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Spirit of the Spring Salmon

Since I've been on a roll in making intersex flags. First: flags for the three major types of Indigenous groups whose lands were stolen to create the country I live in (Canada):

Left: intersex and First Nations (American Indian Movement) Middle: intersex and Inuit Right: intersex and Métis

Then I made some intersex flags for some specific First Nations whose cultures I have at least basic familiarity with: Left: Haida ©️........... Middle: Huu-ay-aht ©️....... Right: Musqueam ©️

Left: Blackfoot ........ Middle: Anishinaabe ©️ ... Right: Haudenosaunee

Note: The last three are confederacies of multiple nations. Order is based on geography, going west to east.

Personal Note: I am a settler and am not a member of any of these nations. I've moved many times in my life, and these nations are the rightful stewards of the lands that I personally feel I have the most connection to. 💜

Tagging for archival: @intersexflags @varsex-pride @radiomogai @beyond-mogai-pride-flags

Edit to note: at the time I made this post I was under the impression all of the First Nations flags above were public domain. I have since learnt that the license information of many of the original flags on Wikimedia Commons were incorrect.

The Haida, Huu-ay-aht, Musqueam, and Anishinaabe flags are all definitely copyrighted. You can still use and share the intersex versions, just don't go uploading them to Wikimedia Commons, or using the designs for commercial purposes (unless you get permission from the relevant First Nation!)

The AIM, Inuit, Métis, and Haudenosaunee flags are all public domain, and so my intersex versions are public domain too.

The federal government has announced an agreement to share revenue generated by Vancouver International Airport (YVR) ground lease revenues with the Musqueam First Nation. The deal was signed at a ceremony held at the Musqueam Cultural Centre in Vancouver on Monday and is being heralded as the first major federal government infrastructure to have any form of Indigenous revenue sharing. Musqueam Coun. Wendy John said the agreement is groundbreaking.

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Chief’s Blanket - 2013

θəliχʷəlʷət Debra Sparrow (Musqueam)

hand-spun sheep’s wool, wool appliqué, great blue heron feathers, leather

Be and Madeline

Be and Madeline, child and mother pictured in a loving embrace. Ancestral and Unceded Lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples (Vancouver, BC, Canada), 2020.

Photographer: Kali Spitzer