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@cami4change.bsky.social

#TheyWereHereFirst
How can 🍊 question Native American Birthright? Absolutely absurd! Shame on our government for allowing this kind of travesty. Our ancestors took their land! Wtf! I'm embarrassed for our country. Smh 😡

Looking to the Past 100 Years Since the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act - Northwestern Pritzker School of Law News

Native scholars and law professionals gather at Northwestern Pritzker Law for conference on Indigenous sovereignty, community.

news.law.northwestern.edu

January 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM

robert sanford fairbrother

@robert-sanford.bsky.social

a simpler life with the near forgotten

#pueblopeople #sacredland #theywereherefirst #pueblotaos #taospueblo #adobe #ancientarchitecture #nativeamericanhistory

October 9, 2025 at 3:28 AM

The Dread Poet Michael

@thedreadpoetmichael.com

Stopping by to share a fuzzy photo of part of what I've been up to

This is a model of the main (#1) mound at the Letchworth-Love site, expanded from a 2D topo map

#TheyWereHereFirst

March 29, 2026 at 1:23 PM

Kat

@purely-k.bsky.social

Humans ruin everything. 💔 The Northern White Rhino just became extinct and Red Wolves could be next. #theywereherefirst #sharetheland

Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · Nov 21

With just 16 Red Wolves known to remain in the wild, this could be the last one you see 🐺

nywolf.org

November 21, 2024 at 1:08 PM

Tara 📚✨

@tjs1989.bsky.social

Haven’t we done enough harm to Native Americans?
#ICE #theywereherefirst

Rita L. Portela @westernspinster.bsky.social · Jan 26

ICE is trying to deport Native American people to Mexico. This one from the Mescalero Apache Tribe.

That's right. People indigenous to the United States, tribal members. ICE is trying to remove them from the US.

This is the second verified incident I've heard about.

We were here 1st.
#ICE

On Mescalero Apache Tribe letterhead: MESCALERO Apache Tribe P.O. Box 227 108 Central Avenue Mescalero, New Mexico 88340 TRIBE Office: (575) 464-4494 Fax: (575) 464-9220 STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT THORA WALSH-PADILLA ON IMMIGRATION INCIDENT INVOLVING A TRIBAL MEMBER As of 3:45 PM this afternoon, the Tribe verified only a single incident where an ICE January 23, 2025 Mescalero, NM Last night and throughout the day today, I received multiple calls from concerned Mescalero Apache Tribal Members in relation to rumors of incidents involving Tribal Members and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. agent questioned a Tribal Member in a public place in Ruidoso. This incident occurred yesterday. ICE agents began questioning a family standing in line in front of the Tribal member. The family was escorted outside. Then, an ICE agent still inside the public place approached the Tribal Member in Spanish. The Tribal Member responded by stating the Tribal Member spoke English. The ICE agent asked the Tribal Member for a passport. The Tribal Member presented a picture of a New Mexico Driver's License and a Tribal identification card. The ICE agent did not continue questions at this point and exited. While this is the only incident we have been able to verify. Tribal leadership is actively working with the New Mexico Congressional Delegation to ensure that the rights of Tribal Members are protected. To be safe, be aware of your surroundings, let family members/friends know where you are, and keep identification with you at all times. If possible, then carry multiple forms of identification (driver's license, state-issued identification card, Tribal identification card, Certificate of Indian Blood, etc.). Thora Walsh-Padilla President

January 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM

Beth in CA

@bjerz.bsky.social

On October 14, 2024, Governor Newson signed a bill replacing Columbus Day with #Indigenouspeoplesday, which was first celebrated in California in 1992, thereby recognizing the significant contributions that Native Americans have made to the U.S.
#NoColumbusDay
#theywereherefirst

A map of Indigenous tribes of California, from the Karuk and Modoc in the north, to the Kumeyaay in the south, 31 listed.

October 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM

𝙿𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊 𝙳𝚘𝚕𝚋𝚢

@pdolby.bsky.social

Make it make sense. The Navajo get deported to where exactly?? #theywereherefirst

January 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM

Angry Old Bat

@angryoldbat.bsky.social

Here in Florida (AKA Jurassic Park) every week is #InsectWeek ! Here, insects the size of rats find some crack in the foundation. Cockroaches and Lubbers Grasshoppers remind you #theywereherefirst in defiance of the most aggressive Pest Control Plans!