Cheyenne-Chicana mama, rezgirl, prof @ucla|sociologist|demographer|data warrior|Indigenous resistance|inequality|racism|data|critical quant|my cussing|my views
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13 Jun 2020
I'm Dr. Desi now! To defend on my homelands in our tribal college with family, friends & my fellow tribal citizens on the line is surreal. I had my son in the middle of the grind. He graduates today too. Nea'eše to my amazing @ua_sociology committee. I'll never forget today. 🙌🏾
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26 Oct 2023
My latest story for @Stacker explores how Indigenous data warriors like @native4data & @echohawkd3 are fighting for data sovereignty: Indigenous systems for gathering and using data in spite of a system built to exclude them. Read it here: stacker.com/society/indigeno…
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21 Sep 2023
🌵Save the Date! 'Building Action and Power' Summit coming to Tucson on APRIL 11-12 on the lands of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe!
**Currently seeking sponsors and presentation proposals!**
Learn more here: nni.arizona.edu/news/buildin…
#IDSov #IDGov #DataWarriors #IndigenousSovereignty
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Dr. Dr. Desi (she/her) retweeted
9 Aug 2023
As a Kānaka Maoli, stemming from seven generations here on Maui. This is heartbreaking to watch. Colonial greed is burning down our home. And it’s US politicians and polluters to blame. #ClimateEmergency
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9 Aug 2023
Wildfires rage on, from Maui to Ontario, while lands continue to be developed for extraction. Indigenous peoples are disproportionately impacted despite overrepresentation in protecting global biodiversity. How’s your International Indigenous People’s Day taking climate action?
ALT A terrifying screenshot of Clint Hansen’s footage from the catastrophic wildfire on Maui, Hawaiʻi.
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Dr. Dr. Desi (she/her) retweeted
9 Aug 2023
To reporters covering the #MauiFire: Please stop characterizing Front Street and Lahaina Town as a “tourist spot”
It was the original Capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
King Kamehameha’s palace is here.
Kānaka Maoli still live here, on their ancestral land from the 1800s.
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Dr. Dr. Desi (she/her) retweeted
9 Aug 2023
This piece reports findings from the article "Native voices on Native appropriation" by @NativeApprops, @native4data, and Laurel R. Davis-Delano - check it below!
doi.org/10.1080/01419870.202…
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9 Aug 2023
It has been a great day for the internet and TikTok because of the swim warrior and chair warrior. I already know what all my peeps are getting for Christmas.
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21 Jul 2023
Visiting research partners means spending time w tribal nations & Native serving orgs. It means bearing witness to breaking cycles of generational trauma. It means dreaming Indigenous futures. It means Native women are f’ing phenomenal. Pay us, listen to
us, get out of our way!
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20 Jul 2023
What’s your purpose? Let’s be inspired…together!
20 Jul 2023
Do you know what’s powerful? That feeling of genuinely being in your purpose. Mine is to support tribes & Native orgs in rebuilding data power to move our communities forward on our terms. It’s so f’ing beautiful how we keep resisting & thriving against all odds. #wearestillhere
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20 Jul 2023
Do you know what’s powerful? That feeling of genuinely being in your purpose. Mine is to support tribes & Native orgs in rebuilding data power to move our communities forward on our terms. It’s so f’ing beautiful how we keep resisting & thriving against all odds. #wearestillhere
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20 Jul 2023
Yesssss! I had to fight like
hell to prove my training and skills in order to qualify for STEM scholarships and opportunities as a grad student! This is such a big deal for demography students Thank you to all who fought for this. Bravo!
19 Jul 2023
Demography and Population Studies Receives Federal STEM Designation
With this new designation, international students with F-1 visa status will now be eligible to stay in the US for an additional two years of “STEM OPT” employment. ow.ly/y10750Pgg89
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Dr. Dr. Desi (she/her) retweeted
15 Jul 2023
Trending in #Sociology:
ooir.org/index.php?field=Soc…
1) Boredom: a Racialized Emotion
2) The Rich Have Peers, the Poor Have Patrons
3) Native voices on appropriation (@ersjournal)
4) Migration & Skewed Sex Ratios among Young Adults
5) Climate Silence in Sociology (@SOPJournal)
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19 Jul 2023
The latest in the chronicles of mediocre white men…let’s be honest, if he was not a white
man, there’d be damning
professional consequences and not just an opportunity to lighten his load.
chronicle.com/article/stanfo…
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14 Jul 2023
Do y’all ever wonder where you went wrong? My college roommates are buying multimillion dollar houses. I’m really happy for them. And questioning my life choices. I can’t even afford an apartment in LA.
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13 Jul 2023
I need help for grant ideas/funding for an Indigenous elder culture bearer who is also a PhD candidate and needs a grant to finish writing her dissertation. Any ideas?
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13 Jul 2023
I should clarify, where can I point her to find dissertation completion funding? Does that exist anymore?
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13 Jul 2023
I am not a Diné/Navajo person, so I will not comment further except to say that these white Ivy League researchers are gonna get so much mileage out of this for their own careers and I just… 😩
11 Jul 2023
I asked a group of 11 Ivy League university alumni to send their brightest students, graduates, and professors to help the Navajo Nation solve its most persistent economic problems. As a nation, as a government, we’re always trying to find avenues to help our people.
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10 Jul 2023
Struggling with how to communicate this lately and here's my take:
Just because I am employed by a public institution does not mean I am YOUR public scholar. We do not all serve the same public.
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