Laura Evans
@lauraevans.bsky.social
Poli Sci prof at University of California, Riverside. I write and teach about the politics of Native Nations, Indigenous peoples, federalism, and race. I am both a dog person and a cat person.
My entry in the debate over what time Thanksgiving dinner should be served:
Anytime between 5 and 8 pm, depending on how late the cook wants to sleep in and how much football she wants to watch, and you’ll damn well be grateful she’s feeding you at all.
Anytime between 5 and 8 pm, depending on how late the cook wants to sleep in and how much football she wants to watch, and you’ll damn well be grateful she’s feeding you at all.
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My entry in the debate over what time Thanksgiving dinner should be served:
Anytime between 5 and 8 pm, depending on how late the cook wants to sleep in and how much football she wants to watch, and you’ll damn well be grateful she’s feeding you at all.
Anytime between 5 and 8 pm, depending on how late the cook wants to sleep in and how much football she wants to watch, and you’ll damn well be grateful she’s feeding you at all.
Filmed at the Black Hills, stolen from the Sioux tribes that all banned her from their reservation lands.
this extremely fashy Trump cult of personality ad featuring Kristi Noem ran this morning on Fox & Friends
November 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Filmed at the Black Hills, stolen from the Sioux tribes that all banned her from their reservation lands.
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First, an earthquake hit Alaska. Then it was a typhoon. People turned to public radio for lifesaving information. Sen. Lisa Murkowski tried to get her colleagues to understand the importance of stations.
They voted to defund public media anyway.
They voted to defund public media anyway.
In rural America, public radio saves lives
In remote Alaska, public radio station KYUK is crucial during natural disasters. Without federal funding, how will it survive?
revealnews.org
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
First, an earthquake hit Alaska. Then it was a typhoon. People turned to public radio for lifesaving information. Sen. Lisa Murkowski tried to get her colleagues to understand the importance of stations.
They voted to defund public media anyway.
They voted to defund public media anyway.
PSA: the best holiday dessert is cranberry pie. From Laurie Colwin.
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
PSA: the best holiday dessert is cranberry pie. From Laurie Colwin.
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Data centers popping up on Indigenous lands everywhere, but especially perilous to us desert tribes where water availability for crops and for communities have new competition.
The data center boom in the desert
The AI race is transforming northwestern Nevada into one of the world's largest data-center markets—and sparking fears of water strains in the nation’s driest state.
www.technologyreview.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Data centers popping up on Indigenous lands everywhere, but especially perilous to us desert tribes where water availability for crops and for communities have new competition.
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"Mississippi’s only federally recognized Indigenous tribe unveiled a new online language resource in early September. The Choctaw Dictionary Project “is a digital resource designed to support language learners of all levels and encourage more daily use of the Choctaw language."
Mississippi Choctaw Dictionary Project Helps Preserve Language
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians’ Choctaw Dictionary Project is designed to help teach the language and encourage more daily use.
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Mississippi’s only federally recognized Indigenous tribe unveiled a new online language resource in early September. The Choctaw Dictionary Project “is a digital resource designed to support language learners of all levels and encourage more daily use of the Choctaw language."
A reminder that you can’t separate the role of teaching a class from non-transparent mentoring at the discretion of the professor. Well after the final exam, students need letters of recommendation, advice about future education, a good word with potential employers, etc.
November 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A reminder that you can’t separate the role of teaching a class from non-transparent mentoring at the discretion of the professor. Well after the final exam, students need letters of recommendation, advice about future education, a good word with potential employers, etc.
I propose that we create the job of cleaning off white boards between classes, since apparently no one wants to do it.
I like the jokes about cleaning toilets as much as the next person, but there is honestly a lot of needed work that someone could contribute out of the classroom at an elite institution. Here are some recommendations:
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I propose that we create the job of cleaning off white boards between classes, since apparently no one wants to do it.
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Still listed as a distinguished senior fellow www.americanprogress.org/people/summe...
Lawrence H. Summers
www.americanprogress.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Still listed as a distinguished senior fellow www.americanprogress.org/people/summe...
If you want it to be easier to penalize creeps like Summers, please work with your Faculty Senate to tighten up Faculty Code on policies governing student/professor relations specific to graduate student mentoring. Clear rules make penalties easier.
gosh I wonder why they called her peril www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If you want it to be easier to penalize creeps like Summers, please work with your Faculty Senate to tighten up Faculty Code on policies governing student/professor relations specific to graduate student mentoring. Clear rules make penalties easier.
TBC this is absolutely about govt-to-govt relations. Tribes need federal data on crime to set policy, and they’ve been working with crap data far too long.
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
TBC this is absolutely about govt-to-govt relations. Tribes need federal data on crime to set policy, and they’ve been working with crap data far too long.
Our melon-collie baby wishes you a very Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Our melon-collie baby wishes you a very Happy Halloween!
So it’s bad if students publicly shame professors, but it’s good if professors publicly shame their students for publicly shaming them?
If you don’t respect students’ privacy, maybe you’re bringing this on yourself.
