Every person involved in this crime is complicit in the fallout.
Eli Foreman
What do I, a Native American, have to be thankful for? Having my people forced off of their land? Decimated by diseases?
My ancestors owned slaves. Some owned just a few. Some owned quite a lot.
Up until this point, I have had three articles published here with TribeHerald. And--while it has been a privilege and an honor to be one of the first Native Jewish voices on this platform, let alone period--I cannot be the only one, or one of just a handful.
For one, all of the tribes…
Much outrage has been raised about the scheduling of Trump’s rally in Tulsa on Juneteenth (and its being held the day after), in the place where the worst racial violence in American history took place from May 31- June 1 of 1921. There is no question of the bigotry of this act (one which has…
Native Americans are killed more per capita by police than any other ethnic group in the United States. This is a fact. However, as Blacks and Native Americans have mixed heavily for hundreds of years (to the point where many of both groups have ancestry from the other, including myself), it behooves me to say…
When most people think of Native American Jews, they think of Mel Brooks poking fun at the idea Native Americans as Lost Israelites in Blazing Saddles.
People don’t imagine astronauts (like Jessica Meir). Or musicians (like Andrew Winters, the guy who got Blue Öyster Cult together). Or actors (like Scott Glenn). Or Washington State Supreme…