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.
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Such a gift to get 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 Indigenous People's history, culture and perspectives on current events!
Catch the weekly segment, 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚, with
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & @juliefrancella.com
on 𝙏𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙈𝙚 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 with John Fugelsang
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social on @siriusxmprog.bsky.social
Catch the weekly segment, 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚, with
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & @juliefrancella.com
on 𝙏𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙈𝙚 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 with John Fugelsang
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social on @siriusxmprog.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Such a gift to get 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 Indigenous People's history, culture and perspectives on current events!
Catch the weekly segment, 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚, with
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & @juliefrancella.com
on 𝙏𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙈𝙚 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 with John Fugelsang
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social on @siriusxmprog.bsky.social
Catch the weekly segment, 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚, with
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & @juliefrancella.com
on 𝙏𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙈𝙚 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 with John Fugelsang
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social on @siriusxmprog.bsky.social
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@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I are live tonight at 10 PM ET on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social's SiriusXM Progress show (Ch. 127).
We’re talking AIM patrols returning in Minneapolis amid ICE raids + the push to scrub National Parks signage about Native mistreatment. And more.
Tune in & call in.
We’re talking AIM patrols returning in Minneapolis amid ICE raids + the push to scrub National Parks signage about Native mistreatment. And more.
Tune in & call in.
January 30, 2026 at 2:17 AM
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I are live tonight at 10 PM ET on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social's SiriusXM Progress show (Ch. 127).
We’re talking AIM patrols returning in Minneapolis amid ICE raids + the push to scrub National Parks signage about Native mistreatment. And more.
Tune in & call in.
We’re talking AIM patrols returning in Minneapolis amid ICE raids + the push to scrub National Parks signage about Native mistreatment. And more.
Tune in & call in.
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“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
—Anne Frank
—Anne Frank
January 23, 2026 at 6:57 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
—Anne Frank
—Anne Frank
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Tonight at 10 PM ET on SiriusXM Progress (Ch. 127), @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social + I are on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social 's show for "We're Still Here".
Carney at Davos, Arizona’s new Native ID designation, Michigan boarding school report buried, Choctaw vs ICE, & more
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Carney at Davos, Arizona’s new Native ID designation, Michigan boarding school report buried, Choctaw vs ICE, & more
Tune in + call in ☎️866-997-GRIT
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Tonight at 10 PM ET on SiriusXM Progress (Ch. 127), @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social + I are on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social 's show for "We're Still Here".
Carney at Davos, Arizona’s new Native ID designation, Michigan boarding school report buried, Choctaw vs ICE, & more
Tune in + call in ☎️866-997-GRIT
Carney at Davos, Arizona’s new Native ID designation, Michigan boarding school report buried, Choctaw vs ICE, & more
Tune in + call in ☎️866-997-GRIT
ICE has my people. They have Oglalas. They have Mexicanos. They’ve demonized us, the Indigenous ppls of this land, all over again. They did this when they first stumbled onto our continent 534 yrs ago. They kidnapped & terrorized, and they committed their hate under the banner of white supremacy.
January 17, 2026 at 12:19 AM
ICE has my people. They have Oglalas. They have Mexicanos. They’ve demonized us, the Indigenous ppls of this land, all over again. They did this when they first stumbled onto our continent 534 yrs ago. They kidnapped & terrorized, and they committed their hate under the banner of white supremacy.
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Please follow Simon. I’ve learned so much from him about the indigenous perspective🙏
An Indigenous perspective:
Democratic socialism has been here for thousands of years — everyone had a say, everyone had a vote, families didn’t starve, no one was homeless, children didn’t go hungry.
Caring for people wasn’t a hard math.
Democratic socialism has been here for thousands of years — everyone had a say, everyone had a vote, families didn’t starve, no one was homeless, children didn’t go hungry.
Caring for people wasn’t a hard math.
January 16, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Please follow Simon. I’ve learned so much from him about the indigenous perspective🙏
An Indigenous perspective:
Democratic socialism has been here for thousands of years — everyone had a say, everyone had a vote, families didn’t starve, no one was homeless, children didn’t go hungry.
Caring for people wasn’t a hard math.
Democratic socialism has been here for thousands of years — everyone had a say, everyone had a vote, families didn’t starve, no one was homeless, children didn’t go hungry.
Caring for people wasn’t a hard math.
