Kim TallBear

@kimtallbear.bsky.social

Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate citizen & Professor of American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota, Summer internship for INdigenous peoples in Genomics (SING) Canada. MSP/SAN
https://kimtallbear.substack.com; https://www.youtube.com/@ktallbear

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A 'mini'-series that's anything but: 5+ HOURS of conversations curated from MEDIA INDIGENA's vault of episodes (now 381 + counting)! Loved that I got to revisit + reframe rich dialogues w/ @kimtallbear.bsky.social @trinaroache.bsky.social @candiscall.bsky.social @maxliboiron.bsky.social + others

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Position open at UC Berkeley. Some good people in this department. I hope UCB is learning to check the claims to Indigenous affiliation of applicants. And obviously, California tribal people (from actual tribes, not 501(c)3's) should be prioritized.

aprecruit.berkeley.eduAssistant Professor- Indigeneities/Indigenous Feminisms From a Humanities Perspective – Department of Gender and Women's StudiesUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Lovingly hosted, produced + edited by yours truly, this Indigenous climate fight retrospective includes the insights of:

@irinaceric.bsky.social @shirip.bsky.social
@trinaroache.bsky.social
@kimtallbear.bsky.social
@candiscall.bsky.social
@karynpugliese.bsky.social

MEDIA INDIGENA@mediaindigena.bsky.social

🎙️NEW AUDIO! Our 2026 mini-summer series "Petrostate Pushback" continues with part two—'Tactics & Terrains'—as we focus on the various frontlines + frontiers of Indigenous resistance to governments + industries trying to sacrifice their territories for massive energy projects 📻 HEAR: pod.fo/e/575325

pod.foMEDIA INDIGENA : Indigenous current affairs program: Petrostate Pushback: Part 2 (ep 379)Our 2026 mini-summer series "Petrostate Pushback" continues with part two—'Tactics and Terrains'—as we focus on the various frontlines of Indigenous resistance to governments and corporations t...
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“Indigenous people are always the gauge of authenticity [such that] we end up being used as sort of a [settler] narrative device... to spin their dominant stories about the way that the world works, with very little attention to the way that we would story the world”

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MEDIA INDIGENA@mediaindigena.bsky.social

📻 NEW AUDIO: Pt 1 of 'Petrostate Pushback,' a mini summer series drawn from our decade-deep archive! 🛢️Focused on Indigenous resistance to extraction + exploitation, we open this retrospective with a cluster of conversations about media myopia ▶️ LISTEN👇 pod.fo/e/4c9650

pod.foMEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Petrostate Pushback: Part 1 (ep 378)Introducing the first in our four-part series for Summer 2026! Collected, connected conversations drawn from our decade-deep archive, it's a mini-series that falls smack dab in the middle of our me...
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regarding frauds who speak on behalf of Indigenous peoples at the UN level: "Because the U.N. system relies heavily on NGO credentials and self-identification, it inadvertently creates a pathway to undeserved international legitimacy." This happens in Canada with 'environmental' research grants too

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By Tristan Ahtone. Incisive quotes by Kyle Whyte on governance, representational & financial harm done to actual tribes from groups posing as tribes.

Many people, including actual NDNs, uplift self-indigenizers and their tall tales as demonstrated in this lengthy article. #Pretendianism

grist.orgThe climate movement gave this Texas tribe millions and a global platform. No one checked its story.How the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe turned family lore into money, media, and a place at the United Nations.
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Feat. voices of @kimtallbear.bsky.social @candiscall.bsky.social @reganboychuk.bsky.social @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social @northendmc.bsky.social + more!!

MEDIA INDIGENA@mediaindigena.bsky.social

📻 NEW AUDIO: Pt 1 of 'Petrostate Pushback,' a mini summer series drawn from our decade-deep archive! 🛢️Focused on Indigenous resistance to extraction + exploitation, we open this retrospective with a cluster of conversations about media myopia ▶️ LISTEN👇 pod.fo/e/4c9650

pod.foMEDIA INDIGENA : Weekly Indigenous current affairs program: Petrostate Pushback: Part 1 (ep 378)Introducing the first in our four-part series for Summer 2026! Collected, connected conversations drawn from our decade-deep archive, it's a mini-series that falls smack dab in the middle of our me...
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Strib finally publishes the story on MPD wildly overspending to do nothing during the ICE siege: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-... You can compare this version to the one that was pulled: www.msn.com/en-us/news/u... (ht @roblevine82.bsky.social)

startribune.comMinneapolis police rarely responded to ICE calls but still spent millions on overtimeThe MPD prioritized preventing large-scale civil unrest over responding to calls from residents concerned about unlawful force by ICE, and racked up huge OT costs doing it.
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I'm watching now. Nick Estes just started. Great beginning to this event. A nice antidote to tiresome liberal American historians who see trump and this moment as some kind of aberration within an otherwise redeemable US American project.

Kim TallBear@kimtallbear.bsky.social

Tomorrow at 1pm CT. Zoom registration available. Featuring my University of Minnesota American Indian Studies colleague, Nick Estes.

cla.umn.eduOperation Metro Surge, State Violence, and Resistance at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities CampusThis panel examines Operation Metro Surge’s impact on UMN, highlighting faculty and student resistance to state violence, racial profiling, and the defense of vulnerable groups.
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