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.
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. ❤️
Reposted by Simon Moya-Smith
🎄 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.”
Reposted by Simon Moya-Smith
Today I’ll be recording a year-end special episode of @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s Tell Me Everything on SiriusXM. John invited @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & me to join the God Squad (Dillon Naber Cruz & Disember Rose) for a mash-up conversation as we close out the year.
Stay tuned for air date 🌲
Stay tuned for air date 🌲
December 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today I’ll be recording a year-end special episode of @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s Tell Me Everything on SiriusXM. John invited @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & me to join the God Squad (Dillon Naber Cruz & Disember Rose) for a mash-up conversation as we close out the year.
Stay tuned for air date 🌲
Stay tuned for air date 🌲
Reposted by Simon Moya-Smith
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social and I are live tonight at 10 PM ET for "We’re Still Here" on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ’s SiriusXM Progress show channel 127.
Tune in, call in, and come hang with us around the fire!
☎️ 866-997-4748 (866-997-GRIT)
Tune in, call in, and come hang with us around the fire!
☎️ 866-997-4748 (866-997-GRIT)
December 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social and I are live tonight at 10 PM ET for "We’re Still Here" on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ’s SiriusXM Progress show channel 127.
Tune in, call in, and come hang with us around the fire!
☎️ 866-997-4748 (866-997-GRIT)
Tune in, call in, and come hang with us around the fire!
☎️ 866-997-4748 (866-997-GRIT)
Reposted by Simon Moya-Smith
We’re back live tonight at 10 PM ET for "We’re Still Here" on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ’s SiriusXM Progress show, ch. 127.
Join me & @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social as we talk Thomas King pretendian fallout, Elaine Miles being hassled over her tribal ID, & more!
Tune in & call in: 866-997-4748
Join me & @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social as we talk Thomas King pretendian fallout, Elaine Miles being hassled over her tribal ID, & more!
Tune in & call in: 866-997-4748
December 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
We’re back live tonight at 10 PM ET for "We’re Still Here" on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ’s SiriusXM Progress show, ch. 127.
Join me & @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social as we talk Thomas King pretendian fallout, Elaine Miles being hassled over her tribal ID, & more!
Tune in & call in: 866-997-4748
Join me & @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social as we talk Thomas King pretendian fallout, Elaine Miles being hassled over her tribal ID, & more!
Tune in & call in: 866-997-4748
Happy Native American Heritage Day.
Yep, we’re still here.
Columbus couldn’t kill all of us.
George Washington couldn’t kill all of us.
Andrew Jackson couldn’t kill all of us.
Abraham Lincoln couldn’t kill all of us (fuck him so much).
Your white great grandfather couldn’t kill all of us.
✊🏾
Yep, we’re still here.
Columbus couldn’t kill all of us.
George Washington couldn’t kill all of us.
Andrew Jackson couldn’t kill all of us.
Abraham Lincoln couldn’t kill all of us (fuck him so much).
Your white great grandfather couldn’t kill all of us.
✊🏾
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy Native American Heritage Day.
Yep, we’re still here.
Columbus couldn’t kill all of us.
George Washington couldn’t kill all of us.
Andrew Jackson couldn’t kill all of us.
Abraham Lincoln couldn’t kill all of us (fuck him so much).
Your white great grandfather couldn’t kill all of us.
✊🏾
Yep, we’re still here.
Columbus couldn’t kill all of us.
George Washington couldn’t kill all of us.
Andrew Jackson couldn’t kill all of us.
Abraham Lincoln couldn’t kill all of us (fuck him so much).
Your white great grandfather couldn’t kill all of us.
✊🏾
One day, I’m going to set up a table at a farmers’ market somewhere and the sign will simply read, ‘Trade.’ We Natives will trade you for whatever you have for our legitimate everything made by Native hands. The epilogue to this story is to stop buying dreamcatchers at gas stations & airports. Stop.
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 AM
One day, I’m going to set up a table at a farmers’ market somewhere and the sign will simply read, ‘Trade.’ We Natives will trade you for whatever you have for our legitimate everything made by Native hands. The epilogue to this story is to stop buying dreamcatchers at gas stations & airports. Stop.
Nov. 28 is Black Friday. It’s also Native American Heritage Day, which is often ignored b/c it’s on a day to buy shit. The day before this capitalistic rampage is Thanksgiving, a day that omits the mass murder of Natives. Add that the Cowboys played the Chiefs during a colonist’s dinner party? Wtf?
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Nov. 28 is Black Friday. It’s also Native American Heritage Day, which is often ignored b/c it’s on a day to buy shit. The day before this capitalistic rampage is Thanksgiving, a day that omits the mass murder of Natives. Add that the Cowboys played the Chiefs during a colonist’s dinner party? Wtf?
