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Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the United States, and I wanted to share my most recent story for The Guardian, in case you missed it. I spoke to Native WNBA fans about the loss of the Connecticut Sun. From the article:
“The handling of the Sun sale was roundly criticized, but for Native fans of the league, it hit particularly hard. They say it brought up centuries of disenfranchisement and erasure… For a tribe that fought long and hard to be granted tribal sovereignty, the [sale] decision being taken out of their hands can feel like a violation of that sovereignty.”
I wrote this story because I was frustrated at the lack of discussion about the Mohegan Tribe in the mainstream coverage of the Sun sale to a new ownership group in Houston. After a month of pitching it around, my editor at The Guardian finally said yes.
Tomorrow, I’ll be sharing the stories of the Connecticut Sun beat writers who are losing their jobs as the franchise ends.
On October 15, I will be hosting an author event with Julie Kliegman. We will be chatting about their new book, FINDING RENEE RICHARDS.
