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You can’t simultaneously acknowledge that #colonialism systematically disrupted #Haudenosaunee kinship, governance, land-based life, and transmission of #identity and then pretend that today’s conditions are “pure" untouched, and fully intact and use those disrupted conditions to morally judge folk
December 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
You can’t simultaneously acknowledge that #colonialism systematically disrupted #Haudenosaunee kinship, governance, land-based life, and transmission of #identity and then pretend that today’s conditions are “pure" untouched, and fully intact and use those disrupted conditions to morally judge folk
#Colonialism + #FNMI #Haudenosaunee protocol:
disrupted matrilines
removed children
imposed #patrilineal law
enforced the #IndianAct
rewrote adoption, marriage, and belonging
You cannot then turn around and say:
If #colonialism severed your line, you simply no longer exist as #Indigenous.
disrupted matrilines
removed children
imposed #patrilineal law
enforced the #IndianAct
rewrote adoption, marriage, and belonging
You cannot then turn around and say:
If #colonialism severed your line, you simply no longer exist as #Indigenous.
December 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
#Colonialism + #FNMI #Haudenosaunee protocol:
disrupted matrilines
removed children
imposed #patrilineal law
enforced the #IndianAct
rewrote adoption, marriage, and belonging
You cannot then turn around and say:
If #colonialism severed your line, you simply no longer exist as #Indigenous.
disrupted matrilines
removed children
imposed #patrilineal law
enforced the #IndianAct
rewrote adoption, marriage, and belonging
You cannot then turn around and say:
If #colonialism severed your line, you simply no longer exist as #Indigenous.
Saying “if the #Haudenosaunee bloodline is absent, the #identity is absent” only works inside one nation’s #political framework. When applied broadly, it becomes exclusionary essentialism, not #sovereignty.
December 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Saying “if the #Haudenosaunee bloodline is absent, the #identity is absent” only works inside one nation’s #political framework. When applied broadly, it becomes exclusionary essentialism, not #sovereignty.
A person can:
lack #Haudenosaunee #FNMI citizenship
lack a clan
still be #Indigenous
still be harmed by #colonial systems
still have ancestry, kinship rupture, adoption, or displacement
lack #Haudenosaunee #FNMI citizenship
lack a clan
still be #Indigenous
still be harmed by #colonial systems
still have ancestry, kinship rupture, adoption, or displacement
December 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A person can:
lack #Haudenosaunee #FNMI citizenship
lack a clan
still be #Indigenous
still be harmed by #colonial systems
still have ancestry, kinship rupture, adoption, or displacement
lack #Haudenosaunee #FNMI citizenship
lack a clan
still be #Indigenous
still be harmed by #colonial systems
still have ancestry, kinship rupture, adoption, or displacement
Yes, #Haudenosaunee citizenship is not self-declared
DNA tests, vibes, or distant ancestry don’t confer political standing
Adoption was structured, accountable, and not casual
Outsiders do not gain political authority by proximity or learning traditions
Fraudulent claims do undermine sovereignty
DNA tests, vibes, or distant ancestry don’t confer political standing
Adoption was structured, accountable, and not casual
Outsiders do not gain political authority by proximity or learning traditions
Fraudulent claims do undermine sovereignty
December 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Yes, #Haudenosaunee citizenship is not self-declared
DNA tests, vibes, or distant ancestry don’t confer political standing
Adoption was structured, accountable, and not casual
Outsiders do not gain political authority by proximity or learning traditions
Fraudulent claims do undermine sovereignty
DNA tests, vibes, or distant ancestry don’t confer political standing
Adoption was structured, accountable, and not casual
Outsiders do not gain political authority by proximity or learning traditions
Fraudulent claims do undermine sovereignty
At the same time, public shaming is being framed as “accountability,” even though it has no legal or #FNMI based #authority and often collapses trauma, grief, and rage into identity policing.
December 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
At the same time, public shaming is being framed as “accountability,” even though it has no legal or #FNMI based #authority and often collapses trauma, grief, and rage into identity policing.
Pretendian hunting treats #FNMI recognition, band membership, or “traditional protocol” as fixed, neutral standards when all of these have been deeply shaped by colonialism, the #IndianAct, displacement, adoption, urbanization, and imposed #governance.
December 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Pretendian hunting treats #FNMI recognition, band membership, or “traditional protocol” as fixed, neutral standards when all of these have been deeply shaped by colonialism, the #IndianAct, displacement, adoption, urbanization, and imposed #governance.
#sarain When someone financially benefits from telling stories as a representative of all #FNMI #Indigenous people, scrutiny is inevitable.
None of this means she’s “not Indigenous.” It means she took on a representational role without enough nuance.
None of this means she’s “not Indigenous.” It means she took on a representational role without enough nuance.
December 10, 2025 at 5:43 AM
#sarain When someone financially benefits from telling stories as a representative of all #FNMI #Indigenous people, scrutiny is inevitable.
None of this means she’s “not Indigenous.” It means she took on a representational role without enough nuance.
None of this means she’s “not Indigenous.” It means she took on a representational role without enough nuance.
