Last weekend, Last year, I was in Timmins, ON dancing at Northern College pow wow. Monday afternoon, last year, after the pow wow my ex hu?b**d came and got me & took back to Wawa, ON to his house. The next day, he drove me back to Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabe Pic Mobert, ON my home.
How time flies....
Experience from then to now. I did it...... I did it. Now image next year.
#anishnaabe #ojibwe #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #nativebusiness #indigenouspeoples #indigenousrights
Chi Miigwetch
Meetings with Anishinaabe organizations this morning. It's been advised to create 3 emails or 4 and send to trusted friends or colleagues.
For if anything happens to me, for them to hit send.
#anishnaabe #sacred #sacredlaw
I agreed.
As all 5 windego return to me.
In vision they stand round me facing out. Beautiful sight & I am safe. White Go-kaan stand to the right and black GoKaan stand to the left. The brown and even her highness the red scout stands.
..... don't ask.
100% Anishinaabe Ojibwe Made.
Bundle Bags for SALE
$50.00 now.
Pow wow season coming prices will rise. @highlight and I'm taking a week off....
Happy heavenly birthday Daddy
I love & I miss you, wish you were here to see me. I'm working hard, imma still trying, imma still believing & somehow following faith.
My father Felix & his mother, my grandmother Charlotte.
#Minneapolis #powwow celebrates belonging for #TwoSpirit, #queer community
#TwoSpiritPowwow invites natives to dress and dance on their own terms.
By Auds Jenkins
June 23, 2023
"Em Matson leaned intently over a long table to arrange the delicate pieces of water lily appliqué.
"Amid the mechanical whir of sewing machines and the lively chatter during a community regalia making night, Matson zeroed in on the task at hand: finishing their ribbon pants in time for the Two Spirit Powwow.
"On Saturday, New Native Theater will sponsor Minneapolis' second annual 'Reclaiming Our Identities' Two Spirit Powwow, part of a burgeoning movement of powwows across the country that honor Two Spirit and #indigiqueer (Indigenous and queer) people.
"'I can't wait to see everybody turn out. I know that if you come specifically to this powwow, it means you support our community,' said Wase Mannidu Ikwe, a Two Spirit person of the Rocky Boy Chippewa Cree Tribe. 'It's nice to see our allies. As Two Spirits, we make large impacts in the native community. We are valid.'
"'Two Spirit' is an umbrella term derived from the #Anishnaabe '#NiizhManidoowag' (literally translated as "two spirits") that describes native people who exist outside the #GenderBinary and hold sacred roles in their communities.
"Popularized by activists in the 1990s, the term honors multiplicity within native conceptions of gender identity and spirituality. It also reflects a pre-colonial legacy of gender diversity that is being reclaimed today.
"'Prior to European #colonization, #GenderDiversity was the norm for many tribes. Gender was based on your roles and responsibilities, not what you looked like,' said Matson, a Two Spirit of the Sault Ste. Marie Ojibwe and one of the organizers of Minneapolis' Two Spirit Powwow.
"In the months leading up to the powwow, organizers have hosted regalia-making nights for local Two Spirit and indigiqueer folks to make ceremonial clothing that authentically represents their identities.
"'Our goal was for you to come and make whatever makes you feel comfortable,' said organizer Beth Seidl of the White Earth Band of Chippewa. 'We wanted everyone to feel safe, without any chance of someone coming by and saying, 'You're a boy. Why are you making a ribbon skirt?' if that's not how they identify."
#Minnesota #Decolonize #NonBinary
#GBLTQI #Activism
#Reclamation #Indigiqueer
