# @indigenous.tv on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMlS84Xyht4
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32746706-indigenoustv-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-26T19:28:55.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** INDIGENOUSTV (@indigenous.tv) — https://gondola.cc/indigenous.tv

## Caption

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? 💭⤵️

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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 Burkhart — 📸 Courtesy Apple Studios

8) Lauren Good Day, Creation Collection FW2024 — 📸 debbie_black_hawk_photography

9) Quannah ChasingHorse, Met Gala prep with iron.jody, tufted belt adornment by dicksondesigns

10) Hashké Isaac Skateboarding, BxR & nikesb collab — 📸 via indigenousenterprise 

11) Stickball — 📸 UTSA Special Collections Archive

12) Traditional Tattoo, iron.jody & niece — 📸 Ash Adams via voguemagazine

13) Hair Braiding, Oglala Lakota — 📸 Carlos Jaramillo via voguemagazine

14) Bison Hunter w/ traditional wolf disguise — 📸 Remi Warren via Western Hunter

15) Wounded Knee — 📸 Photographer unknown

16) “Defend the Sacred,” Standing Rock — 📸 Ryan Vizzions

17) Navajo Weaver, 1933 — 📸 National Archives / Handwoven Magazine

18) Amber Midthunder in Prey — 📸 20th Century Studios

19) James Jones, social media dancing video — 📸 notoriouscree 

20) Smoked salmon, Stebbins, AK — 📸 Bill Roth / Anchorage Daily News (2019)

#WeAreStillHere #ManifestDestiny
#IndigenousExcellence #TurtleIsland

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