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tvstvnvkke · 3 months

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Tribal Names

I don’t think many people, even some native people, are aware that the legal names of many tribes are actually not from the tribe.

Often the names came about because colonizers would ask one tribe "hey, what do you call those people over there?". then they would assign the name given to that tribe. so often the names were descriptions from unrelated tribes, or in more extreme cases, insults.

The Muscogee tribe got pretty lucky since the legal name was "creek" and it came from a different tribe going "oh, those are the people near the creek". which, is accurate enough, most creek settlements were placed along creeks. a famous one that is related to the Muscogee is the name "Cherokee". "Cherokee" is a Muscogee word meaning something along the lines of "people who don’t speak our language". Even this is pretty light compared to some names. some official tribal names translate to phrases like "dog eaters" or "lazy people".

This is why it’s not uncommon for tribes to start using older names. Muscogee comes from the term for our people "Mvskoke", and the tribe has made efforts to distance itself from the name "Creek". Although it is likely still the name you’ll hear most often.

#muscogee #mvskoke #native blogs #native american #indigenous blog #indigenous #native girls #indigenous history #muskogee #cherokee #oklahoma #native americans #tribal names #tribes #north american history #creek tribe

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hecateisalesbian · 2 months

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I will not let anyone forget.

Also a flag I made during these times. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸

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c-rberus · 11 months

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waking up from surgery🩸

the memory i have of it is so vivid & i'll never forget it as long as i live - i remember slowly coming into being, huffing in and out rapidly, feeling fire on my chest and crying all at once. it felt literally like i was finally newly born, like my life before was just in gestation.

happy pride month!

#txaldzepgu #indigenous art #native art #formline #not really a Formline Design but just for my blog's organization #illustration #furry #weirdfur #sfw furry #transgender #transmasculine

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mangotalkies · 1 year

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"after all, how can one feel the loss of a thing whose existence one has become unconscious to?"

a wonderful collection of essential and constant truth bombs.

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nailsandinspo · 2 months

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#native american #culture #native woman #native #indigenous #manicure #mani #nail blog #nails #cute nails #art #beauty #nail art #art nails #videos #nail video #nail videos #@honeybabysets

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jasminejarss · 6 days

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The Unknown Country (2022) dir. Morrisa Maltz

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catominor · 3 months

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FUCKING THE HOLES IN THE ARCHIVE FRIDAY say it with me everyone fucking the holes in the archive friday.... give it up for fucking the holes in the archive friday....

#this paper isnt even classics related but i feel like this belongs on this blog. thematically #(The Indigenous Archive: Religion and Education in Eighteenth-Century Mexico by Monica Diaz is the paper)

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gennsoup · 1 month

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Sun makes the day new. Tiny green plants emerge from earth. Birds are singing the sky into place. There is nowhere else I want to be but here. I lean into the rhythm of your heart to see where it will take us.

Joy Harjo, For Keeps

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vampireorchids · 1 year

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the beauty of the ancient woman.

#my upload #alt blog #tribal #jewlery #indigenous woman

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the-astropaws · 2 months

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Hello everyone and welcome to something we've wanted to do since joining the coining community. This is an event dedicated to give the spotlight to all the poc out there who coin or make edits. So often we're overshadowed and barely gain a following or reach, especially when it comes to culture themed things. This is something we'd love to do again so we hope it doesn't flop.

1. Anyone who is a poc can join, this includes mixed poc because we're often even more overshadowed or treated like an uncomfortable middle ground of not poc enough and not white enough. No need to ask "what if I'm" if you're a poc! It's a yes. But absolutely NO transid race shit. Do not touch my blog or any other blogs with that.

2. White people and poc who don't want to participate can still spread this. It's heavily encouraged actually! Please help share both this event and any blog ran by poc you see. Traction is how we build a platform.

3. If you're mixed and want to make multiple flags to include each culture you're apart of you can. Mixed specific flags are absolutely welcome as well.

4. While we want to share as many poc owned blogs we can find. We won't reblog or interact if you're pro endo, anti good faith, proship/radqueer, or if your blog is super inaccessible to us.

When does this event start? March 1st. Since timezones are a thing it's whenever March 1st is for you, so those a day ahead of us are still free to start. You can choose one prompt for the day, both separately, or combine the two. It's up to you.

Flags/coinings:

Day 1 - Your culture + Dolls or Horror.

