{"id":21436,"date":"2022-02-25T16:15:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T21:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=21436"},"modified":"2022-02-28T21:38:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T02:38:15","slug":"self-described-agitator-changes-tribal-affiliation-story-after-inquiries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/25\/self-described-agitator-changes-tribal-affiliation-story-after-inquiries\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-described &#8216;agitator&#8217; changes tribal affiliation story after inquiries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sL-uHMXy11s?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Noel Altaha: <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/sL-uHMXy11s>Do Not Support\/Fund the Indigenous Kinship Collective&#8217;s thievery<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h1-responsive\">From &#8216;Chahta&#8217; to &#8216;Indigenous&#8217; in America&#8217;s largest city<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Self-described &#8216;agitator&#8217; changes tribal affiliation story after inquiries<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Friday, February 25, 2022<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Acee Agoyo<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<HR><strong>PRETENDIAN COUNTRY TODAY: Looking for exclusive, behind the scenes content on Regan de Loggans? Join <a href=https:\/\/indianz.substack.com>Indianz.Com on Substack<\/a> for all the latest.<\/a><\/strong><HR>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe leader of New York City\u2019s most prominent and vocal Indigenous group fabricated their tribal affiliation after taking a DNA test, an investigation by Indianz.Com has found.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAsserting a \u201cMississippi Choctaw\u201d tribal identity in America\u2019s most populous city has opened numerous doors for Regan Brook Loggans. Through a group known as the <a href=https:\/\/indigenouskinshipcollective.com>Indigenous Kinship Collective<\/a>, the German-born U.S. citizen has  solicited tens of thousands of dollars in donations, exploited professional opportunities and has frequently shamed the public into amplifying their ever-growing platform.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nYet prior to the DNA test, Loggans did not identify as American Indian, according to long-time friends and long-time associates. They   even <a href=https:\/\/veralistcenter.org\/network\/regan-de-loggans\/>stylized their surname with  \u201cde\u201d<\/a> in hopes of drawing attention to Guatemala, their mother\u2019s country of origin.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cRegan told everyone it was a \u2018Guatemala\u2019 thing,\u201d an associate told Indianz.Com of the \u201cde Loggans\u201d invention.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe Guatemala connection is one source of Loggans\u2019 shifting identity claims. A recent <a href=https:\/\/veralistcenter.org\/announcement\/the-vera-list-center-is-expanding\/>hiring announcement from The Vera List Center for  Art and Politics at The New School<\/a>, as well as  a  biography for the <a href=https:\/\/www.wbai.org\/program.php?program=188>Resistance Radio  show<\/a> describing them as &#8220;a Native living in the City,\u201d  make references  to  the  <a href=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/K\u02bciche\u02bc_people>K\u2019iche\u2019 Maya<\/a>, a specific group of indigenous people in the Central American nation.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nYet it was a <a href=https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/wirecutter\/reviews\/best-dna-test\/>commercial genetic testing company<\/a>  that spurred the <a href=https:\/\/canadianart.ca\/?authors=regan-loggans\/>self-described \u201cagitator\u201d<\/a> to expand their affiliation to  a tribal nation in  the United States, the investigation shows. According to a  person with direct knowledge of the exchange, the 23AndMe test kit was purchased by Loggans\u2019 father,  Ron Loggans, an experienced journalist who has  long identified himself as White in public records since the 1980s.   The elder Loggans is originally from Mississippi but spent more than a decade working overseas, where two of his children, including Regan, were born. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAfter taking the DNA test in 2013, the results of which were obtained by Indianz.Com, Regan Loggans began claiming to be from the <a href=https:\/\/www.choctaw.org>Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians<\/a>, one of the three federally recognized tribes with ties to the <a href=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Choctaw>historic Choctaw Nation<\/a>.  Long-time friends and associates say  this new identity was used to gain entry into professional spaces, including the <a href=https:\/\/americanindian.si.edu>National Museum of the American Indian<\/a> in New York City, where Loggans once  served as a \u201ccultural consultant\u201d for an <a href=https:\/\/www.americanindianmagazine.org\/story\/native-fashion-now-exhibition>exhibit on Native fashion<\/a>.\r\n <p><\/p>\r\n\u201cYou can&#8217;t make a decision on tribal affiliation based on a DNA test,\u201d   <a href=https:\/\/kimtallbear.com>Dr. Kim Tallbear<\/a>, a citizen of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate who has <a href=https:\/\/www.upress.umn.edu\/book-division\/books\/native-american-dna>written and spoken extensively on the use<\/a> \u2014 and misuse \u2014 of commercial genetic testing, told Indianz.Com.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=row><div class=col-8>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/25\/self-described-agitator-changes-tribal-affiliation-story-after-inquiries\/reganbrooklogganshue29_final-sgl-pg-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21464\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2310\" height=\"2179\" data-attachment-id=\"21464\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/25\/self-described-agitator-changes-tribal-affiliation-story-after-inquiries\/reganbrooklogganshue29_final-sgl-pg-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25\/ReganBrookLoggansHue29_final-sgl-pg.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2310,2179\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Regan Brook Loggans\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Regan Brook Loggans&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Regan Brook Loggans is seen in the fall 2017 issue in Hue, the magazine of the Fashion Institute of Technology&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25\/ReganBrookLoggansHue29_final-sgl-pg-1024x966.