If you don’t respect students’ privacy, maybe you’re bringing this on yourself.
This is an absolutely incredible thing to say. As someone in Ivy-ish (Duke) classrooms from 2016-2022… I call bull.
Or she was saying offensive shit.
Or she was saying offensive shit.
October 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So it’s bad if students publicly shame professors, but it’s good if professors publicly shame their students for publicly shaming them?
If you don’t respect students’ privacy, maybe you’re bringing this on yourself.
If you don’t respect students’ privacy, maybe you’re bringing this on yourself.
Good news poli sci profs, we have a new example to teach of cueing racial bias.
ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
October 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Good news poli sci profs, we have a new example to teach of cueing racial bias.
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The government shutdown revealed a major flaw in how the U.S. funds Native American Tribes.
@robmaxim.bsky.social and co-authors outline why reform is needed—and what Congress can do to ensure stability.
@robmaxim.bsky.social and co-authors outline why reform is needed—and what Congress can do to ensure stability.
The government shutdown shows the need to reform how the federal government funds Native American Tribes and communities | Brookings
This piece summarizes the challenges that the congressional funding process and government shutdowns present to Tribal Nations, citizens, and communities.
www.brookings.edu
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The government shutdown revealed a major flaw in how the U.S. funds Native American Tribes.
@robmaxim.bsky.social and co-authors outline why reform is needed—and what Congress can do to ensure stability.
@robmaxim.bsky.social and co-authors outline why reform is needed—and what Congress can do to ensure stability.
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Per tht 2018 legal opinion, the precedent of undeclared wars set w Indigenous nations has been used to justify military actions agnst Korea, Vietnam, Libya, Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, Kosovo, Sudan, Afghanistan, Yemen, & Iraq. Congress has only declared war 11 times.
October 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Per tht 2018 legal opinion, the precedent of undeclared wars set w Indigenous nations has been used to justify military actions agnst Korea, Vietnam, Libya, Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, Kosovo, Sudan, Afghanistan, Yemen, & Iraq. Congress has only declared war 11 times.
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In 1 battle w the Miami Confederacy, 88% of US soldiers died, effectively wiping the American army out. War 1 Indigenous nations is why we have a standing military & why it is so big.
That war w the Miami Confederacy was cited by the Trump admin in 2018 to justify bombing Syria.
That war w the Miami Confederacy was cited by the Trump admin in 2018 to justify bombing Syria.
October 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
In 1 battle w the Miami Confederacy, 88% of US soldiers died, effectively wiping the American army out. War 1 Indigenous nations is why we have a standing military & why it is so big.
That war w the Miami Confederacy was cited by the Trump admin in 2018 to justify bombing Syria.
That war w the Miami Confederacy was cited by the Trump admin in 2018 to justify bombing Syria.
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As Trump bombs more boats from Venezuela & moves warships to the Caribbean, even Republican lawmakers are arguing he can’t order such military actions w/o Congressional approval. But did you know U.S. presidents going back 2 George Washington, have fought undeclared wars?
October 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
As Trump bombs more boats from Venezuela & moves warships to the Caribbean, even Republican lawmakers are arguing he can’t order such military actions w/o Congressional approval. But did you know U.S. presidents going back 2 George Washington, have fought undeclared wars?
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The state of Oklahoma is attacking tribal hunting & fishing rights, saying that tribal citizens who hunt & fish without a permit from the state will be charged with a crime.
Do tribal citizens need state-issued hunting, fishing licenses off trust lands? Oklahoma officials say yes
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation shared a press release on Wednesday, drawing disapproval from several tribal leaders of the five largest tribes in Oklahoma and tribal lawyers. It…
www.kosu.org
October 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The state of Oklahoma is attacking tribal hunting & fishing rights, saying that tribal citizens who hunt & fish without a permit from the state will be charged with a crime.
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Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."
E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded
The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.
nyti.ms
October 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."
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I am introducing a resolution today that the Seahawks never passed the ball on the 1 and now Tom Brady has one fewer Super Bowl
Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."
(It doesn't work like that lol)
(It doesn't work like that lol)
October 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I am introducing a resolution today that the Seahawks never passed the ball on the 1 and now Tom Brady has one fewer Super Bowl
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Practice job talks are critical but often impossible for students who are remote from their programs. I'm offering up to FOUR free pol sci practice job talks in Oct (mutually agreeable dates/times) for remote students. It can either be student and me alone, or we can invite others. #polisky #psjobs
October 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
When I hit puberty, I was caught up in debates over who was the hottest member of Duran Duran, but you do you.
“Russ Vought, the OMB director, has been dreaming about this moment—preparing this moment—since puberty."
trib.al/BLgoiIE
trib.al/BLgoiIE
GOP Senator: Project 2025 Creator Has Dreamt About This Since Puberty
Republicans all know the havoc Russell Vought is about to unleash this shutdown.
trib.al
October 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
When I hit puberty, I was caught up in debates over who was the hottest member of Duran Duran, but you do you.