{"id":177654,"date":"2025-07-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/07\/28\/press-release-united-indian-nations-of-oklahoma-condemns-vile-comment-about-native-peoples\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T17:15:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T22:15:33","slug":"press-release-united-indian-nations-of-oklahoma-condemns-vile-comment-about-native-peoples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/07\/08\/press-release-united-indian-nations-of-oklahoma-condemns-vile-comment-about-native-peoples\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: United Indian Nations of Oklahoma condemns ‘vile comment’ about Native peoples"},"content":{"rendered":"

United Indian Nations of Oklahoma condemns Ann Coulter<\/span>\u2019s comments on Native Americans<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Shawnee Chief and UINO Chairperson Ben Barnes today (July 8, 2025) released the following statement repudiating conservative media pundit Ann Coulter<\/span>‘s inflammatory statement regarding Native Americans.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnn Coulter<\/span>\u2019s vile comment that \u2018we didn\u2019t kill enough Indians\u2019 is not only morally repugnant\u2014it is a stain on the conscience of this country.<\/em><\/p>\n

As a Tribal Nation whose people endured forced removals, massacres, broken treaties, and generations of erasure, we do not need reminders of America\u2019s darkest chapters. We live with the consequences every day\u2014yet we continue to stand, speak our language, raise our children in our traditions, and govern ourselves with dignity.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ms. Coulter<\/span>\u2019s words dishonor every value this nation claims to uphold, and they have no place in any civilized discourse.<\/em><\/p>\n

But let us be clear: we do not respond with hate. We respond with truth, resilience, and the strength of our ancestors. We are still here. We are still sovereign. And we are not going anywhere.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ben Barnes, UINO Chairperson and Chief of the Shawnee Tribe.<\/p>\n

For more information on joining or supporting UINO, visit www.uinoklahoma.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"United<\/p>\n

About United Indian Nations of Oklahoma<\/strong><\/p>\n

United Indian Nations of Oklahoma (UINO) is an organization of Tribal Nations and Tribal People dedicated to protecting and enhancing the sovereignty of Tribal Nations in Oklahoma through political engagement and education. To learn more, visit uinoklahoma.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“As a Tribal Nation whose people endured forced removals, massacres, broken treaties, and generations of erasure, we do not need reminders of America\u2019s darkest chapters,” said UINO Chairperson Ben Barnes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":242177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-Kdo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/30\/IndianzComDefaultImage.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177675,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177654\/revisions\/177675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}