#matriarchmonday

Join me! Let’s rock this challenge. #art #matriarchmonday #ndninktober #ndnart #indigenousartist #suportindigenousartists #drawingchallenge #akwesasne #illustrations #promptlist #nativeamerican #nativearts #iroquois #haudenosaunee (at Ventura, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CF9upSqlAla/?igshid=1nxa9iyc2742b

#Matriarch #MatriarchMonday (Nana) Lois A. Thomas, 80, was lovingly cared for by her children at her home before peacefully passing on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at the University of Vermont Health Network at Alice Hyde Medical Center with family by her side. * Lois was born May 3, 1939 in Hogansburg, the daughter of the late Henry and Catherine (Casey) White. She attended high school in Massena and later graduated from college with a teaching degree. She continued her education in Sudbury, Ontario at Hamilton College and later took extension courses from Mater Dei College at the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe. Teaching was a lifelong passion for Lois, as she was a Teaching Assistant and Librarian before becoming a Teacher and Mentor for nearly 30 years to many students at the St. Regis Village School and the Tsi Snaihne School in all grade levels. She was fondly remembered by her students at her 80th birthday held at the Snye Homemakers Center. * Lois was very passionate about her community and served on many committees, working groups and clubs over her lifetime. She served as a Tribal Sub-Chief for the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and as Club President for the Saint Regis Mohawk Senior Club. She worked at the Mohawk Bingo Palace for several years and was a lifelong member of the Hogansburg Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday School for many of her years. Lois had a great love for sewing and crafting, especially for quilts that she sold in the community and gave to many friends and family. She also enjoyed bird watching, planting, cooking, visiting and teaching her grandchildren her crafts. * Lois is survived by her children, Krystal E. Hallman, Kamala (John) Swamp, Michael Barry (Cecelia) Thomas, Karen (Jake) Adams, and Kathleen (Josh) Francis and a chosen daughter Chessie Thomas (companion Brendan White); 19 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren, 1 great great grandchild; her sisters, Ramona Hudson (Sam Oakes) and Gail White; her nephew, Bennett (Noel) White; and her beloved dog, Masie. * #akwesasne #prayers #okwah#wolfclan #warrior #teacher #love #indigenousmatriarch #haudenosaunee #onkwenhonwe #akwesasneartist #mohawknation #stregismohawktribe #teacher #community (at Akwesasne Mohawk Territory) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-7OpsWFnqK/?igshid=5rmg41vsp8bn

Playing around with text not but not messing around when it concerns about the general structure and power struggle in society✊🏽👊🏽 • •#smashthepatriarchy #matriarch #matriarchmonday #indigenousRising #nopipelines #decolonize #unistotensolidarity #indigenousart #nativeart #haudenosaunee #n8v #onkwehonwe #Kanienkehaka #reclaimyourpower #strongresilientindigenous #nomorestolensisters #indigenous #haudenosaunee #twospirit #notinvisible #mmiwg #mmiwg2s #indigenouswomen (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0gt4uflIsw/?igshid=sftn0oh9hmlk

#Repost @indigenousgoddessgang (@get_repost) ・・・ #matriarchmonday ✨✨✨”Heal. So that we don’t have another generation of trauma passing itself off as culture. ✨✨✨ our culture is so much more than trauma. It represents victory, victory against colonialism & genocide.” Word medz by: @nationalaibl I do. I forgive my mother, as I would want her to forgive me. I need to in order to heal. I just hope she'll heal as well. ❤❤❤ #posttraumaticslavesyndrome #blackwomen #blackwomenmentalhealth (at University of Maryland, College Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvcktRBAqqj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1crf7vtpgnimm

I see you diosas. 💖🌌 Regrann from @indigenousgoddessgang - 🙌🏾✨💕✨💕✨💕✨💕✨#matriarchmonday luv 💋 - #regrann

Reposted from @indigenousgoddessgang #matriarchmonday #ndn #word

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are different from my own. — Andre Lorde #sisterhood #womxn #woc #sacredsisterhood #AudreLorde #liberation #matriarchy #solidarity #intersectionality #freedom #sisters #instaquote #quote #higherconsciousness #protectthesacred #womenofcolor #protectourwomen #selfpreservation #wmnspiration #matriarchmonday #SurvivalArts

#Repost with @indigenousgoddessgang 24 years ago today the ELZN army Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) a guerrilla group, took over the government buildings in San Cristóbal Chiapas. Hundreds of matriarchs marched along side men in the early morning of January 1st of 1994 to overthrow the Mexican government. Since their uprising they remain autonomous and self sustaining. With a focus on women’s rights that rooted from matriarch #subcomdanteramona. Today’s #matriarchmonday honoring & featured publication comes from a youth Compañera Selena. She talks about what it’s like to fight #capitalism & poor #government as a #Zapatista warrior. Just as the women before her, she marches and carries on that matriarch beauty & bravery. I am please to say that #indigenousgoddessgang fundraised funds last April for the food work done in EZLN liberation schools. The funds raised also stretched to support us to get to Chiapas to hand deliver in early December. Today and all days we honor the womxn of the Zapatista movement, as well as the compañeros who they stand beside. Come to indigenousgoddessgang.com to read Selena’s short article. #downwithcapitalism🔥🔥🔥🔥