George Takei :verified: 🏳️🌈
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@georgetakei@universeodon.com
Stephen Miller tried to claim only real "Americans" built the Empire State Building, but he left out the true stories of the Indigenous ironworkers who actually did. The Mohawk Skywalkers, many of whom traveled from Canada to build our cities, helped shape America's skylines—and shatter the lie behind Miller’s whitewashed nostalgia. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/mohawk-skywalkers-indigenous-us-history
Tall Simon@TallSimon@mstdn.ca
@georgetakei@universeodon.com The top of the new One World Trade Center? Canadian steel, by a company now under tariffs
https://financialpost.com/news/tariffs-hit-canadian-firm-made-world-trade-centers-spire
The builders? First Nations steelworkers.
http://www.whitewolfpack.com/2015/09/mohawk-ironworkers-top-off-new-one.html