Top Tweets for #FirstPeoplesCustoms
Ancient Ulu found, it was invented by an Inuk Woman to help them with cutting up fur. Blade was Slate, while handle was either drift wood or antlers, I was fortunate to be taught how to make them by my awesome Grandma Selma Suarak.
Bison require no water when practicing range management. They require no feed and produce twice as much meat per acre than the weak meat of domestic cattle. Perhaps we should rethink how ranching is performed in the Americas. #Sustainability. #IndigenousLanguage. @ASUSustConnect
In Lakota Culture, Spring Solstice symbolizes the return of
'Thunder Beings' (Wakinyans)!
As Thunder rumbles shaking the
ground-slowly awakening insects,
flowers and animals out of hibernation!
Bringing a renewal to life, a new season,
showing that Life always moves in a circle!
2/4 For those who might not be aware, the jingle dress originated in whitefish bay, a dress representing healing. It was very moving to see a number of jingle dress dancers including, respected Elder, Isobell White (pictured in blue). It was an honour to dance beside her.
The Winter jackets for men is called Paakak, the woman's jacket is call Amautik, which has a carrying hood for babies.
Both of these jackets has 2 layers, inner part is called Akulik. While the thinner outer layer is called Silapaak.
Inuk word of the day:
Inuit Drum - Kilautik. He - lau - tick.
Its unknown when Inuit invented the Inuiit drum, In Greenland, they used Rib cages of animals and seal hide to make their drum.
In Baffin Island, Rib Bones or Drift wood from Hudson Bay. Labrador used Wood frames.
In Ojibwe our word for coat is biiskowaagan (pronounced bee-sko-waa-gun). This Ojibwe coat from 1789 predates Canada becoming a country.
“if we cannot tell a story about what happened to us, nothing has happened to us.”
― James P. Carse, Finite and Infinite Games
#GameB #IndigenousPeoples #FirstPeoplesCustoms
Phases of the moon on a turtle shell
Just a busy mama tryna make a better life for her family. 💗✊🏽 school works while my baby is snug in his tikinaagan
In Ojibwe our word for hummingbird is naanooshkaanhs.
Thousands of years ago, Inuit and Yupik people of Alaska and northern Canada carved narrow slits into ivory, antler and wood to create snow goggles. This diminished exposure to direct and reflected ultraviolet rays thereby reducing eye strain and preventing snow blindness.
Tatanka being Liberated! At the Wolakota Buffalo Project in Sicangu Lakota Oyate Territory honored to be here in solidarity and in prayer! #LandBack For The People! For The Land! For The Future! Hoka!
S is for S'ólh Téméxw (pron. sole-toe-Mock [short syllable on toe, emphasis on mock) #TreatyDictionary #FirstPeoplesCustoms #ckdS
F is for Forest Gardens. “Forest gardening is a common method of food cultivation and agroforestry in Indigenous communities” #TreatyDictionary #FirstPeoplesCustoms #ckdf https://t.co/fvwBdXa8Gw
M is for Máaz. “The first scientific focus of NASA’s Perseverance rover is a rock named “Máaz” – the Navajo word for “Mars” #TreatyDictionary #FirstPeoplesCustoms #ckdM https://t.co/7kXtAaMQ71
Trends for you
Most Popular Users
Elon Musk 
@elonmusk
241.6M followers
Barack Obama
@barackobama
119M followers
Cristiano Ronaldo
@cristiano
114.2M followers
Donald J. Trump
@realdonaldtrump
111.8M followers
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
107.2M followers
Rihanna
@rihanna
98.7M followers
NASA
@nasa
92.4M followers
Justin Bieber
@justinbieber
91.8M followers
KATY PERRY
@katyperry
89.9M followers
Taylor Swift
@taylorswift13
83.8M followers
Lady Gaga
@ladygaga
75.3M followers
Virat Kohli
@imvkohli
73.2M followers
Kim Kardashian
@kimkardashian
70.8M followers
YouTube
@youtube
68.8M followers
Neymar Jr
@neymarjr
66.2M followers
Bill Gates
@billgates
65M followers
Selena Gomez
@selenagomez
63M followers
The Ellen Show
@theellenshow
62.3M followers
CNN
@cnn
61.8M followers
X
@x
60.7M followers