Nathan Tanner

Every sentence here is even crazier than the last.

We're not sure exactly how many Native people have died altogether during the ongoing AIDS crisis because the medical authorities didn't bother to count Native people for several years. #WorldAIDSDay

Exactly this!

lol this is amazing and so true

‼️Leonard Peltier also sent us a WRITTEN STATEMENT in addition to the video that we watched at National Day of Mourning 2025. Here's what he wrote:

The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.

Ways to bring up the roots of thanksgiving with kids

Starting discussion with curiosity

Naming Indigenous people first

Honoring Indigenous culture and history beyond one day

I appreciate the work @littlejusticeleaders is doing on Instagram to provide white settler parents with resources for talking to children about social injustice. Here is an example for engaging in discussion about Thanksgiving (and its myths).

Department of Education hands off key programs without consulting tribes as required - ICT UPDATED: Tribes and advocacy organizations are working to understand changes that could have broad impact across Indian Country

As part of the dismantling of the Department of Education, the Trump admin moved key programs serving Native students from the Ed Dept to the Department of the Interior. Tribes were not aware of the move. ictnews.org/news/departm...

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Several Indigenous short films will be streamed for free by the National Museum of the American Indian from November 21 (5 PM ET) to November 28, 2025 (5 PM ET).
americanindian.si.edu/native-cinem...

Can we just have old Google back without AI and SEOs and the pay-for-play optimization that ruined it as a search engine entirely? Please? I really miss having a functional search engine.

It’s that time of year when I listen to a lot of Radiohead.

The AI bubble may be about to bust.

Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.

We all need to say this very clearly:

NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!

Expropriate their asses instead.

They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.

They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3

The problem with having assigned a midterm exam is that now I have to grade them. 🙃

Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."

The message on IG from Alice (posted by her friend Sandy Ho). As always, Alice blazes a path for the rest of us, fearlessly & with humor: "I'm honored to be your ancestor & believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all."

And on top of siphoning money away from public schools, they also siphon away trust--their existence conveys to families that neighborhood public schools aren't good enough.

Stop saying the Senate Dems lost. This was a forfeit, not a loss.

The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.

Yes, this!

My drive to work would be improved significantly if there was a drive through breakfast burrito place en route.

Petitioner asks us to grant review in this case to reconsider United States v. Kagama, 118 U. S. 375 (1886). Kagama helped usher into our case law the theory that the federal government enjoys “plenary power” over the internal affairs of Native American Tribes. It is a theory that should make this Court blush. Not only does that notion lack any foundation in the Constitution; its roots lie instead only in archaic prejudices. This Court is responsible for Kagama, and this Court holds the power to correct it. We should not shirk from the task.

Justices Gorsuch and Thomas, who never agree on anything concerning federal Indian law, agree that the federal government doesn't have plenary power over Native nations. This is a remarkable joint statement that should lead Justice Thomas to revisit a hell of a lot of things he has previously said

Had a great time at #HES2025 and only experienced one major airline delay on the way home (out of 3 layovers, so that’s pretty good)!

A pleasure, as always, to be in conversation with and receive feedback from other historians of education. There is tremendous work being done in our field! #HistEd

Essay shared w/ me by a friend. While its focus is enacting international sociopolitical solidarity, it’s hard not to read and apply this work to academia, too. Particularly Ali’s damning, and haunting statement: “We have turned inquiry itself into ritual.” africasacountry.com/2025/11/when...

Image of a tweet talking about how not every em dash is indicative of writing produced by ChatGPT

This! I have been using the em dash far longer than ChatGPT and I refuse to concede this ground because of an automated language model.

In celebration of Native American Heritage month I want to talk about erasure. Erasure is how anti-Indigenous racism functions in the U.S. today. 🧵

Providence, RI - Memorial and Waterman intersection

Row homes in a Providence side street

Passenger train in Providence

Moshassuck River

Morning time in New England. #HES2025 #HistEd

This moment in history needs much more Eugene Debs!

i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often

Can’t help but laugh when the pundits say “will Mamdani compromise? Will he be a pragmatist?” Yo, he won more votes than any NYC Mayor since 1969 and by almost 10% more than his next competitor. That can and should be read as a MANDATE you “paramecium brains!”

Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.