Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren joined the growing chorus of Indigenous leaders across the country in condemning a racist social-media post by conservative pundit Ann Coulter.
Coulter wrote “We didn’t kill enough Indians" in the now-deleted post.
It appeared to be aimed at a professor and member of the Navajo Nation who discussed decolonization at a conference last week. Condemnation came quickly from local and tribal leaders across the country.
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