Governor Kristi Noem publicly issued a letter to the Cheyenne River and Oglala Sioux Tribes on May 8 ordering them to remove health checkpoints on roads crossing their reservations but did not directly deliver it to OST—“a sign of “disrespect,” according to OST President Julian Bear Runner.
Author Archives: Jen Deerinwater
Jen Deerinwater is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, bisexual, Two Spirit, multiply-disabled journalist, speaker, and organizer who covers the issues her communities face with an intersectional lens. Jen is the founding executive director of Crushing Colonialism, a Disability Futures fellow, and the co-creator and co-host of the Decolonized News Hour on The Real News Network.
Jen is a contributor to Truthout and her work has been featured in a wide range of publications, including Bitch, Rewire.News, and In These Times. Jen is the co-editor of Sacred and Subversive and her work is included in the anthologies Disability Visibility and Two-Spirits Belong Here. She has been interviewed for numerous outlets on her work and The Advocate named Jen a 2019 Champion of Pride.
