I grew up in lands occupied by South Dakota. Those people sit there owning land stolen by homesteading grandparents on the heels of Indian massacres & still deny Indigenous genocide. Why the surprise they die of the virus while denying its existence? A nation built on denial.

more on south dakota's totally unsurprising response to Covid-19. it's yet another opportunity to disregard Indigenous laws and lives! white hatred of the NDNs runs so deep, they'll die for it too. https://newrepublic.com/article/160198/kristi-noems-war-tribal-sovereignty-going-get-people-killed?utm_source=social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=sharebtn&fbclid=IwAR2LepiBT8MqPfBdaJfH_NPHtGzg18Vebcrr8tkoz7ebEsEbtQn1OXlXfho

if you're interested in the utter strangeness that is south dakota whiteness (you prob have better things to do), i recall this 1993 read being illuminating at the time. kathleen norris explains the line of [white] mediocrity you best not stray from. the blowback will be vicious.

i remember as a kid thinking white people in SD didn't really believe all the trash they talked--their US exceptionalist ahistorical non-facts. i thought they were just trying to save face. about 16 yrs old i realized they actually believed their own lies. i was floored.

i left there in the 80s hoping there was more enlightenment elsewhere re the actual history of the US. i grew up in a house with critical, pro Native books and a parent who schooled me too on say Black power & other movements that coincided with Native resistance movements.

fast forward a few years: as i lived and traveled in all but 1 of 50 states, i realized the entire US believes at some level US propaganda. it just gets regurgitated in different political language. it's easier to see white supremacist absurdity in SD. they're less polished.