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25\/ReganBrookLoggansHue29_final-sgl-pg.jpg\" alt=\"Regan Brook Loggans\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-21464\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"col-4 align-self-end\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Regan Brook Loggans, whose name is stylized here as  Regan de Loggans, is seen in the fall 2017 issue in Hue, the magazine of the Fashion Institute of Technology<\/figcaption><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n By the time Loggans graduated from the <a href=https:\/\/www.fitnyc.edu>Fashion Institute of Technology<\/a> in 2017, the  American Indian persona was fully developed.  That year, they  <a href=https:\/\/issuu.com\/hue-mag\/docs\/hue29_final-sgl-pg>wore a turkey feather to the FIT commencement ceremony<\/a>, saying it was \u201c<a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25\/ReganBrookLoggansHue29_final-sgl-pg.pdf>significant to my tribal region of the band of Mississippi Choctaw<\/a>.\u201d They  described another item of clothing worn at graduation as indicative of   someone\u2019s  &#8220;status of a tribal member.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cMy mother is indigenous Mayan and I wanted to support both tribal camps I belong to, Maya and Choctaw,\u201d Loggans told <a href=https:\/\/www.fitnyc.edu\/about\/administration\/cer\/hue\/index.php>FIT\u2019s Hue magazine<\/a>, which described them as a \u201cmember of the Choctaw tribe.\u201d A <a href=https:\/\/news.fitnyc.edu\/2017\/04\/18\/native-fashion-now\/>FIT profile published<\/a> a month prior to graduation also  characterized Loggans as a member of the Choctaw tribe\u201d and highlighted their role at the NMAI exhibit, as well as their efforts to address  <a href=https:\/\/fashionandrace.org\/database\/library\/29-roundtable-appropriation-what-is-it-good-for-with-regan-loggans\/>appropriation  of tribal  cultural property<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nSince then, Loggans has consistently amplified the \u201cMississippi Choctaw\u201d claim on social media and during numerous  public appearances,  including   a recent visit to the nation\u2019s capital. On April 1, 2021, they stood on stage during an <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/04\/02\/shut-down-dapl-lakota-youth-bring-black-snake-to-bidens-front-door\/>event organized by Native youth<\/a> and, later in the day,    repeated the \u201cChoctaw\u201d claim on a public plaza  near the White House.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe tribal affiliation story, though, has begun to shift once again. The newer developments occurred after Indianz.Com made inquiries to The Vera List Center, which identified Loggans as a \u201cMississippi Choctaw \/ K\u2019iche\u2019 Maya descendant\u201d in a <a href=https:\/\/veralistcenter.org\/announcement\/the-vera-list-center-is-expanding\/>January 11 hiring announcement<\/a>. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happy New Year! We&#39;re excited to announce the recent expansion of our team. With the VLC now in its 30th year, we&#39;re thrilled to move forward with an even greater capacity for curatorial, editorial, and community-driven work. Read more here! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TrfjLdKKvS\">https:\/\/t.co\/TrfjLdKKvS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Vera List Center (@VeraListCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VeraListCenter\/status\/1480956901940674566?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nFollowing the inquiries, Loggans deleted a significant reference to their supposed tribal affiliation from   social media. The    phrase \u201cChahta Sia Hoke\u201d \u2014 meaning \u201cI am Choctaw\u201d \u2014 had long appeared   on     Instagram, where they   built a large audience over the last four years, primarily based on \u201cIndigenous\u201d content. Loggans also began untagging their account from other Instagram posts in which they had been identified as \u201cChoctaw,\u201d according to a review  of the platform.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAround the same time, Loggans independently contacted Indianz.Com and asked to \u201ctalk.\u201d But immediately following the request, they deactivated the Instagram profile entirely, leaving no easily visible trace of numerous  posts about colonization, cultural appropriation and other Native-related issues.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nStill, the story changed a third time once Indianz.Com asked about the status of the account, whose name includes a variation on an <a href=https:\/\/www.glaad.org\/blog\/study-shows-anti-lgbt-slurs-still-used-harm>anti-LGBTQ slur<\/a>. Loggans revived the account and told followers that they were being \u201ctargeted\u201d by unnamed individuals. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cI will not be bullied out of community by those who don\u2019t know me and have made no attempt to know me,\u201d Loggans wrote in an <a href=https:\/\/help.instagram.com\/1660923094227526>Instagram story<\/a>, a less-permanent version of an Instagram post, just days after sending a statement to Indianz.Com.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDespite the recent changes, a digital footprint of the shifting tribal affiliation claims exists through   the <a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/indigenouskinshipcollective\/>Indigenous Kinship Collective<\/a>, whose most outspoken and prominent member continues to be  Loggans. The group   positions itself as  an  inclusive and welcoming space for people of all backgrounds in New York City, where fewer than 1 percent of the population of 8.8 million identifies as American Indian or Alaska Native.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CCCRwu-DuFl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CCCRwu-DuFl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; 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border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto;\"> <div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CCCRwu-DuFl\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by IndigenousKinshipCollective (@indigenouskinshipcollective)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><P><\/P>\r\nThrough  very public displays of  activism, the group  also  functions as a  conscience of New York City when it comes to Native issues, even <a href=https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/157742\/provocations-kent-monkman>criticizing other  Native people<\/a> &#8212; most notably a <a href=https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/press\/news\/2020\/kent-monkman-acquisition> prominent Cree artist from Canada<\/a> \u2014 whose beliefs and behaviors  are deemed to be out of line. The collective\u2019s actions tend to draw   <a href=https:\/\/splinternews.com\/inside-the-fight-for-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-wo-1833325455>attention in non-Native media<\/a> as a result of Loggans\u2019 prominence and willingness to be the \u201cagitator,\u201d supposedly on behalf of other Indigenous residents of the city.