Two things:
Firstly (and sadly), Black Friday is, in fact, Native American Heritage Day. These two shouldn’t be on the same day.
Secondly, don’t spend your $ at big box stores. Buy local. Target, Walmart, Amazon, they won’t suffer if you support small businesses. Always support a small business.
Firstly (and sadly), Black Friday is, in fact, Native American Heritage Day. These two shouldn’t be on the same day.
Secondly, don’t spend your $ at big box stores. Buy local. Target, Walmart, Amazon, they won’t suffer if you support small businesses. Always support a small business.
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Two things:
Firstly (and sadly), Black Friday is, in fact, Native American Heritage Day. These two shouldn’t be on the same day.
Secondly, don’t spend your $ at big box stores. Buy local. Target, Walmart, Amazon, they won’t suffer if you support small businesses. Always support a small business.
Firstly (and sadly), Black Friday is, in fact, Native American Heritage Day. These two shouldn’t be on the same day.
Secondly, don’t spend your $ at big box stores. Buy local. Target, Walmart, Amazon, they won’t suffer if you support small businesses. Always support a small business.
Reposted by Simon Moya-Smith
Required listening for oblivious Americans celebrating Thanksgiving.
“The first Thanksgiving was a celebration of white people massacring indigenous people & then joining each other at a table & celebrating that.”
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
“The first Thanksgiving was a celebration of white people massacring indigenous people & then joining each other at a table & celebrating that.”
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
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November 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Required listening for oblivious Americans celebrating Thanksgiving.
“The first Thanksgiving was a celebration of white people massacring indigenous people & then joining each other at a table & celebrating that.”
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
“The first Thanksgiving was a celebration of white people massacring indigenous people & then joining each other at a table & celebrating that.”
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
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@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I are doing a special Thanksgiving episode tonight on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social’s SiriusXM show (Ch. 127).
It’ll air between 9-12 PM ET — & it’ll replay tomorrow.
We’re calling it Thanksgiving / Takesgiving / ThanksTaking — a conversation about truth & myth 🌾. Tune in
It’ll air between 9-12 PM ET — & it’ll replay tomorrow.
We’re calling it Thanksgiving / Takesgiving / ThanksTaking — a conversation about truth & myth 🌾. Tune in
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I are doing a special Thanksgiving episode tonight on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social’s SiriusXM show (Ch. 127).
It’ll air between 9-12 PM ET — & it’ll replay tomorrow.
We’re calling it Thanksgiving / Takesgiving / ThanksTaking — a conversation about truth & myth 🌾. Tune in
It’ll air between 9-12 PM ET — & it’ll replay tomorrow.
We’re calling it Thanksgiving / Takesgiving / ThanksTaking — a conversation about truth & myth 🌾. Tune in
We dance on stolen land
We keep our ways alive
We live with trauma
Still, we thrive
They gave us November, a month
Thanks?
How about our land back?
We know, that’s asking too much
Because if they gave it back
They’d have to leave
Or genocide again
They are not the kind that will ever be pleased.
We keep our ways alive
We live with trauma
Still, we thrive
They gave us November, a month
Thanks?
How about our land back?
We know, that’s asking too much
Because if they gave it back
They’d have to leave
Or genocide again
They are not the kind that will ever be pleased.
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 AM
We dance on stolen land
We keep our ways alive
We live with trauma
Still, we thrive
They gave us November, a month
Thanks?
How about our land back?
We know, that’s asking too much
Because if they gave it back
They’d have to leave
Or genocide again
They are not the kind that will ever be pleased.
We keep our ways alive
We live with trauma
Still, we thrive
They gave us November, a month
Thanks?
How about our land back?
We know, that’s asking too much
Because if they gave it back
They’d have to leave
Or genocide again
They are not the kind that will ever be pleased.
Reposted by Simon Moya-Smith
If you missed me and @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social live on Thursday on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM Progress show, you can catch our segment every Saturday for free.
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November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you missed me and @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social live on Thursday on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM Progress show, you can catch our segment every Saturday for free.
Here’s the latest: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Here’s the latest: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
The difference between a Mexican & a Chicano? A Mexican may be born in Mexico or the U.S.— still, if one moves to Mexico they can become a citizen of Mexico. An Italian from Italy can become a Mexican if he chooses to be a Mexican citizen. Chicanos recognize our Native roots to the land he moved to.
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The difference between a Mexican & a Chicano? A Mexican may be born in Mexico or the U.S.— still, if one moves to Mexico they can become a citizen of Mexico. An Italian from Italy can become a Mexican if he chooses to be a Mexican citizen. Chicanos recognize our Native roots to the land he moved to.
Him: “What do Indians do on Thanksgiving?”
Me: “Indigenous peoples? Or Indian-Americans?”
