{"id":2323,"date":"2026-02-06T05:17:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T05:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/?p=2323"},"modified":"2026-02-06T05:17:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T05:17:26","slug":"native-american-tribe-responds-to-billie-eilish-comments-about-stolen-land-at-the-grammys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/?p=2323","title":{"rendered":"Native American tribe responds to Billie Eilish comments about \u2018stolen land\u2019 at the Grammys"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1718056\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-lax7-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/628161220_873745398798722_1728807809180663261_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_ohc=-gSH00zMmF8Q7kNvwGcZX9e&amp;_nc_oc=Admao6PGBGnSxLRGgffvkVDjm79Ut1yKrRFNsKzOY0S6idnX-q4gAgSpWLz29zYNiH8&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lax7-1.xx&amp;_nc_gid=3F0Cc0ESeWlGOHYyo-AKTg&amp;oh=00_AfsaHiGnwlXL0JaSb1G9Tyn2-zPpQ_r3H9YHMptG2r03YA&amp;oe=698AB41C\" alt=\"May be an image of text that says 'BREAKING \u1019\u1031\u102c\u103a NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE RESPONDS TO BILLIE EILISH 'STOLEN LAND' REMARK AT THE GRAMMYS'\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Tongva response reframed Billie Eilish\u2019s viral moment from applause line to unfinished obligation. They welcomed her courage to say \u201cno one is illegal on stolen land,\u201d yet gently exposed the gap between symbolism and relationship: she lives, works, and wins awards on their homeland, but has never reached out to them. Their message wasn\u2019t a culture-war soundbite or a demand to hand over property; it was a call to name them, to know them, and to build something lasting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-8\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1669120\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By partnering with the Recording Academy on land acknowledgments, the Tongva turned a fleeting Grammy speech into an opening for repair. They asked for visibility that doesn\u2019t vanish when the cameras cut, for artists to weave Indigenous presence into tours, philanthropy, and daily life. Their closing words \u2014 \u201cEkwa Shem \u2013 We are here\u201d \u2014 insist that any honest future in Los Angeles must finally see who has been here all along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tongva response reframed Billie Eilish\u2019s viral moment from applause line to unfinished obligation. They welcomed her courage to say \u201cno one is illegal on stolen land,\u201d yet gently exposed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2325,"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2323\/revisions\/2325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinreports.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}