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cHer actions were openly harmful to Natives and manufactured so many instances of open hostility,\u201d   one Native woman who spoke anonymously out of fear of retaliation from Loggans told Indianz.Com.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cNative women got arrested due to her actions,\u201d the person added, referring to events that Loggans organized under the banner of the \u201cIndigenous\u201d collective.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nMultiple people who spoke to Indianz.Com described the efforts as going even further. They said Loggans  has weaponized the group to bully other Native people who aren\u2019t seen as loyal enough to Loggans  and their inner circle. Most of the victims are   Native women who end up being  ostracized after asking questions about  the collective\u2019s finances, vision and backgrounds of others  in the inner circle.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nWhile <a href=https:\/\/issuu.com\/thenativemaxmagazine\/docs\/native_max_magazine_digital-june_july_2020\/s\/10766141>Loggans told Native Max Magazine<\/a> that their  collective    \u201cstarted in 2018 after an Indigenous womxn&#8217;s gathering\u201d it was born out of the work of a different Native woman, documents and interviews with numerous people who had first-hand knowledge of the event show. Noel Altaha, a citizen of the <a href=http:\/\/whitemountainapache.org>White Mountain Apache Tribe<\/a>, organized the \u201cIndigenous womxn&#8217;s gathering\u201d  mentioned in the article  through  a grant received by the  <a href=https:\/\/www.aich.org\/>American Indian Community House<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAt the direction of AICH, which was <a href=https:\/\/aich50winters.com>founded in 1969<\/a> to serve American Indians and Alaska Natives in New York City, Altaha told Indianz.Com that she was tasked in January 2018 with organizing a meeting for Native women in the business sector. But as her efforts continued throughout the year, she said she broadened the focus to an \u201cindigenous womxn\u2019s gathering.\u201d \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=row><div class=col-7>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/25\/self-described-agitator-changes-tribal-affiliation-story-after-inquiries\/indigenouswomxnsgathering\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21610\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"878\" data-attachment-id=\"21610\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/25\/self-described-agitator-changes-tribal-affiliation-story-after-inquiries\/indigenouswomxnsgathering\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/01\/IndigenousWomxnsGathering.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"690,878\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Indigenous Womxns Gathering\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A flyer for the Indigenous Womxns Gathering, which took place in New York City on October 27, 2018. Image courtesy Noel Altaha&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/01\/IndigenousWomxnsGathering.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/01\/IndigenousWomxnsGathering.jpg\" alt=\"Indigenous Womxns Gathering\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-21610\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-5 align-self-end\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">A flyer for the Indigenous Womxns Gathering, which took place in New York City on October 27, 2018. Image courtesy Noel Altaha<\/figcaption><\/div><\/div>\r\n<P><\/p>\r\nSocial media posts from the time  show that Altaha  promoted the one-day event as space for \u201cIndigenous womxn.\u201d The <a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BoZ0cR9ggVt\/>flyer  Altaha commissioned<\/a> had already  envisioned the gathering being extended  into an \u201cIndigenous Womxn Collective.\u201d [<em>Update: Altaha has taken her Instagram account private as she monitors who views her profile and information. A copy of the flyer that had been posted the account ahead of the October 2018 gathering has been posted above.<\/em>]\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cYou don\u2019t just start a collective on a random day,\u201d Altaha told Indianz.Com. \u201cThere is  thoughtful planning and intention.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nOf her efforts leading up to the <a href=https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/indigenouswomennyc\/form>October 27, 2018, gathering<\/a> and the   establishment of the collective, Altaha said: \u201cThat\u2019s just another Native woman\u2019s hard work.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAltaha, who received a master in social work from Columbia University, recalls  meeting Loggans about a year prior to the womxn\u2019s gathering while volunteering for AICH as the organization called for the <a href=https:\/\/lastrealindians.com\/news\/2017\/10\/6\/oct-6-2017-the-american-indian-community-house-calls-for-the-removal-of-a-columbus-statue-in-new-york>removal of monuments and statues of  the genocidal explorer  Christopher Columbus<\/a> in New York City. She said she welcomed the recent FIT graduate\u2019s participation.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cI wanted Regan to be a part of it,\u201d Altaha said of the gathering and of the collective. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nBut within a few months of the launch of the Indigenous Womxn Collective,  Altaha said she had  a falling out with Loggans. The dispute arose in connection with the  claimed tribal background of  someone else  who also joined the group and was part of Loggans\u2019 inner  circle.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe person at issue was staging  performance art   and made claims to being from a specific tribal nation. But following Altaha\u2019s questions, the individual removed her supposed  tribal affiliation from her social media profiles and from internet sites she controlled, a number of which have since been deleted or are no longer accessible. \r\n<p><\/p><div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div><p><\/p>\r\nTwo other Native women with direct knowledge of the events confirmed to Indianz.Com the nature of the disagreement, which became heated enough that Loggans and the individual in question summoned Altaha to a small meeting in early June 2019.  Altaha  was told by the pair that she was no longer part of the group that she had launched through her contract work at AICH. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cYou\u2019re no longer the founder, we are,\u201d Altaha said she was told by Loggans and the second individual. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nNo other members of the group were present at the meeting, according to Altaha.