January 16, 2026 at 4:51 AM
An Indigenous perspective:
Democratic socialism has been here for thousands of years — everyone had a say, everyone had a vote, families didn’t starve, no one was homeless, children didn’t go hungry.
Caring for people wasn’t a hard math.
Democratic socialism has been here for thousands of years — everyone had a say, everyone had a vote, families didn’t starve, no one was homeless, children didn’t go hungry.
Caring for people wasn’t a hard math.
Who was in charge of Japanese internment? The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Why? B/c many Indian reservations were first established as prison camps. My rez is Prison Camp 334. Google ‘Poston.’ On the Navajo Nation, this was an internment camp within an internment camp. We’ve been here before.
January 16, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Who was in charge of Japanese internment? The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Why? B/c many Indian reservations were first established as prison camps. My rez is Prison Camp 334. Google ‘Poston.’ On the Navajo Nation, this was an internment camp within an internment camp. We’ve been here before.
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Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
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Really grateful for the opportunity to hear about issues and perspectives of Indigenous People on the weekly segment, Still Here with @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & @juliefrancella.com on Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social on SiriusXM.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Really grateful for the opportunity to hear about issues and perspectives of Indigenous People on the weekly segment, Still Here with @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & @juliefrancella.com on Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social on SiriusXM.
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How many times can we, Indigenous folks, say, “We told you so?” before you listen?
How many times have we said you can’t eat gold or drink oil?
How many times have we said the white man’s system will leave families houseless, cold, hungry, hunted, and sick?
How many times do we need to tell you?
How many times have we said you can’t eat gold or drink oil?
How many times have we said the white man’s system will leave families houseless, cold, hungry, hunted, and sick?
How many times do we need to tell you?
January 15, 2026 at 1:00 AM
How many times can we, Indigenous folks, say, “We told you so?” before you listen?
How many times have we said you can’t eat gold or drink oil?
How many times have we said the white man’s system will leave families houseless, cold, hungry, hunted, and sick?
How many times do we need to tell you?
How many times have we said you can’t eat gold or drink oil?
How many times have we said the white man’s system will leave families houseless, cold, hungry, hunted, and sick?
How many times do we need to tell you?
It’s not surprising that Natives, this side of the white man’s border, would be arrested and held by the U.S. gov’t because of the color of their skin. It’s not surprising that the U.S. would demand compliance. The U.S. has been doing this for hundreds of years. None of this is new. This is America.
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social Have you seen this? Now they're holding indigenous people hostage.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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Oglala Sioux Tribe says three tribal members arrested in Minneapolis are in ICE detention
The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota said three of the four tribal members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week have been transferred to an ICE facility and called for th...
abcnews.go.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:50 AM
It’s not surprising that Natives, this side of the white man’s border, would be arrested and held by the U.S. gov’t because of the color of their skin. It’s not surprising that the U.S. would demand compliance. The U.S. has been doing this for hundreds of years. None of this is new. This is America.
If they don’t shoot you, they’ll arrest you. When they arrest you, they’ll strip you of everything in jail — your clothes, purse, wallet, your phone, everything. So, always keep a Sharpie & write the phone number of an attorney on your arm & any other number you’ll need. They can’t erase a Sharpie.
January 10, 2026 at 2:09 AM
If they don’t shoot you, they’ll arrest you. When they arrest you, they’ll strip you of everything in jail — your clothes, purse, wallet, your phone, everything. So, always keep a Sharpie & write the phone number of an attorney on your arm & any other number you’ll need. They can’t erase a Sharpie.
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Tonight, @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I are back live on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social’s SiriusXM show ch. 127 for “We’re Still Here”.
Ist segment of January 2026.
The United States is acting like a rogue state.
From an Indigenous lens, none of this feels new.
Let’s talk about it.
Tune in & call in!
Ist segment of January 2026.
The United States is acting like a rogue state.
From an Indigenous lens, none of this feels new.
Let’s talk about it.
Tune in & call in!
January 9, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Tonight, @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I are back live on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social’s SiriusXM show ch. 127 for “We’re Still Here”.
Ist segment of January 2026.
The United States is acting like a rogue state.
From an Indigenous lens, none of this feels new.
Let’s talk about it.
Tune in & call in!
Ist segment of January 2026.
The United States is acting like a rogue state.
From an Indigenous lens, none of this feels new.
Let’s talk about it.
Tune in & call in!
