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Jen Deerinwater

Jen Deerinwater

I Won’t be Silenced by Colonizers

Image description: Photo of Indigenous womxn and femme appearing people standing behind a banner that reads “Indigenous Peoples Exist…

5 min readJul 14, 2022

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I Won’t be Silenced by Colonizers

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Jen Deerinwater

Southern Movement Media Magic

With age hopefully comes wisdom. For myself it’s brought numerous revelations about my forty years on this Earth. As my first training for…

2 min readJun 25, 2019

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Southern Movement Media Magic

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Jen Deerinwater

I’m going to speak some truths here that may make some people uncomfortable or angry.

I’m feeling really fed up with settler colonialism and white supremacy. I can feel the rage coursing through my body. I’m feeling angry at…

6 min readApr 15, 2018

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Jen Deerinwater

Berdache, Two Spirit, and the white anthropologist

Queer People have existed on Turtle Island since time immemorial. We did not arrive on these shores during the white invasion and Queer…

4 min readOct 13, 2017

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The real cost of working as an Indigenous & Disabled Journalist

On this Labor Day I want to let you all know the costs that working as a journalist has heaped upon me over the last year.

7 min readSep 4, 2017

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Capital Pride Colludes in Native Genocide

The following is the statement I prepared for the Capital Pride Board of Directors meeting on May 8, 2017. In order to make space for other…

4 min readMay 30, 2017

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Jen Deerinwater
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The Establishment

How White Feminists Fail As Native Allies In The Trump Era

When will those supposedly committed to equality started caring about and listening to Native Women?

12 min readMay 23, 2017

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How White Feminists Fail As Native Allies In The Trump Era

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Jen Deerinwater

Frontline Communities Lead the Way at D.C. Peoples Climate March

On Trump’s 100th day in office more than 300,000 people took over the streets of Washington D.C. to tell ameriKKKa that we will not sit…

7 min readMay 17, 2017

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Mormon Tabernacle Choir ex-Member Sings the Hypocrisy Blues

Dear Jan,

3 min readDec 31, 2016

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The Establishment

America’s Conversation On Sexual Assault Is A Failure If It Ignores Native Women

7 min readOct 31, 2016

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America’s Conversation On Sexual Assault Is A Failure If It Ignores Native Women

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Jen Deerinwater

Jen Deerinwater

Jen is a Bisexual, Two Spirit, Disabled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of OK. She spent years in the trenches of U.S. politics & now rips it apart with words.

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