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cMy stomach dropped. My heart dropped,\u201d Altaha said of her ouster, which she now describes  as an \u201corganized coup\u201d led by Loggans.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAn email  sent by Loggans to several  Native women in New York City on the day of the confrontation confirms the removal of Altaha from \u201cleadership of IWC.\u201d  The use of  \u201cIWC\u201d indicates the group was still going by the name that Altaha had been using at least since October 2018.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nA month later, an Instagram post featuring a large red image announced \u201csome changes within the collective.\u201d The post acknowledged that no one had been creating content for the account, which Altaha had established and had been controlling prior to the falling out.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cWe have taken some time away from instagram,\u201d the <a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bz6jkd5lx7n\/>July 14, 2019, post read<\/a>, in which the group was \u201creintroducing ourselves as the Indigenous Kinship Collective NYC.\u201d  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAltaha said she was locked out of the Instagram account, a development confirmed by a second Native woman in New York City. The handle of the account was changed from  @indigenouswomxns  to <a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/indigenouskinshipcollective\/>@indigenouskinshipcollective<\/a> which incidentally just announced it was taking a \u201c<a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CaBZaSmsIU9\/>collective rest from social media engagement<\/a>.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cI was devastated,\u201d Altaha said of the end of her dealings with Loggans and the second individual, who no longer identifies outwardly as Native American, and instead has shifted to being a  \u201cfirst generation LatinX\u201d artist and community organizer in the city.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cI cried a lot,\u201d Altaha said of the falling out almost three years ago.  \u201cIt took time to heal.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Do Not Support\/Fund the Indigenous Kinship Collective&#39;s thievery <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7XikDJMOyc\">https:\/\/t.co\/7XikDJMOyc<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@indianz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Noel Altaha (@NoelAltaha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoelAltaha\/status\/1467637615146897408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n More recently, Altaha has <a href=https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoelAltaha\/status\/1467637615146897408>been speaking publicly<\/a> about what she calls the theft of her work by Loggans, who functions as the de facto leader of the  Indigenous Kinship Collective. The second individual no longer appears regularly with the group, having disclaimed the  affiliation with a tribal nation. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cI want people to  know the impact this has,\u201d Altaha said of the takeover of the group by individuals whose tribal identity claims only recently surfaced. \u201cSpiritually and physically, this is deep.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/movementresearch.org\/people\/melissa-iakowihene-oakes>Melissa Iakowi:he\u2019ne\u2019 Oakes<\/a>, a Mohawk woman who was born and raised on her nation\u2019s territory of <a href=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Akwesasne>Akwesasne<\/a>, has dedicated her life to advancing Native causes in New York City and throughout   the state of New York.  She witnessed first-hand the takeover  of the collective by  Loggans and said it\u2019s indicative of a long-standing problem.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAccording to Oakes, organizations based on Native lands in the U.S. deserve leadership from peoples of those lands. Anything else, she asserted, contributes to the \u201cerasure\u201d of <EM>Onkwe:hon:we\u2019<\/em>, which means \u201coriginal people\u201d in her language.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cI don\u2019t know of any <EM>Onkwe:hon:we\u2019<\/em> who would go to another  country  and  claim to be indigenous from there and claim leadership in spaces that are allocated for, and reserved for, Native people,\u201d   said Oakes, a mother of two from the Snipe Clan of the Mohawk people. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cTo me,  that\u2019s really settler mentality where they are chasing a dream and they think they are entitled to anything and everything  in their wake,\u201d Oakes added.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQEuRvIrTpA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; 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border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto;\"> <div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div> <div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div> <div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div> <div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/a><p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CQEuRvIrTpA\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Indigenous Center-NY (@indigenouscenterny)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nTo Oakes, whose Mohawk name translates to \u201cShe gathers and organizes people,\u201d the problem extends beyond activist spaces like the  Indigenous Kinship Collective. Universities and museums, for example,    are failing to engage adequately with tribal nations even as they acquire and allocate resources on initiatives and efforts directed toward American Indians and Alaska Natives, she said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cI challenge all museums, institutions, universities and  foundations to do  the work, to start vetting \r\nto make sure that you are actually giving back to Natives from this land,\u201d said Oakes.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn recent years, Oakes has appeared as a speaker and guest lecturer at <a href=https:\/\/www.newschool.edu>The New School<\/a> in New York City, where <a href=https:\/\/veralistcenter.org\/a>The Vera List Center for Art and Politics<\/a> (VLC) is housed.  She noted that the center\u2019s <a href=https:\/\/veralistcenter.org\/fellowships\/borderlands-fellowship>Borderlands Fellowship<\/a> initiative does not include any representation from tribes in New York, including those whose territories have been separated by the modern-day colonial borders.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s insulting that the <a href=https:\/\/www.haudenosauneeconfederacy.com\/who-we-are\/>Haudenosaunee<\/a>  that are  on the border of U.S. and Canada are left entirely out of this conversation,\u201d Oakes said of  the <a href=https:\/\/veralistcenter.org\/fellowships\/borderlands-fellowship>center\u2019s \u201cborderlands\u201d work<\/a>, which has been  expanding with the help of outside funding.