Typically, I don’t write in all caps but for this one I will so they can hear me in the back:
THEY INVADED NATIVE AMERICAN LANDS HERE FOR GOLD — FOR WEALTH & POWER — AND THEY JUSTIFIED THEIR TAKEOVER BY DEMONIZING OUR INDIGENOUS ASSES. THEY CALLED US “SAVAGES” & TOLD US THEIR INVASION WILL BE GOOD.
THEY INVADED NATIVE AMERICAN LANDS HERE FOR GOLD — FOR WEALTH & POWER — AND THEY JUSTIFIED THEIR TAKEOVER BY DEMONIZING OUR INDIGENOUS ASSES. THEY CALLED US “SAVAGES” & TOLD US THEIR INVASION WILL BE GOOD.
January 4, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Typically, I don’t write in all caps but for this one I will so they can hear me in the back:
THEY INVADED NATIVE AMERICAN LANDS HERE FOR GOLD — FOR WEALTH & POWER — AND THEY JUSTIFIED THEIR TAKEOVER BY DEMONIZING OUR INDIGENOUS ASSES. THEY CALLED US “SAVAGES” & TOLD US THEIR INVASION WILL BE GOOD.
THEY INVADED NATIVE AMERICAN LANDS HERE FOR GOLD — FOR WEALTH & POWER — AND THEY JUSTIFIED THEIR TAKEOVER BY DEMONIZING OUR INDIGENOUS ASSES. THEY CALLED US “SAVAGES” & TOLD US THEIR INVASION WILL BE GOOD.
This is the oil-horny administration, which comes from the land-horny administration, which comes from the gold-horny admiration, so on and so forth.
The first illegal immigrants (white guys) are just wildly horny for more.
The first illegal immigrants (white guys) are just wildly horny for more.
January 4, 2026 at 4:02 AM
This is the oil-horny administration, which comes from the land-horny administration, which comes from the gold-horny admiration, so on and so forth.
The first illegal immigrants (white guys) are just wildly horny for more.
The first illegal immigrants (white guys) are just wildly horny for more.
How many times have you gone to the African (or African American) Studies department at a university and found white people teaching it?
Now, go to the Indigenous studies department…
Now, go to the Indigenous studies department…
January 1, 2026 at 4:58 PM
How many times have you gone to the African (or African American) Studies department at a university and found white people teaching it?
Now, go to the Indigenous studies department…
Now, go to the Indigenous studies department…
NYC is the *least* multicultural when it comes to Indigenous peoples:
“I’m Oglala.”
What’s that?
“I’m Chicano.”
What’s that?
“We’re Yup’ik, Inupiaq, O’odham, Rarámuri, Tulalip … Lenape?”
Even in NYC they don’t know who the Lenape are. You’re on their land! New York is ancestral Lenape land! 🤦🏽♂️
“I’m Oglala.”
What’s that?
“I’m Chicano.”
What’s that?
“We’re Yup’ik, Inupiaq, O’odham, Rarámuri, Tulalip … Lenape?”
Even in NYC they don’t know who the Lenape are. You’re on their land! New York is ancestral Lenape land! 🤦🏽♂️
January 1, 2026 at 3:57 PM
NYC is the *least* multicultural when it comes to Indigenous peoples:
“I’m Oglala.”
What’s that?
“I’m Chicano.”
What’s that?
“We’re Yup’ik, Inupiaq, O’odham, Rarámuri, Tulalip … Lenape?”
Even in NYC they don’t know who the Lenape are. You’re on their land! New York is ancestral Lenape land! 🤦🏽♂️
“I’m Oglala.”
What’s that?
“I’m Chicano.”
What’s that?
“We’re Yup’ik, Inupiaq, O’odham, Rarámuri, Tulalip … Lenape?”
Even in NYC they don’t know who the Lenape are. You’re on their land! New York is ancestral Lenape land! 🤦🏽♂️
It’s only when your fur pup takes that walk over the rainbow bridge that you cherish the things they chewed on. You find yourself thumbing over their bite marks. Their hair on everything is everything now. Their beautiful snout left those marks on the window — a window we’ll never clean again. ❤️
December 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
It’s only when your fur pup takes that walk over the rainbow bridge that you cherish the things they chewed on. You find yourself thumbing over their bite marks. Their hair on everything is everything now. Their beautiful snout left those marks on the window — a window we’ll never clean again. ❤️
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🎄 Year-End Special Mashup 🎧
The God Squad + We’re Still Here mashup is airing again tonight Friday, Dec 26 st 11:00 PM ET on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s show on SiriusXM Channel 127.
