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Layla ᎴᎳ

@laylajohnston.bsky.social

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ᏥᏣᎳᎩ. Cherokee Nation citizen. Cherokee language learner. Reader and writer. Western Massachusetts. Native plant enthusiast. Climate crisis is now. 🪶💧🌽🍓

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Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 3d

ᎣᏏᏲ ᏂᎦᏛ. ᎴᎳ ᏓᏆᏙᎠ ᏥᏣᎳᎩ ᎢᎵᏃᏱ ᏗᎨᎬ. ᎧᎾᎧᎩ ᎢᎵᏃᏱ ᎠᏩᏕᎾ ᎠᎴ ᎧᎾᎧᎩ ᎠᏩᏛᏒ. ᎺᏌᏧᏎᏗ ᏥᏁᎳ.

Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 2h

We are loving this show. I’m an episode behind. Gotta catch up this weekend.

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Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 4h

A list of everything being gutted right now

Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 6h

Very nice!

Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 7h

Not a native plant but a very cool mushroom! #fungifriends #mushroom

A large yellow and white mushroom with white spots on its caps

Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 7h

Cherokee Nation is actively working to force Congress to honor a commitment in 3 different treaties to seat a Cherokee delegate in the House of Representatives. www.cherokee.org/our-governme...

Cherokee Nation Delegate to Congress

www.cherokee.org

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 19h

The Morphos are common here at @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica, as I see them flitting through the garden every day. But they rarely cooperate for photos. So this was a rare treat this morning as this beauty spent a few minutes soaking up the early sun.

#Butterflies #lepidoptera #nature

Close-up of a large metallic-blue butterfly with wings spread on green leaves, showing dark brown edges with small white spots.

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Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 22h

This is cool!

Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 22h

I’d read it! I just picked up The End of the World as We Know It.

Book cover of the end of the world as we know it, new tales of Stephen King’s The Stand

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Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 22h

Congrats!

Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 1d

The Slits, The Clash, Lou Reed, Talking Heads, Don Cherry (her stepdad), and many more artists are part of her musical family. Her mother, Moki Karlsson, was a Swedish textiles and paint artist. She has lived an unconventional life and her story is fascinating. She’s a great narrator, too.

Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 1d

Night of the Living Rez is a great read! Highly recommended.

Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 1d

Gen X #audiobook recommendation for anyone who loves jazz, punk, new wave, and explorations of identity in the art world. I’m currently listening to Neneh Cherry’s memoir, read by her, and it’s so freaking good! #booksky www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Thou...

A Thousand Threads

Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize “Neneh is cool, Neneh is wise, Neneh is a legend. Her memoir is a treasure. I loved it.” —Zadie Smith This vibran...

www.simonandschuster.com

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CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 1d

“Five months before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, tearing many houses off their foundations, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from such extreme flooding”

Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 1d

Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...

Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant

www.nytimes.com

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Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 2d

Related to their description of the pale, light-eyed Indians elsewhere, I’ve read that this type of misdirection was common. Spaniards asking for gold? None here but that (traditional enemy tribe) guy 100 miles away has what you are looking for.

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Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 2d

ᏥᏍᏈᏍᏗ ᏩᏙ tsisquisdi wado many thanks!!! I enjoyed reading this very much.

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 2d

There needs to be more coverage of this in the news. I have read so many stories bout this on Facebook, first hand stories of the terror of that storm, and very little coverage n media.
www.facebook.com/100000960660...

Screenshot of a Facebook post. Photo is an elderly woman holding a child on her ap on a couch with flood water around them. Both are wearing jackets inside. Text says: This was after our 1st drift.. staying put for awhile. Our 3rd and final drift was terrifying. House moving fast then we started spinning in circles. While we were spinning in circles my oldest daughter was just staring at me while I held onto my younger two. Kipnuk doesn't look like kipnuk anymore, like more than 3/4 of the homes displaced, power poles fallen. It smells like stove oil outside. Contaminated

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Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 3d

ᎣᏏᏲ ᏂᎦᏛ. ᎴᎳ ᏓᏆᏙᎠ ᏥᏣᎳᎩ ᎢᎵᏃᏱ ᏗᎨᎬ. ᎧᎾᎧᎩ ᎢᎵᏃᏱ ᎠᏩᏕᎾ ᎠᎴ ᎧᎾᎧᎩ ᎠᏩᏛᏒ. ᎺᏌᏧᏎᏗ ᏥᏁᎳ.

Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 3d

Lakota Scam

Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 3d

I instantly and aggressively charge at all random cats in our yard. They are not welcome and not allowed to associate our space with anything other than a raving screaming angry woman protecting her birds and chipmunks. It works!

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Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 3d

I would like to read your translation!

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Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 3d

At least we got the “I choose violence” meme out of it.

Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 3d

Currently reading Wandering Stars. His debut novel, There There, is a masterful exploration of Native identity. Congratulations Tommy Orange!

Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 3d

Tommy Orange, the Cheyenne and Arapaho author of There There and Wandering Stars, has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow, one of the highest honors in the arts.

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#macarhurfellowship #MacArthurFoundation #redpopnews #tommyorange

Wandering Stars Align: Tommy Orange Named A 2025 MacArthur Fellow

When the MacArthur Foundation announced its 2025 Fellows, one name carried through Native communities like a spark. Tommy Orange, the Cheyenne and Arapaho author from Oakland, was named one of this ye...

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Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 3d

This is so bleak

Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 4d

Looks like an aster, likely calico, with a bit of rabbit damage. I know she’s not what you planted but I’m delighted by your luck!

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Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 5d

Just saw my first dark-eyed junco, ᏚᏘ tuti in ᏣᎳᎩ tsalagi Cherokee, of the season!