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cThis opportunity   could be super impactful if they had worked with one of us,\u201d said Oakes, who now serves as director of the <a href=https:\/\/www.naicny.org>North American Indigenous Center of New York<\/a>, whose mission is centered on furthering tribal priorities, such as land stewardship. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s just really insulting that they didn\u2019t even try to connect with tribal communities in New York,\u201d Oakes said of the VLC.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/519092795?h=b351884925&#038;title=0&#038;portrait=0\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Vera List Center: \r\n<a href=https:\/\/vimeo.com\/519092795>Climate Relations Indigeneity in Activism, Art, and Digital Media<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.newschool.edu\/public-engagement\/profile\/carin-kuoni\/>Carin Kuoni<\/a>, the Senior Director and Chief Curator at the VLC, acknowledged in an interview with Indianz.Com that she has not done any outreach to  tribes in New York, or in the   region. She was open to the idea but said it wasn\u2019t on her immediate agenda, despite having served  in  a leadership role at the educational  institute for almost two decades.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cWe would be more than glad to do so,\u201d Kouni said in an interview conducted shortly after the January 11 announcement of Loggans.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cAt the moment, that&#8217;s not necessarily something that we are foregrounding or prioritizing,\u201d Kuoni said of consulting tribes in New York.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nKuoni also confirmed that neither she, nor the VLC, has taken any steps to determine whether Loggans has any type of connection to their claimed tribal nation, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Pointing to   30 years of work with Native artists, she said she relies on \u201ctrust\u201d and self-identification. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cIn the case of Regan,\u201d Kuoni said, \u201cwe\u2019ve had long-standing relationships. So at that point, I am not  going to say,  \u2018What about your background? And you know, what&#8217;s your blood quota? Or, you know, which register are  your ancestors listed on?\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn the interview, Kuoni said she believed tribal governments, as sovereign nations, determine who belongs to their communities. But as a non-Native person who was born and raised overseas, she indicated  she was extremely reluctant to contact any tribe as part of her vetting process.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cI don&#8217;t see any reason why I should,\u201d Kuoni told Indianz.Com when asked specifically about Loggans.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n \r\n<P><\/P>\r\nBut even if Kuoni were to contact a tribe, she offered a significant  reason  to discount a sovereign nation\u2019s determinations. She   compared the questions being asked about Loggans to those that faced the late <a href=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmie_Durham>Jimmie Durham<\/a>, an artist who claimed connections to the <a href=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cherokee>historic Cherokee Nation<\/a> despite <a href=https:\/\/indiancountrytoday.com\/archive\/dear-unsuspecting-public-jimmie-durham-trickster>lacking   ties to any of the three present-day Cherokee tribal governments and communities<\/a>  in Oklahoma and North Carolina. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nSo should  Loggans be seen as lacking  ties to any Choctaw tribal nation, Kuoni indicated that she\u2019s already come up with an explanation for the missing connection. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cI\u2019m aware \u2014  and undoubtedly superficially so \u2014  but I&#8217;m aware of the incredibly  complex  proposition that tribal identification and indigeneity are, in some cases, determined by the structures and instruments that were handed down or are still present from settler-colonialism and are rejected by some indigenous artists like, you know, Jimmie Durham did,\u201d Kuoni said.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cSo I&#8217;m not in a position to say, \u2018This is the right way to identify yourself as indigenous, this is not,\u2019\u201d Kuoni told Indianz.Com.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe explanation frustrated Oakes, who said there is \u201cno excuse\u201d for any institution &#8212;  especially  in an age where the ideals of diversity, equity and inclusion  reach all the way to  the highest levels of society &#8212; not to engage with tribal nations and tribal communities.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cTribal councils are a phone call away to verify someone claiming to  be from a particular nation,\u201d Oakes told Indianz.Com.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cTo not be directly working with tribal nations for outreach to get these opportunities to Native people and Indian Country,   as well as not vetting those that claim to be from a tribal nation,  is negligence,\u201d Oakes asserted. \u201cThey need to do better.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cWe\u2019re in an era of over-access of information, and there\u2019s really no excuse,\u201d Oakes concluded.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/25\/self-described-agitator-changes-tribal-affiliation-story-after-inquiries\/jimmiedurham\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21485\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"21485\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/25\/self-described-agitator-changes-tribal-affiliation-story-after-inquiries\/jimmiedurham\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25\/jimmiedurham-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1512300934&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jimmie Durham\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Jimmie Durham exhibition in New York City&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;An exhibition of works of the late Jimmie Durham was staged at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York in 2017. [sc name=cc]&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25\/jimmiedurham-1024x768.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25\/jimmiedurham-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Jimmie Durham\"  \" class=\"size-full wp-image-21485\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">An exhibition of works of the late Jimmie Durham was staged at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York in 2017. Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn a statement sent to Indianz.Com, Loggans appeared to bristle  at the <a href=https:\/\/indianz.substack.com\/p\/the-ghost-of-jimmie-durham>comparison to Durham<\/a>, whose   <a href=https:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/2021\/11\/18\/jimmie-durham-artist-activist-who-made-work-on-native-american-themes-has-died-aged-81>death last November at the age of 81 generated sympathetic mainstream news coverage<\/a> about his lack of ties to the Cherokee people\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cThe claims made about me appear to usurp community protocol by deferring to a white woman, who made an incorrect comparison about MY Indigeneity, thus furthering colonial gatekeeping of Indigenous identities,\u201d Loggans said in the statement, which did not elaborate on the identity of the \u201cwhite woman\u201d at issue.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cAs we all know, white people are not (or should not be) gatekeepers of Indigeneity, in the same way that enrollment is not the pinnacle of proof of Indigeneity,\u201d Loggans noted.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn the statement, Loggans acknowledged taking the DNA test in 2013. She asserted that the results \u201cillustrate Indigenous ancestry, though that is not what I use as my claim to community because blood quantum is racist.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe DNA test results, which were obtained by Indianz.Com,  indicate a predominant \u201cEuropean\u201d genetic component in the test taker. The \u201cNative\u201d component, which 23AndMe grouped with \u201cEastern Asian\u201d in the test results,  appears to be  consistent with a person having one grandparent, out of four grandparents,   with Native ancestry.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn Guatemala,   the <a href=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Guatemala#Ethnic_groups>vast majority of the population<\/a> self-identifies  as  Maya or descends from the blending of European and Indigenous peoples. Loggans\u2019 mother, who was born in Guatemala, does not outwardly identify  as Maya or K\u2019iche\u2019 Maya.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cI am born of a Maya woman from Guatemala and a father of Choctaw descendancy,\u201d Loggans wrote in the statement.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/25\/self-described-agitator-changes-tribal-affiliation-story-after-inquiries\/reganloggans\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21491\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"21491\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/25\/self-described-agitator-changes-tribal-affiliation-story-after-inquiries\/reganloggans\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25\/reganloggans-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPod touch&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1617299251&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;25&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Regan Loggans, also known as Regan de Loggans\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Regan Loggans, also known as Regan de Loggans, in Washington, D.C.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Regan Loggans, in red mask on the left, is seen near the White House in Washington, D.C, on April 1, 2021. Photo by Indianz.Com &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/&quot;&gt;(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25\/reganloggans-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25\/reganloggans-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Regan Loggans\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-21491\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> Regan Loggans, in red mask on the left, is seen near the White House in Washington, D.C, on April 1, 2021. Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDr. Tallbear said these types of  DNA results aren\u2019t surprising, given the colonization of Indigenous peoples throughout the Americas.  But she warned strongly against tying \u201cNative\u201d genetic results to a specific community or communities. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cA lot of people across Latin America of course have Indigenous ancestry,\u201d Tallbear said in an interview. \u201cBut that&#8217;s not the way they would define Indigeneity,  according to ancestry alone.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cTo equate the results with a tribal identity is a huge jump,\u201d said Tallbear. She pointed out  that commercial  genetic companies   are the ones assigning labels like \u201cNative\u201d to people who take the tests.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cDifferent \u2018Native American\u2019 markers are shared in higher and lower frequencies across the Americas by   people with indigenous ancestry,\u201d Tallbear said. \u201cYou can&#8217;t trace that to a particular people or tribe,  when we&#8217;ve got thousands of peoples or tribes across the Americas.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe unique  nature of tribal nations is all the more reason to affirm their sovereign right to determine who belongs, according to Tallbear.  And vetting whether a particular individual is a citizen of their claimed tribal nation isn\u2019t the only way to respect that sovereignty. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cEnrollment is one thing, but when you have absolutely no   familial or kinship connection to anybody in that community, that&#8217;s a huge red flag,\u201d said Tallbear. A person who may not be enrolled will still have aunties,  grandmothers and other family members who are part of the tribe, she noted.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nBased on an extensive review of public information, including social media posts, news articles and obituaries, Loggans is the only member of the immediate family to claim to be from the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Neither the father nor a sibling close in age to Loggans outwardly  identify as \u201cChoctaw,\u201d according to multiple Native women in New York City who have met both family members in the last few years.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nA third long-time associate who has had extensive contacts with Ron Loggans\u2019  child from a marriage with  a different spouse than the one from Guatemala also said this particular sibling does not identify as \u201cChoctaw.\u201d The elder Loggans has since removed public access to one of his online profiles amid inquiries about Regan Loggans.