Rebecca Nagle
Author, 'By The Fire We Carry: The Generation-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land'
ᎪᎯᏂ ᏓᏆᏙᎠ. Rebecca Nagle ᏲᏁᎦ ᎬᏗ ᏓᏆᏙᎠ. Joplin, MO ᎠᏆᏛᏒᏙᎸᎢ. ᏗᎬᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨ Michael Nagle Sarah Thompson ᏚᎾᏙᎠ. ᏦᎢ ᏃᏥ ᎣᏣᏓᎸᎢᏯ. Betsy Mary ᏚᎾᏙᎠ. ᎠᎩᎵᏏ ᏥᎨᎲ Frances Polson ᏚᏙᎥ. ᏭᏟᎢ ᏗᏜ ᏝᏱ,Ꭺ ᎤᏛᏒᎢ. ᏩᏚᎵᏏ ᎤᏪᏴ ᎠᏃᏎᎰ. ᏃᏊ ᏓᎵᏆ ᏥᏁᎳ. ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎨᎳ.
Rebecca Nagle is an award winning journalist, citizen of Cherokee Nation, and a two spirit (queer) woman. She is the author of By The Fire We Carry: The Generation-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land and the writer and host of the podcast This Land. Her writing on Native representation, federal Indian law, and tribal sovereignty has been featured in The Atlantic, the Washington Post, The Guardian, USA Today, Indian Country Today, and more. Her debut book, By The Fire We Carry, told the story of how a small town murder turned into a Supreme Court decision that resulted in the largest restoration of Indigenous land in U.S. history. The book was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize, J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, a Libby Award, and a national bestseller. Her podcast, This Land, was a timely exposé about how special interests are using custody battles over Native children to attack tribal sovereignty in a case that made it all the way to the Supreme Court. The series earned a Peabody nominee, Webby Award, and topped podcast charts.
Nagle believes Indigenous communities deserve the same standard of journalism as the rest of the country, but rarely receive it from non-Native media outlets. Her journalism seeks to correct this. From the census, to COVID, to the Supreme Court, Nagle focuses on deeply reported and timely stories that impact her community. Nagle lives in Tahlequah, OK.
Rebecca Nagle is the recipient of the American Mosaic Journalism Prize, the largest cash prize for journalism in the United States. She has also received the Exceptional Journalism Award from the Women’s Media Center, a National Magazine Awards finalist, the Medal of Distinction from Barnard College, and numerous awards from the Native American Journalist Association. In 2016, Nagle was named one of the National Center American Indian Enterprise Development’s Native American 40 Under 40 for her work to support survivors and advocate for policy change to address the crisis of violence against Native women. Nagle has also been recognized as Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People (2012) and in 2015 was on YBCA’s 100 List.
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The Erasure of Native People in the Media
WhileNative Americans are 2 percent of the US population, we make up lessthan 1/10 of 1 percent of representation in film, television andmedia. 78%of Americans reporting knowing little to nothing about Natives and72% say they rarely or never encounter information aboutNatives. WhenNative stories are told, they are most often from a distant,romanticized past. Living,breathing Indigenous people are erased from the news, pop-culture,and public discourse. This erasure forms the core of anti-indigenousracism today. This lack of exposure to living, breathing,contemporary Native peoples creates a stubborn stereotype inAmericans’ minds that we are less real and even lesshuman. JournalistRebecca Nagle breaks down the lack of accurate representation ofNative Americans in the media, how that impacts Indigenous rights,and how ordinary people can push back.
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