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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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We're Still Here with Simon and Julie Podcast Episode · The John Fugelsang Podcast · March 7 · 41m

Oglala Lakota journalist @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social and Ojibway clinician and artist @juliefrancella.com describe Mullin as a “Custer Scout.” Spot-on take, IMHO.

Worthwhile listening from an Indigenous perspective, via @johnfugelsang.bsky.social:

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08.03.2026 05:18 — 👍 28    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 0

Ironically, most white people who claim to be part Cherokee actually aren't (and why is it always Cherokee?).

I recommend @juliefrancella.com and @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social who are indigenous writers/activists with a weekly segment on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social's radio show/podcast.

Eye opening.

06.03.2026 14:01 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 0
We’re Still Here with Simon and Julie

We’re Still Here with Simon and Julie

Tonight at 10 PM ET @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I will be joining @johnfugelsang.bsky.social on SiriusXM Ch. 127.

We’ll be talking about Kristi Noem’s possible replacement Markwayne Mullin & what it means.

Tune in & call in if you want to join the conversation.

📻 SiriusXM Ch. 127
🕙 10 PM ET

06.03.2026 02:05 — 👍 43    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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We're Still Here with Simon and Julie John talks with Simon Moya-Smith who's an Oglala Lakota and Chicano journalist. He’s a contributing writer at NBC News and TheNation.com. He’s the author of the forthcoming book, ‘Your Spirit Animal i...

If you missed our weekly segment "We're Still Here" last week on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social 's SiriusXM show, you can catch it here free as a podcast.

@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social and I dive into The People vs. AI, forced sterilization of Native women, & a whole lot more

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03.03.2026 16:45 — 👍 9    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

For modern voices about indigenous issues check out @juliefrancella.com and @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social, who join the @johnfugelsang.bsky.social SiriusXm show each Thursday. It's also available on his podcast the next day. Julie also has a substack. Between them and Eddie I've learned a lot. Thanks.

01.03.2026 17:36 — 👍 11    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

😊 Tonight at 10pm EST, 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 @johnfugelsang.bsky.social
on SiriusXM Channel 127

27.02.2026 01:24 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Tonight at 10pm ET, @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I join @johnfugelsang.bsky.social live on SiriusXM Progress ch. 127 to talk forced sterilization, Indigenous sovereignty, monuments — & more

I just published a deeper dive here on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...

Tune in tonight.

27.02.2026 01:44 — 👍 46    🔁 20    💬 1    📌 1

So glad that @repemilyrandall.bsky.social raised the issue of ICE not recognizing Indigenous People's Tribal IDs in today's Shadow Hearing. The issue of over-identification and racial profiling of Indigenous People is frequently covered by @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social.

23.02.2026 21:08 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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We're Still Here with Simon and Julie Podcast Episode · The John Fugelsang Podcast · February 21 · 43m

Missed our latest “We’re Still Here” segment on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM show?

@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social and I are breaking it all down — and you can listen now, free, as a podcast. 🎙️🔥

Catch up here:
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23.02.2026 03:37 — 👍 18    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
Headline: Bo French Wants to Deport Native Americans. He May Win Statewide Office in Texas. Image of Bo French

Headline: Bo French Wants to Deport Native Americans. He May Win Statewide Office in Texas. Image of Bo French

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We’re Still Here logo

Julie and John at the 92nd Street Y

Julie and John at the 92nd Street Y

Bo French says Native Americans should be deported.

Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I break it down on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social’s SiriusXM Progress show (Ch. 127) during our “We’re Still Here” segment.

Listen live. Call in. Join us.

20.02.2026 00:21 — 👍 82    🔁 38    💬 13    📌 2
Two Spirit Drum at BAAITS 2026
YouTube video by Jennifer Lisa Vest Two Spirit Drum at BAAITS 2026

Thanks to @juliefrancella.com & @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social, educating listeners to 𝙒𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚, on Tell Me Everything with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social on SiriusXM.
Here's a great video celebrating Two Spirit (LGBTQ+) people and their spiritual role in Indigenous culture
youtu.be/xbx65pISH78?...

20.02.2026 03:54 — 👍 13    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

To be Indigenous is less about being *born* Indigenous than it is about what we do w/ that honor. Crazy Horse was murdered while fighting arrest. Geronimo wouldn’t submit when threats were imminent. Being Native isn’t about simply claiming it, it’s about living up to the principles & never wavering.

18.02.2026 04:15 — 👍 15    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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For decades, Rev. Jesse Jackson stood with Indigenous peoples and our fight against injustice. He visited the Oceti Sakowin camp on the Standing Rock rez in 2016 as we fought against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Rest in power, sir.

17.02.2026 13:31 — 👍 19    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

It was me. And thank you! 😎

17.02.2026 00:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yep. It was me. 😎

16.02.2026 17:33 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Yep. T’was muah.

16.02.2026 16:28 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And, in Ojibway, we also don’t have a word for “goodbye”. Instead, we say Baamaapii (Bah-mah-pee). It means “until later,” or “I will see you again.” Our language carries the understanding that relationships are never truly ended —even after death, we will see each other in this life or the next.

16.02.2026 15:57 — 👍 39    🔁 13    💬 4    📌 2

Yep. 😎

16.02.2026 16:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
We’re Still Here with Simon and Julie

We’re Still Here with Simon and Julie

Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I will be live with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social for our “We’re Still Here” segment on SiriusXM ch 127.

We’ll discuss 1,200 people missing from Alligator Alcatraz, the Native prayer camp set up in Minneapolis, and more!

Tune in & call in.

13.02.2026 02:18 — 👍 62    🔁 17    💬 2    📌 2

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

30.01.2026 03:57 — 👍 13    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1
We're Still Here with Simon and Julie

We're Still Here with Simon and Julie

@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.

30.01.2026 02:17 — 👍 20    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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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

23.01.2026 18:57 — 👍 62    🔁 33    💬 3    📌 1
We're Still Here with Simon and Julie

We're Still Here with Simon and Julie

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

22.01.2026 19:47 — 👍 21    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 0

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.

17.01.2026 00:19 — 👍 28    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 0

Please follow Simon. I’ve learned so much from him about the indigenous perspective🙏

16.01.2026 20:52 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

I dig yours. ✊🏾

16.01.2026 04:55 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

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.

16.01.2026 04:51 — 👍 43    🔁 15    💬 3    📌 2

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.

16.01.2026 04:35 — 👍 46    🔁 19    💬 2    📌 0
A family member reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before making an arrest on January 11, 2026, in Minneapolis.

A family member reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before making an arrest on January 11, 2026, in Minneapolis.

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

15.01.2026 19:22 — 👍 18015    🔁 7513    💬 916    📌 821

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.

💙💪☮️

16.01.2026 03:55 — 👍 54    🔁 15    💬 3    📌 0