Dr. BlackDeer
@drblackdeer.bsky.social
Indigiqueer anti-colonial scholar activist •
professor • social worker • Auntie
professor • social worker • Auntie
ecstatic, overjoyed, and just absolutely thrilled to share that I've accepted a job offer at York University to join their School of Social Work as an assistant professor starting January 1st, 2026!! 🙌🏽
October 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
ecstatic, overjoyed, and just absolutely thrilled to share that I've accepted a job offer at York University to join their School of Social Work as an assistant professor starting January 1st, 2026!! 🙌🏽
guest lectured on countering colonial narratives through storytelling today at the University of Michigan med school 🤗 feels good to be back in my nerd joys.
#DiariesOfADecolonialScholar
#DiariesOfADecolonialScholar
October 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
guest lectured on countering colonial narratives through storytelling today at the University of Michigan med school 🤗 feels good to be back in my nerd joys.
#DiariesOfADecolonialScholar
#DiariesOfADecolonialScholar
new OPEN ACCESS publication (from your fave 💁🏽♀️) on fascism and the far right and wondering where social work is in all of this!
anzswjournal.nz/anzsw
anzswjournal.nz/anzsw
September 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
new OPEN ACCESS publication (from your fave 💁🏽♀️) on fascism and the far right and wondering where social work is in all of this!
anzswjournal.nz/anzsw
anzswjournal.nz/anzsw
allow me to reintroduce myself.. my name is Autumn BlackDeer, and I now use she/they pronouns 🥰
thanks for being here 💖
thanks for being here 💖
July 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
allow me to reintroduce myself.. my name is Autumn BlackDeer, and I now use she/they pronouns 🥰
thanks for being here 💖
thanks for being here 💖
A great day to be Cheyenne! On this day in 1876, my ancestors killed Custer! Talk about FAFO 👊🏽
#VictoryDay #CusterHadItComing
#VictoryDay #CusterHadItComing
June 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A great day to be Cheyenne! On this day in 1876, my ancestors killed Custer! Talk about FAFO 👊🏽
#VictoryDay #CusterHadItComing
#VictoryDay #CusterHadItComing
Indigiqueer PRIDE 💖🏳️🌈🦅
June 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Indigiqueer PRIDE 💖🏳️🌈🦅
new publication available now! 🌞 doi.org/10.1177/1044...
June 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
new publication available now! 🌞 doi.org/10.1177/1044...
now all the pieces make sense. cant claim a hate crime because that would affirm that trans men are men. so they paint him as a rugged Native man out in Texas instead. blatant queer and trans erasure.
Nea'ese @/jersey.noah for bringing this together ❤️🩹
#TransLiberationTuesday
Nea'ese @/jersey.noah for bringing this together ❤️🩹
#TransLiberationTuesday
June 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
now all the pieces make sense. cant claim a hate crime because that would affirm that trans men are men. so they paint him as a rugged Native man out in Texas instead. blatant queer and trans erasure.
Nea'ese @/jersey.noah for bringing this together ❤️🩹
#TransLiberationTuesday
Nea'ese @/jersey.noah for bringing this together ❤️🩹
#TransLiberationTuesday
IN LOVE with my new tattoo by Cante Eagle Horse (Cheyenne River Lakota) at Chokecherry Tattoo!! 🥰 I've followed their work for a minute now and it was such an honor to be tattooed by an Indigenous artist and for such an important cause! 🙌🏽 #MMIR #IndigenousInk
May 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
IN LOVE with my new tattoo by Cante Eagle Horse (Cheyenne River Lakota) at Chokecherry Tattoo!! 🥰 I've followed their work for a minute now and it was such an honor to be tattooed by an Indigenous artist and for such an important cause! 🙌🏽 #MMIR #IndigenousInk
your fave Indigiqueer scholar is officially part of the 2025 William T. Grant cohort of the Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, and Mixed Methodologies!! (ICQCM) 🥳🙌🏽
May 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
your fave Indigiqueer scholar is officially part of the 2025 William T. Grant cohort of the Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, and Mixed Methodologies!! (ICQCM) 🥳🙌🏽
I am so excited to share my latest (open access) publication-- Wrapping a Rainbow Around the Medicine Wheel: A Scoping Review of Social and Emotional Wellbeing for Queer, Trans, and Two Spirit Native Youth 🏳️🌈🪶
May 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I am so excited to share my latest (open access) publication-- Wrapping a Rainbow Around the Medicine Wheel: A Scoping Review of Social and Emotional Wellbeing for Queer, Trans, and Two Spirit Native Youth 🏳️🌈🪶
Winnie, our first grader, brought these home for us today 🥹🥰🌈 #InstaAunties ##TwoMomsAreBetterThanOne
May 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Winnie, our first grader, brought these home for us today 🥹🥰🌈 #InstaAunties ##TwoMomsAreBetterThanOne
Tenure Track Year 3
