Taran Kootenhayoo

Denesułįné & Stoney Nakoda. Actor. Spoken-word Poet. Writer. He/Him Born in Cold Lake, member of Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation. IG @Standing_Sunrise

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@backxwash Cereal Grind

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Due to less air pollution we can finally see the ancestors again. We are the virus.

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Nobody:
Not a single settler:
Me, an Indigenous Artist during a pandemic: fine den be like that

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@jstindchrme Proud of you 😭

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@pacscrnwriting “You know fifty dollars in a gift card would do just fine.”

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If you’re so desperate for culture go build a castle Fu’ckw

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I am ashamed to find out that my favourite font, Helvetica, is also the official font of Canada. #fml

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@pacscrnwriting I hope you don’t have to sit beside someone wearing a #maga hat.

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Behold... the footage of my earthquake set 😱I go from trying to pump up the crowd, to comforting the crowd, to going into jokes as we were hit w/ the 7.1 magnitude earthquake

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Yo this kook is going onstage and it’s gonna be a fine time. come and join me as we celebrate fine times and sick rhymes. afineshow @ The Lido https://t.co/nTRcS44y3e

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bandlack

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Settler: How can I help? I really want to do better, I want to be a good ally.
Indigenous folx: Spread the wealth that was earned off of the benefits of genocide and violent displacement of our lands.
Settler:

[Anna Drezen @annadrezen]

Four weeks into a job, you’ve seen everybody’s shirts

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Whenever I get bad service at a restaurant but I still need to tip I give them $1.50. As an ode to Canada 150. #salty

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"Calling all Hip Hop, Rap, Spoken Word Artists, Poets, Singers, Audio Storytellers, and Podcasters."

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[The Onion @TheOnion]

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And then I guess my aunt told someone, and this white dude was like “see! These are things we need to know.” And she’s like telling me “their people had people that did stuff like that. They just hung them all.” Lol damn Aunty ur not wrong

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Today in Cold Lake there were supposed to be severe thunderstorms. My setsuné did a four directions ceremony this morning to ask for the storm to pass us for the #AboriginalDay celebrations. Storm totally missed us. Prayer works. #StaySacred