It’s up to us as Indigenous Peoples and as Americans to question simplified stories glorifying violence and racism and sexism. It’s time to educate ourselves about the violence of this country’s past, and to come together as a people to build a stronger, inclusive and more unified America.
Mateo Romero is an enrolled tribal member at Cochiti Pueblo.
And sit on your butt in a circle and smoke the peace pipe while the ragheads take over and sharpen their knives for, not your scalps....your heads!
In other words, he’s a Mexican.