Many of the old Natives in my community show disdain and dislike for regalia and pow wow culture claiming that we weren’t ‘“those” kind of Indians’. I’ve always chalked this up to internalized self-hate and/traumatic experiences, but I’m also from coastal Louisiana and wonder...
Week of 11/27 in Sagittarius: A plan is also a prayer. You will find the oranges in the middle of the journey. Take a notebook and write down your favorite word. You will be surprised what it is.
Omg good news keeps rolling in!
My org was just awarded an amazing $25k grant to develop my solo show, perform it, lead a two-week workshop with Native youth to develop their own solo shows, & produce an evening of performances in spring 2023!!
...So now I gotta finish...
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Happy 83rd birthday to Claudette Colvin!
She refused to move to the back of a bus 9 months before Rosa Parks, the NAACP did not want to use her to represent them because she was 15 & pregnant.
Other women who refused to give up their seats before Rosa Parks
A THREAD!
@whisperpaints Just gifted my lil bro my record player and the first vinyl he bought was Circles. Proud big bro moment as we listened to that while packing him up for college. 🥲
I mean, if all the air and water is poisoned, and only a small few have the means to “clean” the poisoned resources, the rest of us are at the mercy of those that exploit our labor, right? At least the few that have power are also those with lots of morals and ethics. 🥰
Week of 9/4 in Sagittarius: Friendship will come in again to save you. Remember what you hold in your heart is real. Purple and blue in the fancy sheets. You will write the great thing.
i used to think remaining a good person regardless of how people treated me was a sign of maturity when in reality i was allowing people to overstep my boundaries. being too understanding can quickly become a problem.