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Jon Staples

@jonnylee33

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Anishinaabe

 Bemidji, MN
Joined September 2018
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"Running for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women wasn't a political statement, it was just my humanity." - Rosalie Fish speaks to her MMIW advocacy
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Kobe Bryant on the importance of Practice🚨 “If practice is harder than a game 7 would be — then a game 7 will be easy.” “As a leader — its your responsibility to elevate the rest of the guys.” 🎥 TheLeapTV @kobebryant – at Ottawa, Ontario
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Shout out and congrats to UTTC standout Rob McClain, jr. (Mvskoke Creek) who has announced his commitment to continue his basketball career to the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley #NativeAthlete #Mvskoke #Creek #UTRGV #Vaqueros #D1
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J. Cole
@JColeNC1 Apr 2019
Nipsey you a legend. I respect and admire your career path and what you did for the neighborhood. My heart broke today when I saw the news. I’m praying for your loved ones. This was sposed to be the year we got one in. God had bigger plans for you 🙏🏿
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Respect to native ballers🙌🏽
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Minnesota's history of racial inequality displayed in first-of-its-kind YMCA center strib.mn/2WAK5us
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NDNSPORTS.COM@ndnsports7 Jan 2019
Wichita State's Isaiah Poor Bear-Chandler (Oglala Lakota) get some huge crowd support and some love from the ESPN announcers after his back-to-back buckets. #NativeAthlete #Oglala #Lakota #WSU #Shockers
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Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and Cass County win Local Government Innovation Award leechlakenews.com/2019/01/03…
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Zoe Saldana
@zoesaldana2 Jan 2019
There are currently 573 federally recognized Native American tribes in the U.S. and every one of them has the right to govern themselves and their lands. But maintaining that sovereignty hasn't always been an easy task. Watch the new episode of @beseofficial Explains 👇🏽 – at Los Angeles, CA
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Did you know that Native American tribes are basically their own nations?

BESE Explains: Tribal Sovereignty

Did you know that Native American tribes are basically their own nations?

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‘The only way we are going to get out of this situation is by choosing to be courageous.’ — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez At Bernie Climate Town Hall

‘The only way we are going to get out of this situation is by choosing to be courageous.’ — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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They got away: Here's a potential starting five of D-1 basketball Minnesota natives who left the state to star around the country. From @Marcus_R_Fuller strib.mn/2JLieBJ
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White people who traveled great distances to find prosperity were “pioneers.” Brown people who do the same thing now are part of a “migrant caravan.”
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Here is one perspective that @CNN & @FOXTV won't show you, but thanks to @IndianCountry we can read @CrystalEchoHawk's words: Changing Elizabeth Warren's story to one about Native America newsmaven.io/indiancountryto… #NativeTruth #IllumiNative @TrahantReports #ElizabethWarren
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hcn.org/articles/tribal-affa…
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Gov. Dayton has proclaimed today #IndigenousPeoplesDay in MN, encouraging all Minnesotans to reflect on and celebrate the experiences and many contributions of Indigenous Peoples. Read More: mn.gov/governor/assets/2018_…
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On This Day in History: The Battle of Sugar Point leechlakenews.com/2018/10/05…
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