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cIt sounds pretty arbitrary to just choose \u2018Mississippi Choctaw\u2019 because your White dad is from  Mississippi,\u201d observed Tallbear, who addressed   issues of tribal misappropriation  during  a <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/uzBsrK7nc3M>talk at Columbia University in New York  in February 2019<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cIt\u2019s  total jump and it makes no sense logically,\u201d said Tallbear. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\r\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uzBsrK7nc3M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Center for the Study of Social Difference at Columbia University:\r\n <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/uzBsrK7nc3M>Molecular Death, Desire, and Redface Reincarnation: Indigenous Appropriateness in the USA and Canada<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nDuring the question and answer portion of the talk, <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/uzBsrK7nc3M?t=4700>Loggans identified themselves as \u201cChoctaw\u201d<\/a> and told Tallbear: \u201cI\u2019m like  your biggest fan, so this is a big moment for me.\u201d Loggans then inquired about  people from \u201cLatinX communities\u201d using \u201cgenome science\u201d to assert claims of  Indigeneity. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn response, Tallbear said she would consult  Indigenous communities in those countries and see how they determine who belongs. Similar to   the   way  in which someone could contact tribal nations in the U.S., her answer to this type of inquiry  remains the same today.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n \u201cI haven&#8217;t changed my position on DNA testing,\u201d Tallbear said three years after the appearance in New York City. \u201cI haven&#8217;t changed my position on the kinds of sloppy claims people make  and the inauthentic claims  they make to Native identity. None of this has changed.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cJust because  we\u2019re no longer talking about a famous White person doesn\u2019t mean that my position on these types of claims has changed,\u201d Tallbear said in reference to   <a href=https:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov>U.S. Sen Elizabeth Warren<\/a> (D-Massachusetts), who <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2018\/10\/15\/cherokee-nation-upset-after-sen-warren-r.asp>released the results of a DNA test<\/a>  prior to her   <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2019\/08\/20\/presidential-candidates-focus-on-native.asp>failed bid for the Democratic presidential nomination<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nWarren at the time claimed the results indicated the presence of an unspecified \u201cNative\u201d ancestor. The <a href=https:\/\/www.cherokee.org\/>Cherokee Nation<\/a>, to which Warren had previously claimed a connection, denounced the campaign stunt through the tribe\u2019s secretary of state, who now serves as the tribe\u2019s principal chief.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cPeople really don&#8217;t understand, at all,   that tribes have governmental structures,\u201d Tallbear said. \r\n\u201cYou can actually call up a tribal enrollment office and find out. They need to know that these are governance issues and there are ways to check on these things.\u201d \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cAnd these are the questions that we ask each other,\u201d  Tallbear added, referring to the ways in which Native people, from diverse and varying communities, often engage with each other to understand connections to their respective tribal nations.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/25\/self-described-agitator-changes-tribal-affiliation-story-after-inquiries\/reganloggans-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21493\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"21493\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/02\/25\/self-described-agitator-changes-tribal-affiliation-story-after-inquiries\/reganloggans-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25\/reganloggans-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 12 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1617293230&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0043478260869565&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Regan Loggans, also known as Regan de Loggans\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Regan Loggans, also known as Regan de Loggans, in Washington, D.C.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Regan Loggans, in red mask second from left, is seen at the headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Washington, D.C, on April 1, 2021. Photo by Indianz.Com &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/&quot;&gt;(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25\/reganloggans-1024x768.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25\/reganloggans-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Regan Loggans\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-21493\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">Regan Loggans, in red mask second from right, is seen at the headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Washington, D.C, on April 1, 2021. Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn the statement sent to Indianz.Com, Loggans said they  \u201chave not claimed to be enrolled because I do not believe it is my place to be enrolled when I did not grow-up in community, especially considering the violent and racist legacy blood quantum has maintained within Indigenous communities.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLoggans did not address why they deleted \u201cChahta Sia\u201d from their Instagram profile. The online biography now simply reads \u201cIndigenous.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLoggans also asked Indianz.Com not to publish a story based on their background, or claims about their background. The request came immediately   before they lodged guilty pleas in two of three legal cases they are facing in the state of Minnesota.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAccording to online court records, Loggans <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25\/reganbrooklogganscasscounty.pdf>petitioned on February 2<\/a> to plead guilty in Cass County (11-CR-21-1418) to charges of trespass and obstruction of the legal process. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAnother <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25\/reganbrooklogganshubbardcounty.pdf>guilty petition was filed on  February 8<\/a>   in Hubbard County (29-CR-21-365) to a charge  of construction site trespass.  Other charges are slated to be dropped, according to court documents. [Note: Redactions in the two court documents were made by Indianz.Com]\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe cases are tied to protests against the <a href=https:\/\/www.stopline3.org\/map>Line 3 pipeline that runs through Ojibwe treaty territory<\/a> in the northern part of the state. One of the organizers of the direct actions is a  prominent Native environmental activist and leader  who stood next to Loggans on stage at the event in Washington, D.C., last April and later passed the microphone to Loggans during the portion of the event that took place near the White House.