Him: “Your kind.”
Answer: Many of us don’t celebrate it at all, but we do get together. We get together to celebrate our resilience, that we’re still here, that we survived the US’s plan to kill all of us.
Me: “Indigenous peoples? Or Indian-Americans?”
Him: “Your kind.”
Answer: Many of us don’t celebrate it at all, but we do get together. We get together to celebrate our resilience, that we’re still here, that we survived the US’s plan to kill all of us.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Him: “What do Indians do on Thanksgiving?”
Me: “Indigenous peoples? Or Indian-Americans?”
Him: “Your kind.”
Answer: Many of us don’t celebrate it at all, but we do get together. We get together to celebrate our resilience, that we’re still here, that we survived the US’s plan to kill all of us.
Me: “Indigenous peoples? Or Indian-Americans?”
Him: “Your kind.”
Answer: Many of us don’t celebrate it at all, but we do get together. We get together to celebrate our resilience, that we’re still here, that we survived the US’s plan to kill all of us.
Reposted by Simon Moya-Smith
If you missed me and @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM show last week, you can listen here for free. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
We're Still Here with Simon and Julie
Podcast Episode · The John Fugelsang Podcast · 2025-11-15 · 39m
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November 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Me on the Eastcoast:
“I’m Chicano and Oglala.”
“You’re a what?”
“… Chicano and Oglala.”
“Where’s that?”
Really, folks? Really?
“I’m Chicano and Oglala.”
“You’re a what?”
“… Chicano and Oglala.”
“Where’s that?”
Really, folks? Really?
November 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Me on the Eastcoast:
“I’m Chicano and Oglala.”
“You’re a what?”
“… Chicano and Oglala.”
“Where’s that?”
Really, folks? Really?
“I’m Chicano and Oglala.”
“You’re a what?”
“… Chicano and Oglala.”
“Where’s that?”
Really, folks? Really?
Reposted by Simon Moya-Smith
If you missed me and @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social last week, you can listen free 🎧👇
We joined @johnfugelsang.bsky.social for a spooky-season convo. We also tackled J.D. Vance’s harmful claim about “child sacrifice” and why that myth is dangerous.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
We joined @johnfugelsang.bsky.social for a spooky-season convo. We also tackled J.D. Vance’s harmful claim about “child sacrifice” and why that myth is dangerous.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
We're Still Here with Simon and Julie
Podcast Episode · The John Fugelsang Podcast · 2025-11-01 · 40m
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November 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
If you missed me and @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social last week, you can listen free 🎧👇
We joined @johnfugelsang.bsky.social for a spooky-season convo. We also tackled J.D. Vance’s harmful claim about “child sacrifice” and why that myth is dangerous.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
We joined @johnfugelsang.bsky.social for a spooky-season convo. We also tackled J.D. Vance’s harmful claim about “child sacrifice” and why that myth is dangerous.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Reposted by Simon Moya-Smith
If you missed our weekly “We’re Still Here” segment on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social SiriusXM show last week, catch @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & me here for free.
We talk about the gov shutdown, a $300M White House ballroom while SNAP benefits are cut & more.
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We talk about the gov shutdown, a $300M White House ballroom while SNAP benefits are cut & more.
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We're Still Here with Simon and Julie
Podcast Episode · The John Fugelsang Podcast · 2025-10-25 · 45m
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October 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If you missed our weekly “We’re Still Here” segment on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social SiriusXM show last week, catch @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & me here for free.
We talk about the gov shutdown, a $300M White House ballroom while SNAP benefits are cut & more.
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We talk about the gov shutdown, a $300M White House ballroom while SNAP benefits are cut & more.
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“If you’re Native American, why do you speak Spanish like that?”
Firstly, my mom raised me. She is a Chicana. My dad (the Oglala) took off. *She* approached the Oglalas & said, “His dad bailed. I have one of yours.” That’s how I got enrolled. I speak Chicano b/c I was raised by Chicanos. So, there.
Firstly, my mom raised me. She is a Chicana. My dad (the Oglala) took off. *She* approached the Oglalas & said, “His dad bailed. I have one of yours.” That’s how I got enrolled. I speak Chicano b/c I was raised by Chicanos. So, there.
October 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“If you’re Native American, why do you speak Spanish like that?”
Firstly, my mom raised me. She is a Chicana. My dad (the Oglala) took off. *She* approached the Oglalas & said, “His dad bailed. I have one of yours.” That’s how I got enrolled. I speak Chicano b/c I was raised by Chicanos. So, there.
Firstly, my mom raised me. She is a Chicana. My dad (the Oglala) took off. *She* approached the Oglalas & said, “His dad bailed. I have one of yours.” That’s how I got enrolled. I speak Chicano b/c I was raised by Chicanos. So, there.