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Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk

@creeativentv.bsky.social

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Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · Nov 30

Your ancestors are closer than they appear

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Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 6d

*Places sweetgrass on your dash ♥️

Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 6d

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Ned @neddog.bsky.social · 7d

Samuel Bird has finally come home.

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#yeg #alberta

Alanna Joseph

My son Samuel has been located, a big thank you to the Edmonton police for
locating him
also I want to thank the searchers and Samuel's warriors and the cherished friends I made along the way in hopes of finding him, I want to thank every ingle person who donated in helps of finding My boy, with out all the help we couldn't of kept this search going
| want to say thank you to those who kept me sane since June 1st 2025, a big thank you to every person who shared his missing poster, thank you to everyone who showed up to our rallies for Samuel Bird

Thank you
Sincerely
Alanna
Samuel's mom

Image shows an orange sunset behind a mountain range behind a coniferous forest behind a body of water.

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Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 7d

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An update from Rex Smallboy that says: I only know about shawn mendes now because of Tia Wood.

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 10d

posting anything from LakotaMan1 is anti-Indigenous because literally all of us hate him

Angie @angiespar.bsky.social · 12d

Indigenous Day

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Jennifer, 🎃 edition. 🖕🧊 @thejenn.bsky.social · 10d

For Indigenous Peoples' Day, support an Indigenous family!

Kia Camp @mahtheyzhawey.bsky.social · 16d

October Mutual Aid. Goes towards bills, medical, personal care, and November rent. If you want to just support a disabled Native artist share or donate. Also have my kofi where I sell my art.
PayPal.me/kiagbear
Cashapp $kiagbear
Venmo kiagbear
ko-fi.com/mahtheyzhawe...

ko-fi.com

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Lakota Van @lakotamanvan.bsky.social · 10d

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Jenna Beet @jennabeet.bsky.social · 10d

Hi, colonizers are boring, read Indigenous books

We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 10d

Celebrate Indigenous storytelling this #IndigenousPeoplesDay — and every day! — with these new and upcoming releases from Heartdrum!

Here’s every Heartdrum title that’s been published in 2025 — as well as a look ahead at forthcoming 2026 Heartdrum titles that you can pre-order today!

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Frances Danger *Deadly SoverAuntie* @francesdanger.bsky.social · 10d

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day is an act of resistance

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Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 10d

Speaking of stupid shit…

I often buy the most beautiful journals only to not write in them because they are too beautiful and I don’t want to ruin them.

🤡

Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 13d

It's decaying meme season. How could I forget??

Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 16d

It’s okay to move on and to let go. I don’t think we do that enough.

Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 16d

What’s the word for when you write someone off and you’ve moved on and you can’t bring yourself to care about them anymore? Like, they don’t even upset you… they simply don’t exist. There’s got to be a specific word for that.

Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 16d

Everything has an expiration date. Patience, time, forgiveness, and you.

Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 18d

Trees will not judge you. They will help you to heal. Go out there and spend some time with them.

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Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 19d

Keep your language alive.

Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 21d

For instance, I do not want my photo taken when I’m in the circle, reflecting on my family’s trauma with other survivors of intergenerational trauma. That shit’s just not okay. And neither is swarming dancers’ areas and being in the way. Hard to put regalia on with little to no space!

Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 21d

Don’t get me wrong… allyship is wonderful and it’s needed. Education is also desperately needed and it’s wonderful that there are people who genuinely want to learn… but at some point, it takes away from the healing process that our communities so desperately need.

Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 21d

Truth & Reconciliation… Everything felt off. It didn’t feel like ceremony anymore. It felt like we were there to entertain people at this year’s Powwow. (They even applauded in some inappropriate places.) We were also greatly outnumbered. We need a middle ground… We should have safe spaces to heal.

It says: I find it so bizarre how Sept 30th has so quickly become largely focused on educating non Indigenous peoples but not on the healing of Indigenous peoples. I cannot find anything that feels safe as an Indigenous person to go to that wouldn't involve some form of education or pacifying white guilt. I wish organizations who tout their commitment to reconciliation would consider donating funds to give Indigenous peoples a chance to do things together for this day that is deeply rooted in our families trauma, without non-Indigenous peoples. We deserve spaces where we are not expected to perform or educate. Non-Indigenous peoples get a day off with ample places to learn, but I will likely stay home. This doesn't feel right.
Isn't this about us? Where's the balance?

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Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 22d

Lobotomy. That’s what some people require in order to decolonize their mindsets.

I wish I was joking.

Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 24d

“We apologize for the distress the comments on this post caused. We have turned off comments and deleted the existing ones.”

That’s a start.

Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 24d

Also pls stop with the orange trauma donuts

Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 24d

I get it, you hate me and you hate my relatives and ancestors. You don’t need to keep on proving it in the comments on every single post made by Indigenous people/allies. It’s been obvious for hundreds of years now 😡

Sorry bout this rant I’m just super extra bitchy

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Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 24d

For The National Day For Truth and Reconciliation organizations need to turn their comments off fk

Because all the hatred and racism in the world is in those comments. I’m so damn tired

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Emel 𓆉🪶kâ-kanâtahk moya ê-atawâkêhk @creeativentv.bsky.social · 26d

montecristomagazine.com/magazine/vol...

Canadian Cultural Icon Tantoo Cardinal Looks for the Next Chapter in Her Career

Tantoo Cardinal reflects on her part in shaping Indigenous representation in Canada, her body of work, and what lies ahead.

montecristomagazine.com

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