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAccording to court documents, the   attorney who has been representing Loggans  in the  Line 3 cases  is also representing other defendants who were arrested during these  direct actions.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nA hearing in the third case, this one in Clearwater County (15-CR-21-463), was scheduled for Monday. But the charge of obstructing legal arrest and of being a public nuisance were dismissed by the prosecuting attorney on Friday, who cited a technical reason for dropping the case.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n\u201cLoggans was not given the full 5 minutes to disburse before being placed under arrest for the charges,\u201d the <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25\/MCRO_15-CR-21-463_Dismissal-by-Prosecuting-Attorney_2022-02-25_20220225133135.pdf>Clearwater County attorney<\/a> told the court.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CaBZaSmsIU9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CaBZaSmsIU9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CaBZaSmsIU9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by IndigenousKinshipCollective (@indigenouskinshipcollective)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nAs for the Indigenous Kinship Collective, the group last week told  its nearly 23,000 followers on Instagram that they are \u201ccurrently on collective rest from social media engagement.\u201d The <a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CaBZaSmsIU9\/>February 15 post<\/a> was the first since <a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CY4wOv2l0lD\/>January 18<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAnd just as with the June-July social media respite  of 2019, the group announced a change to  their priorities. The post reads:  \u201cWe are shifting our focus and in this process, we will no longer be accepting donations towards our mutual aid fund.\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLoggans, during a <a href=https:\/\/veralistcenter.org\/events\/climate-relations-indigeneity-in-activism-art-and-digital-media\/>virtual presentation hosted by The Vera List Center in February 2021<\/a>, had said the collective  had collected significant sums of money  for the group\u2019s \u201cmutual aid fund.\u201d A post from <a href=https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CUvXKvlFPgu\/>October 7, 2021<\/a>, put the amount at \u201cover\u201d $75,000. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAccording to the post, the group sent \u201calmost 2k directly to out kin on the frontlines at line 3,\u201d where Loggans had spent significant time over the last year. Court documents show their arrests occured in March, August and September of 2021.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn addition to asking Indianz.Com not to publish a story, Loggans asked for their statement to be published  \u201cunaltered.\u201d It follows, in full:\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=mx-4>\r\nI am born of a Maya woman from Guatemala and a father of Choctaw descendancy. I have not claimed to be enrolled because I do not believe it is my place to be enrolled when I did not grow-up in community, especially considering the violent and racist legacy blood quantum has maintained within Indigenous communities. I find that this piece and its author are engaged in lateral violence and causing harm to Indigenous communities by conflating Indigeneity with enrollment and allowing white people to gatekeep who is Indigenous.\u00a0\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nI did take a DNA test in 2013, which does illustrate Indigenous ancestry, though that is not what I use as my claim to community because blood quantum is racist. The claims made about me appear to usurp community protocol by deferring to a white woman, who made an incorrect comparison about MY Indigeneity, thus furthering colonial gatekeeping of Indigenous identities. As we all know, white people are not (or should not be) gatekeepers of Indigeneity, in the same way that enrollment is not the pinnacle of proof of Indigeneity.\u00a0 My Indigeniety is not solely tied to Indigenous communities of the North, and erasing that complexity is inherently racist. We, Indigenous people of South and Central America, are too often flattened under the colonial descriptor of Latinidad. Delegitimizing my Indigeneity seeks to center North American Indigenous communities as the standard of nativeness.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nWe all know colonial ideologies of Indigeneity are harmful to the community, and unfortunately, Acee Agoyo of Indianz.com, appears to be conflating my experience through colonial definitions and publishing known untruths.\u00a0\r\n<\/div>\r\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25\/reganbrookloggans.jpg\" alt=\"Regan Loggans\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" class=\"invisible\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The leader of New York City\u2019s most prominent and vocal Indigenous group is changing their story after being asked about their tribal affiliation claims.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18,11,20,13,1,14,23],"tags":[2535,530,45,2540,77,428,2539,269,157,101,346,2246,419,1119,814,176,2167,2545,180,2538,2534,1360,243,138,2537,381,685,490,34,672,2536,2261,47,134,2542,2541,2533,220,154,44],"class_list":["post-21436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-education","category-environment","category-indian-trust","category-law","category-national","category-politics","category-world","tag-american-indian-community-house","tag-blood-quantum","tag-borders","tag-carin-kuoni","tag-cherokee","tag-choctaw","tag-christopher-columbus","tag-colonization","tag-consultation","tag-crime","tag-dc","tag-dna","tag-elizabeth-warren","tag-fake-indians","tag-fashion","tag-genocide","tag-guatemala","tag-indigenous-kinship-collective","tag-internet","tag-jimmie-durham","tag-kim-tallbear","tag-line-3","tag-media","tag-meetings","tag-melissa-oakes","tag-minnesota","tag-mississippi","tag-museums","tag-new-york","tag-nmai","tag-noel-altaha","tag-pretendians","tag-race","tag-radio","tag-regan-brook-loggans","tag-regan-de-loggans","tag-regan-loggans","tag-sovereignty","tag-treaties","tag-women","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/25\/reganbrookloggans.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-5zK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21436","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=21436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}