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# First America: Granted, Denied, Weaponized
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/ideas-festival/sessions/first-america/
- Published: 2026-03-04T20:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-29T21:29:13.000Z
- Description: Rebecca Nagle and Daisy Hernandez examine how citizenship has been granted, denied, and weaponized—and how both the Cherokee and Mexican American experience reveal the contradictions at the heart of who this country says belongs here.
- Author: Rebecca Nagle
- Tags: #Ideas_Festival_2026_Event

Rebecca Nagle and Daisy Hernandez examine how citizenship has been granted, denied, and weaponized—and how both the Cherokee and Mexican American experience reveal the contradictions at the heart of who this country says belongs here.