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Blue Corn Comics (Rob Schmidt) @bluecorncomics

Freelance writer focusing on Native American, racial, and pop-culture issues; publisher of Blue Corn Comics; host of Creative Spirit Screenwriters

Joined June 2008
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What if social media existed in 1492? Hilarity ensues when Columbus tweets his historic voyage. Read all about it in the fun-filled anthology coming soon from Blue Corn Comics!
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"It's just wonderful to see Michael Horse in a film, even if he's cast as a token Native American whose only purpose is to make the writers feel better for capitalizing on Native lore. Besides that, the acting in 'Skinwalker Ranch' is beyond atrocious." horrorpress.com/reviews/1356…
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In this important history centered on Indigenous nations, DuVal shows how the definitions of power and means of exerting it shifted over time, but the sovereignty and influence of Native peoples remained a constant — and will continue far into the future. santafenewmexican.com/pasati…
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Kathleen DuVal.

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The renovated gallery celebrates the rich history of the tribes in the Lawton and Fort Sill communities, placing a special emphasis on their distinguished military service. The displays will include the war bonnet of legendary Comanche warrior Chah-tay. swoknews.com/community_news/…
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"We recognized a long time ago that a part of the efforts to share our culture, share our history, share our language outside of the Pacific Northwest are efforts that need to be made on a much more global stage," said tribe's World Cup project director. seattletimes.com/seattle-new…
The grounds outside the Puyallup Tribal Administration Offices in Tacoma, Wash., on Monday, June 8, 2026, will soon be transformed into the main Puyallup Tribal fan zone for the FIFA Men’s World Cup.

ALT The grounds outside the Puyallup Tribal Administration Offices in Tacoma, Wash., on Monday, June 8, 2026, will soon be transformed into the main Puyallup Tribal fan zone for the FIFA Men’s World Cup.
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"Native American adults reported higher rates of long COVID than the overall U.S. population. A survey found that 40% of Native American and Alaska Natives respondents reported having long COVID, compared with 30% of U.S. adults overall." buffalosfire.com/the-daily-s…
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"It's unclear if this move is a violation of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act as the religion itself will still technically be recognized through the 'other' category, just not in the form of a distinct, separate category." ictnews.org/news/department-…
Native veterans join an interfaith ceremony at the Oceti Sakowin camp where people gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016. An organizer with Veterans Stand for Standing Rock said the group is there to help out those who've dug in against the four-state, $3.8 billion project.

ALT Native veterans join an interfaith ceremony at the Oceti Sakowin camp where people gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016. An organizer with Veterans Stand for Standing Rock said the group is there to help out those who've dug in against the four-state, $3.8 billion project.

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"The Native American figure in Morrison's work tends to be: displaced, under threat, and in competition with other oppressed people; a spectral, watchful presence; silent or of few, wise words; and indelibly embedded in the natural world." #noblesavage yalereview.org/article/namwa…
Toni Morrison.

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Christopher Webb
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Trump may as well have called the rest of us peasants. According to him, it wasn’t workers who built America. It was rich guys like him and his cabinet: “These people built the country, not the complainers. The complainers didn’t build the country…. Whether it’s fishermen or farmers or anything else. Me. Guys like me, they built the country. And you know, I watch all these ingrates, they’re always complaining, complaining. They didn’t build anything, they couldn’t build anything.”
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🚨 BOMBSHELL! Fmr. DOJ Prosecutor Brendan Ballou exposes Trump's massive UFC scam. He confirms the administration is selling $1.5M VIP packages for White House cage fights. Washington is openly using public monuments to generate private profits. Pure corruption!
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Let's walk through what actually happened here, in order. DOGE cut the USAID program specifically designed to prevent screwworm from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. DOGE cut USDA's animal disease control and prevention funding. That funding had supported more than 180 outbreak investigations in 22 countries and capacity-building in more than 160 laboratories. The screwworm monitoring and response program that watched the border for exactly this parasite - cut. Then screwworm showed up in Texas cattle. Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared a disaster for Zavala and Uvalde counties this week. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins went on CNBC this morning and blamed the Biden administration, 17 months out of office. Her specific words: "obviously not much had been done to push back." The program that was supposed to push back existed. DOGE eliminated it in March 2025. Rollins has been Agriculture Secretary since February 13, 2025. The cuts happened on her watch. Beef prices are already high. Ranchers in south Texas are now dealing with a flesh-eating parasite that was eradicated in this country in the 1960s - eradicated, specifically, using the sterile fly program her department defunded. The flies existed. The program existed. The budget existed. Until it didn't.
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Trump's agriculture secretary laid the blame for the outbreak on the Biden administration, despite it being more than 17 months since Biden's term ended. thedailybeast.com/brooke-rol…
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Defoe, a professor of practice at ASU, has won a Grammy award for Best Native American Music Album, produced and performed in several theater productions, is about to embark on a one-man puppeteering show and, oh, is also a hoop dancer and eagle dancer. news.asu.edu/20260609-arts-h…
Professor of Practice Ty Defoe will perform his new show, “Skeleton Canoe,” at the International Festival of Art and Ideas on June 19 and 20 at Yale Repertory Theatre.

