Mastodawn

🧵 Yesterday I posted that the so called united states would eventually make Natives choose between our Native Nations citizenship and that of "america" and it sounds like I am right. They pretty much said the quiet part out loud in today's supreme court hearing on birthright citizenship.

Gorsuch asked if Natives are birthright citizens. The response from the governments attorney

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it's B! Cavello 🐝

@francesdanger #Alt4You image description (you may be able to update): Commentary from francesdanger in response to an NBC News post that references Trump admin citing an 1884 case ruling against an indigenous person’s right to citizenship: “You may think I'm writing with a tinfoil hat on but mark my words: They are going to make Natives choose between their Native Nations and their so called united states citizenship.” (1/2)

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it's B! Cavello 🐝3d ago

@francesdanger “I know they will because they've done it before.
The Natives that enrolled under the dawes act, The
5….Tribes, didn't just give up communal lands for
allotments. Upon acceptance of their allotments
they were made "american" citizens almost 20 years
before the Indian citizenship act of 1924.”