Sarain shaped public narratives about #FNMI #Indigeneity that were:
generalized
trauma-centered
aesthetically packaged
commercially useful
These should be the #redflags
generalized
trauma-centered
aesthetically packaged
commercially useful
These should be the #redflags
December 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Sarain shaped public narratives about #FNMI #Indigeneity that were:
generalized
trauma-centered
aesthetically packaged
commercially useful
These should be the #redflags
generalized
trauma-centered
aesthetically packaged
commercially useful
These should be the #redflags
#sarainfox thoughts: brand-
building on #FNMI trauma narratives, monetizing collective trauma, packaging #Indigeneity for fashion, film, or corporate storytelling not clearly acknowledging the complexity of her upbringing, adoption, or disconnection is the issue.
building on #FNMI trauma narratives, monetizing collective trauma, packaging #Indigeneity for fashion, film, or corporate storytelling not clearly acknowledging the complexity of her upbringing, adoption, or disconnection is the issue.
December 10, 2025 at 5:39 AM
#sarainfox thoughts: brand-
building on #FNMI trauma narratives, monetizing collective trauma, packaging #Indigeneity for fashion, film, or corporate storytelling not clearly acknowledging the complexity of her upbringing, adoption, or disconnection is the issue.
building on #FNMI trauma narratives, monetizing collective trauma, packaging #Indigeneity for fashion, film, or corporate storytelling not clearly acknowledging the complexity of her upbringing, adoption, or disconnection is the issue.
#sarainfox thoughts. She often flattened #FNMI #Indigenous diversity into a single experience. She told stories from a pan Indigenous standpoint rather than a community specific standpoint.
That contributes to stereotyping, romanticization, and the reinforcement of an Indigenous identity package.
That contributes to stereotyping, romanticization, and the reinforcement of an Indigenous identity package.
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
#sarainfox thoughts. She often flattened #FNMI #Indigenous diversity into a single experience. She told stories from a pan Indigenous standpoint rather than a community specific standpoint.
That contributes to stereotyping, romanticization, and the reinforcement of an Indigenous identity package.
That contributes to stereotyping, romanticization, and the reinforcement of an Indigenous identity package.
#FNMI Traditional adoption is legitimate, even if #colonial membership codes make it messy. People keep citing Buffy Sainte Marie or Boyden, but the issue there is fabrication, not adoption by real #Indigenous families.
December 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
#FNMI Traditional adoption is legitimate, even if #colonial membership codes make it messy. People keep citing Buffy Sainte Marie or Boyden, but the issue there is fabrication, not adoption by real #Indigenous families.
When someone experiences deep loss or injustice, it can shape how they see everything including who they think “counts” as #FNMI. But #trauma isn’t a framework for determining #FNMI identity or belonging. And it definitely can’t replace due process, community governance, or legal principles.
December 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The #FNMI body itself is a site where history, culture, and colonial violence are inscribed. In other words, culture and oppression are materially embedded, not just socially performed.
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The #FNMI body itself is a site where history, culture, and colonial violence are inscribed. In other words, culture and oppression are materially embedded, not just socially performed.
While some #FNMI academics say “identity isn’t in your DNA,” what #epigenetics shows is that #DNA and #biology can carry traces of cultural and social realities and markers. This doesn’t contradict points about identity being practiced in community, but it adds a layer.
December 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
While some #FNMI academics say “identity isn’t in your DNA,” what #epigenetics shows is that #DNA and #biology can carry traces of cultural and social realities and markers. This doesn’t contradict points about identity being practiced in community, but it adds a layer.
#FNMI Ancestry can exist without lived experience. Lived experience can exist without ancestry.
(Like Boyden, Buffy, etc. people "adopted" culturally but not genealogically.) Neither of these things alone defines “ #Indigenous identity.”
And neither tells the whole story of belonging.
(Like Boyden, Buffy, etc. people "adopted" culturally but not genealogically.) Neither of these things alone defines “ #Indigenous identity.”
And neither tells the whole story of belonging.
December 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
#FNMI Ancestry can exist without lived experience. Lived experience can exist without ancestry.
(Like Boyden, Buffy, etc. people "adopted" culturally but not genealogically.) Neither of these things alone defines “ #Indigenous identity.”
And neither tells the whole story of belonging.
(Like Boyden, Buffy, etc. people "adopted" culturally but not genealogically.) Neither of these things alone defines “ #Indigenous identity.”
And neither tells the whole story of belonging.
#FNMI Lived Experience (community upbringing, cultural immersion, relational accountability) This is the life you actually lived, the stories, teachings, hardships, obligations, and community that shaped you. But lived experience is not #ancestry, it can’t create biological lineage or #Nationhood.
December 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
#FNMI Lived Experience (community upbringing, cultural immersion, relational accountability) This is the life you actually lived, the stories, teachings, hardships, obligations, and community that shaped you. But lived experience is not #ancestry, it can’t create biological lineage or #Nationhood.
#Ancestry (genealogy, bloodlines, biological descent)
This is who your people are, historically and biologically.
It matters because: it links you to Nations, lands, and kinship, it forms the base of potential belonging. It’s part of #FNMI identity whether or not you had access to it growing up.
This is who your people are, historically and biologically.
It matters because: it links you to Nations, lands, and kinship, it forms the base of potential belonging. It’s part of #FNMI identity whether or not you had access to it growing up.
December 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Talking about my #Welsh background doesn’t make me less than. Talking about my #Haudenosaunee ancestry doesn’t make me less legitimate. Talking openly is healthy and decolonial. Also ancestry doesn't = #FNMI identity or lived experience.
December 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Talking about my #Welsh background doesn’t make me less than. Talking about my #Haudenosaunee ancestry doesn’t make me less legitimate. Talking openly is healthy and decolonial. Also ancestry doesn't = #FNMI identity or lived experience.