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Brett Chapman

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Brett Chapman

@brettachapman

Native American attorney continuing the legacy of my relative Standing Bear who was the first Native American to win civil rights in the United States

Tulsa, OK

Joined February 2017

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Brett Chapman
@brettachapman
Jul 17, 2018
You have to be a 'person' to have civil rights. Slaves couldn't go to court until 1865. Native Americans couldn't go to court until 1879 when my relative Standing Bear was illegally arrested by the United States Army and sued for his civil rights due him as a 'person' and won.
Brett Chapman
@brettachapman
Jun 13, 2024
Native Americans didn’t simply “lose” land, it was stolen from. Important distinction.
Historic Vids
@historyinmemes
Jun 13, 2024
This is a map that shows the land loss of Native Americans in the United States
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Brett Chapman
@brettachapman
Mar 10, 2019
No, white people from Spain did.
Discover Magazine
@DiscoverMag
Mar 9, 2019
Did changes in climate cause the decline of Mayan Civilization? goo.gl/LHhbdN
Brett Chapman
@brettachapman
Oct 14, 2024
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! Just a reminder that Native Americans are not a historical people, that we are still here, and that the biggest injustice in U.S. history—the dispossession of land from Indigenous nations largely by fraudulent treaties—remains ongoing
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Brett Chapman
@brettachapman
Jun 4, 2022
Grieving great grandfather asks police in Uvalde why they didn’t do anything to help his great granddaughter who was murdered. A random White man tells him to stop living in the past. So on brand.
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Brett Chapman
@brettachapman
Feb 17, 2024
I love seeing modern Indigenous art because it is creative and also a reminder to others that we are still here today!
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Brett Chapman
@brettachapman
Nov 26, 2020
For Thanksgiving, remember that the main contribution Native Americans made to the United States isn’t corn or this day, but every last acre of land. The dispossession of Native nations of all that land which started back with the “Pilgrims” never stopped and remains ongoing
Brett Chapman
@brettachapman
Apr 28, 2024
I once walked into city court and saw a homeless man in shackles called to the bench to face the charge of allegedly stealing $1.61 from QuikTrip (the price of a drink). That happens here daily off national news. Nobody cares. Until that matters, I can feel nothing for these guys
CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil
@CBSEveningNews
Apr 26, 2024
Another American tourist has been arrested in Turks and Caicos after ammunition was found in his luggage. The 30-year-old Virginia man is one of at least four American tourists potentially facing a lengthy prison sentence under a strict new island law.
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Brett Chapman
@brettachapman
Apr 25, 2024
It is an iron clad rule of life that whenever a violent White man mass murders his entire family, there will be stories humanizing him as a “goofy” fun loving dad, and not one of the worst men on the planet, which he was, at all times. His rage and depravity define him. Trash!
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Brett Chapman
@brettachapman
Jun 12, 2020
In 1829, some white families asked John Brown to help them remove Native Americans from the area. Brown replied, “I will have nothing to do with so mean an act. I would sooner take my gun and help drive you out of the country”
Brett Chapman
@brettachapman
Oct 13, 2025
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! I think it is very important to get the day name right because Native Americans are still here and we are more than Columbus, medieval White people, genocide, and death—thousands of rich, uniquely American cultures that never went anywhere!
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Brett Chapman
@brettachapman
Jun 4, 2022
Replying to @brettachapman
All those people alongside the police chastising him with “sir, this isn’t the right way” are just as pathetic. Who are they to tell him how to express himself? He should have hit that White man who told him to stop living in the past right between the eyes. I would have.
Brett Chapman
@brettachapman
May 10, 2025
Yeah, um, the sight of a foreign Catholic missionary who is White riding into an Indigenous community on horseback to round up all the little Native American children has never been a “majestic” one, nor will it ever be. This scene has ruined millions of lives over the centuries
Catholic Sat
@CatholicSat
May 9, 2025
Some of these photographs of Pope Leo XIV are majestic
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Brett Chapman
@brettachapman
Apr 24, 2024
Good for Turks and Caicos. They passed laws they think are best for them and that means they really dont want guns and ammo in their nation. They’re clearly sick of foreigners bringing it in. It’s their fault for not knowing their laws before going abroad
American tourist facing possible 12-year prison sentence after ammo found in luggage in Turks and...
From cbsnews.com
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