A little something to get you through the holidays!
Tune in & sit around the fire with us 🔥. 🎄⛄️
The God Squad + We’re Still Here mashup is airing again tonight Friday, Dec 26 st 11:00 PM ET on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s show on SiriusXM Channel 127.
A little something to get you through the holidays!
Tune in & sit around the fire with us 🔥. 🎄⛄️
December 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🎄 Year-End Special Mashup 🎧
The God Squad + We’re Still Here mashup is airing again tonight Friday, Dec 26 st 11:00 PM ET on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s show on SiriusXM Channel 127.
A little something to get you through the holidays!
Tune in & sit around the fire with us 🔥. 🎄⛄️
The God Squad + We’re Still Here mashup is airing again tonight Friday, Dec 26 st 11:00 PM ET on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s show on SiriusXM Channel 127.
A little something to get you through the holidays!
Tune in & sit around the fire with us 🔥. 🎄⛄️
Reposted by Simon Moya-Smith
🎄 Year-End Special Mashup 🎧
The God Squad + We’re Still Here mashup is airing on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s show on SiriusXM Channel 127.
Airtimes:
• Tonight (Christmas Eve) — 9:00 PM ET
• Christmas Night — 10:00 PM ET
• Friday, Dec 26 — 11:00 PM ET
Tune in & spend a little time with us. 🎄⛄️
The God Squad + We’re Still Here mashup is airing on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s show on SiriusXM Channel 127.
Airtimes:
• Tonight (Christmas Eve) — 9:00 PM ET
• Christmas Night — 10:00 PM ET
• Friday, Dec 26 — 11:00 PM ET
Tune in & spend a little time with us. 🎄⛄️
December 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🎄 Year-End Special Mashup 🎧
The God Squad + We’re Still Here mashup is airing on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s show on SiriusXM Channel 127.
Airtimes:
• Tonight (Christmas Eve) — 9:00 PM ET
• Christmas Night — 10:00 PM ET
• Friday, Dec 26 — 11:00 PM ET
Tune in & spend a little time with us. 🎄⛄️
The God Squad + We’re Still Here mashup is airing on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s show on SiriusXM Channel 127.
Airtimes:
• Tonight (Christmas Eve) — 9:00 PM ET
• Christmas Night — 10:00 PM ET
• Friday, Dec 26 — 11:00 PM ET
Tune in & spend a little time with us. 🎄⛄️
My grandpa is 89 and a Chicano. I fear for him every single day he goes to breakfast, because he’s brown. ICE grabs anyone who isn’t a blonde & blue. They grab veterans like him who’s just trying to enjoy his years. He fought for a country that now demonizes him b/c of his color. This is America.
December 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
My grandpa is 89 and a Chicano. I fear for him every single day he goes to breakfast, because he’s brown. ICE grabs anyone who isn’t a blonde & blue. They grab veterans like him who’s just trying to enjoy his years. He fought for a country that now demonizes him b/c of his color. This is America.
Be the medicine.
Not the sickness.
Not the sickness.
December 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Be the medicine.
Not the sickness.
Not the sickness.
As a boy, I was taught that a dreamcatcher doesn’t belong in a car. It belongs to the east, so when you wake, when the sun rises, the beams burn the bad dreams that try to disturb your rest. Modernly, keep dreamcatchers to the eastern part of your home where the first rays can burn the bad things.
December 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
As a boy, I was taught that a dreamcatcher doesn’t belong in a car. It belongs to the east, so when you wake, when the sun rises, the beams burn the bad dreams that try to disturb your rest. Modernly, keep dreamcatchers to the eastern part of your home where the first rays can burn the bad things.
In Lakota, we don’t have a word for “goodbye.” We know a goodbye is never a “goodbye,” because we’ll see you again in this life or the next. Don’t say “goodbye.” Instead, say, “Tokša.” Phonetically, it’s THOK-SHA. It means, “I’ll see you again.”
December 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
In Lakota, we don’t have a word for “goodbye.” We know a goodbye is never a “goodbye,” because we’ll see you again in this life or the next. Don’t say “goodbye.” Instead, say, “Tokša.” Phonetically, it’s THOK-SHA. It means, “I’ll see you again.”