People of the Longhouse

Ahteˀuwé (native shoe)

Ukwehuwehnéha atyá:tawiˀt (native ribbon shirt)

Ukwehuwehnéha oˀkósaˀ (native skirt)

Ukwehuwehnéha teyohsi:núteˀ (native leggings)

Kasto:wíheˀ (headdress; headpiece)

Ola:ná: (corn soup)

Kʌyé:ke watnaˀtalu:táhkwéˀ (fry bread)

Kanʌstóhale (native cornbread)

Teyutatnolúkhwa

Oskanheˀ yukniyo:té: nen teyakyatátisnye.

Stage of Nations Blue Rain ECOfest highlighted Haudenosaunee culture this weekend with food, art, music & dance.

Navajo Relief Fund: http://www.nativepartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=nrf_index

Navajo Water Project: https://www.navajowaterproject.org/

IG: reclaimyourpower

Mohawks protest at Oka development site on edge of pine forest

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance is an NFB documentary you can watch about the crisis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yP3srFvhKs (2 hours)

 Does It Pass The Aila Test?

We all know the rules of The Bechdel Test. In recent years, fans of more feminist-friendly films have included their own character tests, like The Mako Mori Test, The Furiosa Test, The Sexy Lamp Test, the list goes on. While these are all helpful (though comical) tools feminists have used to criticize media narratives, very few of them seem to empower or apply when viewing Indigenous and Aboriginal women in media narratives / storytelling.

As a Native woman, I’ve experienced disappointment and heartache from the way Native women were represented on film, television, cartoons, and other forms of media. From stereotypical “Indian princesses” to the distressing amount of physical and sexual violence in live action period pieces, it felt that a Native woman was not a character you were meant to love and root for. She was never a character you were supposed to relate to or want to be. In almost every role she’s in, she cannot exist without being a prop for another character’s story, and if she has a “happy ending,” it’s usually in the arms of a white colonist or settler.

I’ve created the Aila Test to bring my own concerns to the table when feminists criticize media. Not only should these issues be analyzed and addressed, but content creators who write about Indigenous / Aboriginal women should consider writing characters who pass this test. We need them now, more than ever.

To pass the Aila Test, your film / animation / comic book / novel / etc, must abide by these three important rules:

1. Is she an Indigenous / Aboriginal woman who is a main character…

2. Who  DOES NOT fall in love with a white man…

3. And DOES NOT end up raped or murdered at any point in the story.

Uhka ni'i: Shèkolih! Ukwehu:wé ni'í lotinosho:ni, lotikwáh^ niwaki'taló:t^. Kolahkówanhne nu:teknakehle, Kanatá:ke ni: teknákehle. Ostúha on^yota'a:ká katw^nutakhwe (waky^tehta'uhati on^yota'a:ká: a:katw^nutahkwe) sk^n^kó okhale wakatshanuni. Kwah I:k^ tsi’ wakatshe:yalu. Wakatu'weskwá:tu kakhwaku'u shu, kanaskwa’ shúha okhale ahta'u:we. Tyokut tewakin^ nenakwa:tsile okhale at^ló:sla’ shúha. Ta’t óni wa'tkat^:nuke’ né: ^skwatílheke’ né: tho niyo:lé wa'kwe:ní: Ya:w^ sahnisliyohak. ~Yotshanúnya’t ohw^tsyakwe:kú atwa'kánha w^hnisla:té:❤️🖤💛

I was reading about creepy Native American legends because I love creepy/morbid stuff and I was pretty surprised there was nothing about Stone coats

Pow Wow de Kahnawake, réserve des Mohawks de Kahnawá:ke située près de Montréal, juste de l'autre coté du Saint Laurent. Le dimanche 9 juillet 2017. 

Hand-colored ambrotype portrait of an Iroquois man posing with a knife and spear, c. 1855.

Tuscarora Proverb