REBECCA NAGLE: My name is Rebecca Nagle. I’m a citizen of Cherokee Nation, and I live in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. I’m the writer and host of a new podcast called First America. The podcast talks about the true origin of the United States and how that ties into our current political moment.
July 4th is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the birth of the United States… Native people are left out of that story, and without us, the story is wrong.
The chief complaint in the Declaration of Independence is focused on Indigenous people. One of the main reasons the founders rebelled against the Crown was because they wanted more Native land, and the Crown was holding them back.