•Total of 40 peer-reviewed publications: 28 papers and 12 book chapters
•Delivered 13 keynote addresses in the last three years alone
•Taught in all four MSW programs across GSSW
And always praying for wisdom, guidance, and direction from the universe 💖🌿🙏🏽
•Total of 40 peer-reviewed publications: 28 papers and 12 book chapters
•Delivered 13 keynote addresses in the last three years alone
•Taught in all four MSW programs across GSSW
And always praying for wisdom, guidance, and direction from the universe 💖🌿🙏🏽
May 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Tenure Track Year 3
•Total of 40 peer-reviewed publications: 28 papers and 12 book chapters
•Delivered 13 keynote addresses in the last three years alone
•Taught in all four MSW programs across GSSW
And always praying for wisdom, guidance, and direction from the universe 💖🌿🙏🏽
•Total of 40 peer-reviewed publications: 28 papers and 12 book chapters
•Delivered 13 keynote addresses in the last three years alone
•Taught in all four MSW programs across GSSW
And always praying for wisdom, guidance, and direction from the universe 💖🌿🙏🏽
it was an honor to carry Annie Mae Aquash's sign at the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives March and Remembrance yesterday in Colorado Springs. Nea'ese to the MMIR Taskforce of Colorado for holding such a powerful space for us to grief and remember our relatives and call for justice ❤️🩹
May 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
it was an honor to carry Annie Mae Aquash's sign at the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives March and Remembrance yesterday in Colorado Springs. Nea'ese to the MMIR Taskforce of Colorado for holding such a powerful space for us to grief and remember our relatives and call for justice ❤️🩹
today is the National Day for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives. I created this mini guide as a resource to increase awareness, share education, and provide links to resources to get involved.
#MMIW #MMIR #NoMoreStolenRelatives
#MMIW #MMIR #NoMoreStolenRelatives
May 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
today is the National Day for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives. I created this mini guide as a resource to increase awareness, share education, and provide links to resources to get involved.
#MMIW #MMIR #NoMoreStolenRelatives
#MMIW #MMIR #NoMoreStolenRelatives
IDHA's #DecarceratingCare series returns on 5/5 with a panel uplifting lessons from history in order to strategize towards a future of radical, accessible care free from state violence. Suggested donation $10, ASL + CART provided.
Register: bit.ly/Decarceratin...
Register: bit.ly/Decarceratin...
April 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
IDHA's #DecarceratingCare series returns on 5/5 with a panel uplifting lessons from history in order to strategize towards a future of radical, accessible care free from state violence. Suggested donation $10, ASL + CART provided.
Register: bit.ly/Decarceratin...
Register: bit.ly/Decarceratin...
our traditional teachings are praxis 💖🌿
April 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
our traditional teachings are praxis 💖🌿
we saw SINNERS 🙌🏽 as a Black and Native couple from the south, this movie has been alllllll we've talked about since! and my grandpa was Chahta! the film is incredible. truly. can't wait to see it again and again and again!
also happy lesbian visibility day! here we are reporting for duty 🫡🏳️🌈🌿
also happy lesbian visibility day! here we are reporting for duty 🫡🏳️🌈🌿
April 27, 2025 at 4:17 AM
we saw SINNERS 🙌🏽 as a Black and Native couple from the south, this movie has been alllllll we've talked about since! and my grandpa was Chahta! the film is incredible. truly. can't wait to see it again and again and again!
also happy lesbian visibility day! here we are reporting for duty 🫡🏳️🌈🌿
also happy lesbian visibility day! here we are reporting for duty 🫡🏳️🌈🌿
round two coming Thursday @ 12 pm EST! 🏳️🌈
join me for Queerness 101 with Decolonize U!
same link as before, free and open to all, and will be recorded!! even if ya can't make it, register to be emailed the recording after 🥰👍🏽
join me for Queerness 101 with Decolonize U!
same link as before, free and open to all, and will be recorded!! even if ya can't make it, register to be emailed the recording after 🥰👍🏽
April 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
round two coming Thursday @ 12 pm EST! 🏳️🌈
join me for Queerness 101 with Decolonize U!
same link as before, free and open to all, and will be recorded!! even if ya can't make it, register to be emailed the recording after 🥰👍🏽
join me for Queerness 101 with Decolonize U!
same link as before, free and open to all, and will be recorded!! even if ya can't make it, register to be emailed the recording after 🥰👍🏽
from our forthcoming work on decolonizing environmental justice 🌿 soon to be dr. Sierra Roach Coye
April 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
from our forthcoming work on decolonizing environmental justice 🌿 soon to be dr. Sierra Roach Coye