American 250: A Republic Built on Native Land Live Stream
As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, we ask a foundational question often left out of the national conversation: What does America250 mean when viewed through the lens of Native Nations whose homelands this country was built upon?
Join us for a powerful live stream conversation, “America250: A Republic Built on Native Land,” featuring Native leaders, scholars, and advocates from across Indian Country as they share Indigenous perspectives on America’s past, present, and future.
This discussion brings together voices shaping the national dialogue on sovereignty, history, and truth-telling ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.
Featured Guests:
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. – Cherokee Nation, the largest tribe in the U.S. with 465,000+ citizens.
@cherokeenation
Mark Charles – a Navajo speaker, writer, and consultant.
@wirelesshogan
Judith LeBlanc – a citizen of the Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma and Executive Director of the Native Organizers Alliance (NOA).
@nativeorganizersalliance9543
Anton Treuer – an Ojibwe author, professor, and public speaker.
@anton.treuer
Dina Gilio-Whitaker – (Colville Confederated Tribes) is a lecturer at California State University San Marcos
@californiastateuniversity
What we’ll explore:
– As the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary, is this moment a celebration, a reminder of historical injustice, or both?
– Has the United States lived up to the Declaration of Independence’s promise that “all men are created equal” for Native Americans?
– How do you reconcile being both Native and American, given that Indigenous ancestors were referred to as “merciless Indian savages” in the Declaration of Independence?
– What would make America250 more meaningful and inclusive for Native peoples and Tribal Nations?
– Looking ahead to the next 250 years, what is your greatest hope for Native Nations and the United States?
Why this conversation matters:
America’s 250th anniversary is often framed as a celebration—but for Native Nations, it is also a moment of reflection, resistance, and redefinition. This live stream centers Indigenous voices in the national dialogue about history, land, and the future of the Republic.
Watch and join the conversation on June 2nd.
This live stream invites audiences to engage directly with Native leaders as they reframe the story of America—past, present, and future.
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@NahLife.Studio
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Who is THEY?
We are all American.
So have Americans lived up to the Declaration?
Yes, we have tried our best.
Just as we try to educate our children in our old ways, and it is no easy task.
Native View is not a collective view.
We are individuals.
Not all agree with the statements made by those who hate America.
@nrquy
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Tribes are a very small minority of the Indigenous Peoples of North America. Most of us are not federally recognized members. American Indian tribes need to take responsibility for the extraction projects and the ongoing damage to our land and relations. The majority are in Occupied Mexivo that has been Occupied for only 180 years and in Colorado and New Mexico even more recent. Mexico is the center of Indigenous American culture and history not the American Indians tribes.
@nrquy
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Indian Country Today 250 has no comments but wants to pretend to represent Indigenous view. Thank you for having comments.
@crownking1703
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
i agree with F
@timmoore3188
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
The US war was fought against Britain because the colonists wanted the native land the British drew a line saying the colonists couldn't cross onto native territory. That is why the derogatory language in the DoI about the native population. It wasn't about tea or human progress.
@ileengm345
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
I agree 👍
@lindabracken4889
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Great interviews and wonderful platform! Cherokee Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr. is amazing!!! Blue Dot here in Oklahoma!!💙🌊💙
@IsabelaVazquez69
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
thank you for sharing the interviews! ladies and gentlemen are all very inspiring! have a blessed day!🥰❤🔥🩵
@ggeorgeherny
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Love listening to Native People and Tribal Nation.
The is a famous Chief of the Taino Nation called Chief Hatuey. He sailed to Cuba to warn the Siboney Nation about the evil European coming to take their land and gold. To anielate them from their land. Chief Hatuay was burnt at Yara Cuba. He said if the men of Europe went to heaven, He did not want to be their with them.
There are lessons of Natives killed in the name of European Religion.
My heart goes out to the Native People.
I come from a people that have been tortured by other groups.
I am born in North America former name Turtle Island. The Native medicine wheel has much to teach all.
Love listening to heart beat of the Land which, comes from the Native Peoples.
Thank you for explaining and see you are still walking the land ❤❤❤
@nicolelongecoluxury
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Thank you for posting this conversation. It is helpful in healing and recovery. Have a great one.
@lioneldunn5680
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Native Americans should be the richest people here in America all the land your on is native Americans land and immigrants can't own land if your not from there white people are from Europe
@ChosenEchoes11
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
250 – We’re still fighting wickedness in high places but at least we’re still reasonably free to discuss it and vote it out. The most important thing you can do is REPOPULATE! Please research “total fertility rate” for all peoples and all nations. The sustainable birth rate to avoid extinction is 3 (2.1-2.7) per woman. We were all scammed into depopulation from the 60s on. The people who have the babies today hold the future in their hands.
*Buffalo soldiers scared the hell out of my mixed Cherokee grandmothers pretending to be white settling Texas only for their granddaughters to be hated for being white. Please don’t be racist. My grandparents who walked the Trail of Tears were half Cherokee, half white. You can’t divide that.
@Vculvke
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Yet you're treating other's like sht,im one of them. Yes that chief wont meet me. Built 3 rivers medical clinic and pushed creek citizens to the curb along with c reek nation. I've got in black in white.
@Deborah-s2p
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
I think we should fire the entire executive branch of our U.S. government and replace it with a Council of Grandmothers.
@72CrossingRS
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
I didn't celebrate, with all the news of tribes having to remove members, those whom are blood connected, not born on reservation but still have distant connection have all been forced to rebuy land etc. It's foolish for them to think they can erase family connections. If they are going to force people out and people to stay out like the closing of the rolls, they need to give the same they give corporations and no annual tax on their property repurchase. They just keep pushing and pushing more forced assimilation. What is needed, is more going to D.C. like Russell Means did. NO ONE WITH INDIGENOUS CONNECTIONS OWE THEM ANYTHING… If they go off reservation to learn and grow, partaking in the growth of the country there should be accommodations if they are making all these new restrictions. If they don't want to send tribes money they need to be reasonable for all that has been taken. It's gone on far too long. Sending love, peace, prosperity and encouragement.
@DanielFinley-r4y
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Most of tribal councils are white in , belief , socal norms , education , family structure
@David-rt6lm
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Osiyo, so true❤, Wado
@108carmencita
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
from MEXICO we are listening you our brothers and sisters!!!!
@Evelyn-t5w3r
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Sure thinking Chief Hoskin Jr, might make a great US President.
@Andrew-w5k4d
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Are men from Europe hunting, trapping, and breeding girls as slaves?
@72stones43
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Keep teaching, thanks.
@frankb9149
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Your US CONSTITUTION Is A Fake Document, your Zoroastronism god, never signed it , so it is forfeited long , long time ago .. NO NOTARY
@suzannehenderson1833
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
❤️🔥🌞⚡️
@eaton55r
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Is it not so? If we look close enough there is a shared past to All. Trimuph and misery, kindness and trechery, on and on! Common and sad… In the past there was so much violence and blood shed world wide. I think it is better now in many respects. Now it is much more common to die from a thousand paper cuts or unknown laws – sooo many. Our lives are more complicated. A hefty price we all pay to live in the Industrial Age. Be kind be careful.
@Ritam.Birdtail
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
This whole world is built on Native American land
@user-nd3xf6ye3g
July 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Preach