ALT Professor of Practice Ty Defoe will perform his new show, “Skeleton Canoe,” at the International Festival of Art and Ideas on June 19 and 20 at Yale Repertory Theatre.
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"(The artists) reference and honour ancestral knowledge whilst being steadfastly contemporary, asserting a powerful presence and countering narratives of erasure that too often position Indigenous cultures only in terms of the past." thisiscolossal.com/2026/06/h…
Cara Romero, “Julia” (2018), archival fine art photograph, printed by the artist on legacy matte paper. © Cara Romero.

ALT Cara Romero, “Julia” (2018), archival fine art photograph, printed by the artist on legacy matte paper. © Cara Romero.
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"Garcés, whose cause for canonization has been opened, stands among the great founders of Christian civilization in the Americas." In other words, he stands among the great perpetrators of genocide among Native Americans. denvercatholic.org/the-forgo…
As the United States marks 250 years, the story of Franciscan missionary Francisco Garcés reveals a Catholic legacy that helped shape the American Southwest.

ALT As the United States marks 250 years, the story of Franciscan missionary Francisco Garcés reveals a Catholic legacy that helped shape the American Southwest.
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"An oral history project dedicated to gathering stories from Indigenous boarding school survivors from across the country is coming to a close. The project is ending in Oklahoma, where it began — the state with the highest number of boarding schools." kosu.org/boarding-school-ora…
Indian Boarding School survivor Ray Doyah reads poetry as Secretary Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary Bryan Newland sit in the background, on Saturday, July 9, 2022, in Anadarko, Okla.

ALT Indian Boarding School survivor Ray Doyah reads poetry as Secretary Deb Haaland and Assistant Secretary Bryan Newland sit in the background, on Saturday, July 9, 2022, in Anadarko, Okla.
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"Researchers say the site holds roughly 3-4K years of Native history. Scientists believe the people who lived here hunted a variety of animals but focused primarily on fish and shrimp. They also created fiber-tempered pottery." news4jax.com/news/local/2026…
Archaeology field school digs into 3,000 years of native Jacksonville history.

ALT Archaeology field school digs into 3,000 years of native Jacksonville history.
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"Elders don't just share myths for entertainment. Each tale, whether about animals or natural forces, carries layers of meaning. These stories aren't fixed, either. They evolve slightly with each telling, creating a dynamic form of living wisdom." msn.com/en-us/health/wellnes…
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"There were some Spanish people, but I would say the greatest unofficial conductor were the Native Americans. Because the Native Americans were also being enslaved by the Spanish during this early period." wgcu.org/show/gulf-coast-lif…
Magdalena Lamarre, retired professor of history and sociology at Miami Dade College. Her lectures through the Florida Humanities Speakers Bureau focus on Florida history, genocide, and American popular culture, and explore themes of culture, diversity, history, and social justice.

ALT Magdalena Lamarre, retired professor of history and sociology at Miami Dade College. Her lectures through the Florida Humanities Speakers Bureau focus on Florida history, genocide, and American popular culture, and explore themes of culture, diversity, history, and social justice.
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The current reservation of the Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians stands at just 3.8 acres, established by executive order in 1916. The bill would represent a dramatic expansion of the tribe's land base, with several conditions attached. legis1.com/news/native-ameri…

Native Tribes Face Sovereignty Health Crises | Legis1

Three bills addressing Native American tribal rights and health gaps face House hearing June 9. Learn how legislation could impact Indigenous communities'...

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"There are few women from this era who stand so tall in the popular imagination. Living in a time when women were regularly defined by the men they were married to...Sacajawea would go on to be one of the most remembered Corps of Discovery members." railstotrails.org/trailblog/…
Statue of Sacajawea titled “Coming Home,” located in Sacajawea Park in Three Forks, Montana.

ALT Statue of Sacajawea titled “Coming Home,” located in Sacajawea Park in Three Forks, Montana.
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Looking back 250 years is an opportunity to highlight the long legacy of Indigenous, Spanish and Mexican culture in the US. We were here before there was a US--though we have been and continue to be treated as outsiders, as foreigners and as a threat. kqed.org/news/12086445/at-25…
A photochrome image of Mission Dolores in San Francisco, produced by the Detroit Publishing Co., circa 1895.

ALT A photochrome image of Mission Dolores in San Francisco, produced by the Detroit Publishing Co., circa 1895.
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