last 20 yrs, which the Iñupiat community relies on for subsistence. A new mining road through Alaskan wilderness–approved by the Trump administration–further threatens their way of life. apnews.com/article/ambl...
For Giving Tuesday Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation granted $450k to local and Native nonprofits to advance education, health, culture and resilience.
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
For Giving Tuesday Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation granted $450k to local and Native nonprofits to advance education, health, culture and resilience.
Tribes have been working to bring home the remains of children who died at government-run boarding schools. At the schools which opened in the late 1800s, Native kids faced widespread physical, sexual and emotional abuse and thousands died. -->
December 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Tribes have been working to bring home the remains of children who died at government-run boarding schools. At the schools which opened in the late 1800s, Native kids faced widespread physical, sexual and emotional abuse and thousands died. -->
We often talk about global poverty with no mention of the legacy of colonization & violence. In Gaza, we r watching in real time how to make a people poor. Gaza’s economy shrank by 83% in 2024, pushing all 2.3 mil people living there into poverty.
Gaza’s economy collapsed 83% in 2024, pushing all 2.3 million people into poverty
The crisis in Gaza has wiped out 69 years of human development and stands as the most severe economic crisis ever recorded.
unctad.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We often talk about global poverty with no mention of the legacy of colonization & violence. In Gaza, we r watching in real time how to make a people poor. Gaza’s economy shrank by 83% in 2024, pushing all 2.3 mil people living there into poverty.
For folks who think they are challenging the Thanksgiving myth by posting memes and videos of Wednesday Adams wearing an “Indian princess” costume, please stop. When white people dress up like Natives, it's called redface and it's racist.
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
For folks who think they are challenging the Thanksgiving myth by posting memes and videos of Wednesday Adams wearing an “Indian princess” costume, please stop. When white people dress up like Natives, it's called redface and it's racist.
Despite a US-brokered ceasefire, the death toll in Gaza has now surpassed 70,000. That is the official death toll. Experts agree the actual death toll (including those buried in the rubble and those who died from lack of access to shelter, medical care, etc) is many times higher.
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Despite a US-brokered ceasefire, the death toll in Gaza has now surpassed 70,000. That is the official death toll. Experts agree the actual death toll (including those buried in the rubble and those who died from lack of access to shelter, medical care, etc) is many times higher.
In rural Alaska, schools are emergency shelters during disasters, but the neglected buildings are crumbling.
Alaska's public schools can serve as emergency shelters. The buildings are in crisis
Alaska's public schools are being used as emergency shelters, though many of the buildings are crumbling.
www.wuft.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
In rural Alaska, schools are emergency shelters during disasters, but the neglected buildings are crumbling.
Folks in New York–there’s an opportunity to meet leaders & reporters from The Kyiv Independent on Monday, December 8 @ Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism kyivindependent.com/stories-live...
A night of storytelling, resilience and hope
Stories from Democracy's Front Line
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December 3, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Folks in New York–there’s an opportunity to meet leaders & reporters from The Kyiv Independent on Monday, December 8 @ Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism kyivindependent.com/stories-live...
Did you know that less than 0.5% of philanthropic giving goes to Native Americans. Here are Native-led places you can donate this #GivingTuesday.🧵
December 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Did you know that less than 0.5% of philanthropic giving goes to Native Americans. Here are Native-led places you can donate this #GivingTuesday.🧵
A project I am organizing is hiring a part time workshop coordinator. Do you have experience working with Indigenous young people? Do you have experience in creative writing? This job might be right for you!
Youth Writing Workshop RFP.pdf
drive.google.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A project I am organizing is hiring a part time workshop coordinator. Do you have experience working with Indigenous young people? Do you have experience in creative writing? This job might be right for you!
Native kids are being punished more harshly in juvenile courts compared to white kids. In Washington state, Native & Black kids are less likely to be offered diversion instead of prison time.
Native kids in WA less likely to be offered jail alternative
Lawmakers and researchers push for new tracking measures as racial disparities and decentralized practices shape youth justice outcomes
www.investigatewest.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Native kids are being punished more harshly in juvenile courts compared to white kids. In Washington state, Native & Black kids are less likely to be offered diversion instead of prison time.