𝖘𝖆𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖟𝖊𝖉.

Namaygoosisagagun First Nation/Collins has burned to the ground. The entire community is nothing but ashes after being quickly consumed by wildfires. They did not have any support from emergency services, and no one offered aid. The community saved themselves by escaping into boats because no one came.

Mishkeegogamang and Cat Lake have lost power. Families are ending up in shelters with nothing. Armstrong, Lac La Croix, Whitesand, Gull Bay, Lac des Mille Lacs are currently in the fires path and all members are being evacuated.

All this loss, all this devastation, and it was entirely preventable.

After steadily underfunding wildland firefighting and purposefully excluding Indigenous wildland firefighters and Indigenous wildfire organizations from wildfire operations, firefighter training, decisionmaking, and resource exchanges, in 2025, Doug Ford slashed the forest firefighting budget.

It's hard to ignore his decision to cut funding and leave us out of adequate fire training (even though we've lived with forest fires for thousands of years—far longer than settlers have been in Canada—and made sure fires like the ones we're all seeing today were prevented through kinisitotēn) when, despite making up less than 5% of the population, we account for 42% percent of all wildfire evacuations in Canada.

And when we are successfully evacuated, we face discrimination and racism—like Kashechewan—because it's always been easier to blame us than it is to blame the true culprit: denialism, corportate greed, and colonization.

The people of Collins and every other impacted community deserve better.

Right now, the AFN is currently accepting donations to help Collins First Nation. If you're able to, please consider donating.

ONWA (Ontario Native Women's Association) is another great place to donate to. They have outreach vans going to motels and inns and offering food, water, resources, and cultural support to those impacted by the wildfires.

Other places to consider donating to are Mikinakoos Emergency Fund, Red Cross, True North Aid, Indigenous Climate Action. You can also send donations directly to Whitesand First Nation via e-transfer ([email protected]) and they request that you add your full name in the e-transfer comment section to receive a tax receipt.

*Before sending money, verify that the appeal appears on an official First Nation, Tribal Council or registered charity channel.

If you can't offer financial support, please consider donating items of need. Moontime Connections is currently accepting drop-off donations. If you live in the Thunder Bay area, Namaygoosisagagun Health Office is also taking in donations! They can also bemailed to Superior Inn Hotel & Conference Centre at 555 West Arthur Street, Thunder Bay, ON, P7E 5P8.

items needed are: food, diapers, medical masks, men’s and women’s joggers (all sizes), children’s clothing (newborn to size 14), children’s shoes, summer clothing, men’s clothing, toiletries (lotion, Vaseline, toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, conditioner, soap, deodorant, etc.), strollers, adult depends-all sizes, dog & cat food

Also consider Mikinakoos' as they're extending support beyond their traditional service areas due to the scale of this emergency!

Donations for Namaygoosisagagun First Nation:

Donations for Whitesand First Nation:

One year ago today since Back to The Beginning!

Still the same rabbit-in-headlights expression. Never, ever change, my love. ♡

(  #LA1CIZED )   —     it  is  the  end  of  your  penitence.  it  is  the  end  of  your  sadness  and  pain.  it's  the  return  to  your  innocence.  it  is  the  end  of  a  LIFE  GRIEVED  IN  VAIN  .  everybody  leaves  one  day.  i  know  it  hurts.  everybody  goes  away.  you  will,  too,  i  will,  too.  come  with  me  to  the  rainbow's  end.  come  with  me  to  the  HOLY  LAND.  come  with  me.  you  will,  too,  i  will,  too

                                                      —    EXCEL,  EXCEL

A pair of women's gloves from 1850s London

( #VCRTEXED )  —    so that's THE  TRAP, the great test, the FINAL judgement, i dunno. but if I KILL YOU, i kill her. but that implies, in this big grand scheme of GODS AND DEVILS, that SHE'S JUST a victim. well, i've seen a lot of this universe. i've seen FAKE GODS and bad gods and demi-gods and WOULD-BE GODS. i've had the WHOLE PANTHEON. but if i believe in ONE THING… just one thing…

I didn't really know what to draw for the occasion, considering my usual content lol