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Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella
@juliefrancella.com
Professor of Indigenous Studies @DurhamCollege.
Mental Health Counselor
Ojibway Citizen of Batchewana First Nation.
📡 SiriusXmProgress #127 Every Thurs 10 PM ET
Resident Artist @RelativeArtsNYC

Substack: juliefrancella.substack.com

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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
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social and I are live tonight at 10 PM ET on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM Progress show. We’ll be talking about Lily Gladstone’s new doc “Bring Them Home” & a whole mix of things. We’ll be taking calls, so call in & ask us anything.

📞 866-997-4748.
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Moms always say choose carefully who you hang around, and warn you about picking up your friends’ bad habits. He chose Mohammed bin Salman, and now his posts read like they were typed from a windowless room in the basement of a Riyadh interrogation center.
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If you’re looking for something powerful to watch, I hope you’ll check out Bring Them Home — a beautiful film about the Blackfeet Nation’s return of the buffalo, narrated and executive produced by @lilygladstone.bsky.social

Here’s the trailer:
youtu.be/JyiTmnjoInA?...
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I had the absolute privilege of being on this remarkable panel during a live taping of @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM show aboard the @thenation.com cruise — with @annelamott.bsky.social , John Nichols and Elie Mystal @elieactual.

It airs tonight on SiriusXM Progress channel 127 @ 11 PM ET
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Join @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social and me live tonight at 10 p.m. on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM Show (Channel 127) for our “We’re Still Here” segment. It’s Native American Heritage Month!
Tune in. Call in. 🪶📻 #Indigenous #StillHere #SXMProgress
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
If you ever wondered what happens when cruelty puts on a Sunday suit and calls itself righteous, MAGA pastor Steven Anderson of Faithful Word Baptist Church in Phoenix, Arizona is holding services at 11.
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Wolverine, you're officially dethroned as most hardcore Canadian ever

#Indigenous #Ojibway
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Time with this truth teller, @elienyc.bsky.social — razor-sharp mind, big heart, and one of the clearest voices calling out the rot while still holding faith in what this country could be. Always a privilege to listen and learn.
So happy to know this illuminating human being.
November 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Join me & @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social tonight on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social 's show for "We’re Still Here", live at 10 PM ET on SiriusXM Progress 127 🎙️
From Native ghost stories & Día de los Muertos to buffalo hunts, Alaska drilling & Trump’s NSPM-7, we’re walking through another circle of stories
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
October 1972 - John and Yoko in NYC on Bleecker St between 10th and Charles.
Photo: Brian Hamill.
October 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Donald Trump's new 250M dollars BALLROOM looks amazing. (via Star Wars World)
October 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Join @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & me tonight at 10 PM ET on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social' s SiriusXM show ch 127.
We're talking White House demolition, Leech Lake Ojibwe suing 3M & over “forever chemicals” contamination, & just in time for spooky season, Indigenous representation in Welcome to Derry
October 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Me, @johnfugelsang.bsky.social , and @wajahatali.bsky.social Good trouble crew assembled.
October 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I love me some tomfoolery… but I love some Nickfoolery even more.

It was so good to be reunited with my friend Nick Offerman. @nickofferman.bsky.social
Go see his show on tour and grab a copy of his latest book Little Woodchucks: Offerman Woodshop’s Guide to Tools and Tomfoolery.
October 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Got this upcycled jacket from Relative Arts NYC & asked them to sew on a patch from my rez.
On my walk home, 2 Black men asked about it. They said they’d heard about #MMIW & shared how they were raised by women & one of them raised three girls of their own. They said keep fighting the good fight.
October 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Out in the streets of NYC with so many standing up against authoritarianism. ✊🏽

#NoKings #NYCProtest
October 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Join @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & me live tonight at 10 p.m. ET on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM Show ch. 127 for our We’re Still Here segment. We’ll be talking with Rae Fancher, Alaska Native, about the devastating flooding in Alaska, & more.
Tune in and Call in. 🪶📻 #Indigenous
October 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Got to hang out with the incredible Kali Reis (True Detective) & Julian Brave Noisecat at Julian’s book event for We Survived the Night at Strand Book Store. Such a powerful night celebrating an extraordinary book, an extraordinary voice, and Indigenous brilliance.
#JulianBraveNoisecat #KaliReis
October 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Diane Keaton was one of a kind. Her work has always held something sacred for me. I couldn’t sleep last night thinking about her, so I put on Annie Hall, the film that made me fall in love with her, and to process my grief, sketched this portrait of her. May she continue her journey beyond the stars
October 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I will be live tonight at 10 PM ET with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social on his @siriusxmprog.bsky.social show (Ch. 127) for our Indigenous segment “We’re Still Here”.
Tune in & call in- join the conversation. 📻✨ #Indigenous #NativeVoices
October 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Live tonight at 10PM ET on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ’s SiriusXM show (Ch. 127):
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I will be talking Pete Hegseth’s cowardice, the brilliance of Jane Goodall, & why dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery is climate action.
Call in & join us. 866.997.GRIT📞
#WereStillHere
October 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Sept 30 🧡 Today we wear orange to honor the children who never came home, and the survivors of residential (boarding) schools who carry those memories still. Truth, healing, and remembrance . Every child matters. #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters
September 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Plants have always taken care of us: feeding us, healing us, sheltering us, and teaching us what balance looks like. They breathe out what we breathe in. Everything is connected. 🌱
September 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Mimi’s book club pick of the month: Separation of Church and Hate by @johnfugelsang.bsky.social

Buy it now or she’s unfollowing you. 🐾📚
September 27, 2025 at 1:52 AM