A heritage to be proud of. On July 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the White House shared the colonial painting American Progress by John Gast — a 19th-century depiction of Manifest Destiny, captioned: “a heritage to be proud of.” The image shows settlers moving west as Indigenous people are forced to flee. This is our response. Cc: dhsgov whitehouse 📫 #TurtleIsland: When they said that painting was “A Heritage to be proud of,” how did that make you feel? 🤔🌀 And now — How do these images make you feel? 💭⤵️ — 1) Standing Rock youth on horseback — 📸 Sarah Lafleur-Vetter (lafleur.productions) 2) Desirae Redhouse & daughter — 📸 that_dess via indigenousenterprise 3) Reservation Dogs — 📸 FX Networks (rezdogsfx) 4) Cheyenne Girl (1915) — 📸 Photographer unknown 5) Jim Thorpe, 1912 Olympics — 🎨 Colorized by r/formerherosander (Reddit) 6) Maria Tallchief, Symphony in C — 📸 The George Balanchine Trust 7) Lily Gladstone (lilygladstone) as Mollie Burkhar...