Day 2 - Your culture + Angels or Demons.

Day 3 - Your culture + an Orientation or Gendersystem.

Day 4 - An animalgender that's important to your culture.

Day 5 - A cultural emoji gender.

Day 6 - A gender based on cultural food you find comfort in or grew up with.

Day 7 - A cultural exclusive term you can use. An example being something like two-spirit or a term in your native language (example being समलैंगिक)

Day 8 - Presentation labels, examples being bear, twink, butch and others along those lines.

Edits/layouts:

Day 1 - A human character who is from the same culture as you.

Day 2 - A non human character who is from the same culture as you.

Day 3 - A poc character you feel is underappreciated or underused.

Day 4 - A non human character (for example something like an fnaf robot) you headcanon as a poc.

Day 5 - Cultural mogai flag icons of a character you like or find comfort in. (basically those character icons with flags but using specificly poc/culture related ones).

Day 6 - Bonus day. We don't make edits so ideas are really hard to think of.. do whatever you want for this day! It could be to show off your skills or simply something silly.

tagging most mutuals incase any want to join or share it ( _ _) <3

@champagne-face , @dpdangel , @coingirlbxy , @phantasverie , @torturedartiste , @baxtrrd , @haunted-thing , @yourdarlingness , @kandi-fox , @eerieangels

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tvstvnvkke · 2 months

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White sage

Contrary to popular belief, white sage, or even sage in general, was not used by every tribe. White sage has developed into the go-to "smoke cleansing" plant. However, this has led to a number of problems.

For the Muscogee tribe Sage as a plant was not commonly used. Cedar, Tobacco, and Ginseng were more commonly smoke cleansing plants. The word for Sage that I was told was "Vpvketv" which also means to add something. White sage would be "Vpvketv hvtke".

Today, white sage is commonly used to smudge. Packages can be purchased with a shell, feather, and a sage bundle to burn. Smudging, in the sense of using a shell to burn in and a feather to guide the smoke, was mostly a Dakota and Ho-chunk practice from what I know. With white sage specifically being native to lower modern-day California. The Cahuilla and Kumeyaay tribes are two who often use this plant. Smudging and white sage have both been taken up as practices among modern witches, pagan, Wiccan, and other spiritual groups. However, to anyone doing the practice, I highly recommend caution in continuing.

The modern practices of white sage harvesting are often harmful. The practices often leave the local environment poorly cared for. The plant is overly harvested by people generally paid very little and often with no consideration to the local communities that normally use the plant. The over harvesting has led to fears that the plant may go extinct if proper growing and harvesting techniques are not taken into consideration.

Another important aspect to consider is the spiritual aspect as well. If you are using white sage to purify the air, I would assume the hope is to clear away negative spirits or energies. I can not speak for all communities that smoke cleanse, but when smoke cleansing, you should use plants you were gifted or gather yourself. The intention when the plant is harvested affects whether or not it will clear away bad things. If you harvest it yourself thinking of how grateful you are for the plant, it will clean. If your friend harvests it thinking of how this will hopefully help someone, it will clean. If the person harvesting your plant is mistreated, in bad conditions, over harvesting a plant just to be underpaid. I feel like that may do the opposite of cleanse.

All around, it's just not a good idea. Be very mindful of who your practices come from and who your items come from. Look for answers online as to whether those communities welcome outside practicer or if your version of their practice is actually harming their ability to continue it.

I've heard debate on whether it's okay to purchase white sage from indigenous farmers. I would say if you're going to purchase it, that would be the best. I'm sure there are many indigenous people who sell it.

Be mindful of your practices. They could be harming you and other people.

#native blogs #indigenous blog #indigenous #native american #native girls #witchcraft #witch community #wiccan #wiccablr #pagan wicca #wicca #pagan #smudge #smudging #smoke cleansing #white sage #sage

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aesthetic-otd · 5 months

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Today's aesthetic is bohemian

#aesthetic #aesthetic blog #aesthetics #aesthetic otd #aesthetics blog #aesthetic community #aesthetic blogs #bohemian #boho #bohochic #boho style #bohostyle #Once again I hate this one #Disclaimer: this aesthetic can be perceived as culturally appropriative due to its use of dreamcatchers and Indigenous inspired patterns

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c-rberus · 1 year

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inertia ⭐

#just realized i have a couple pieces i forgot to upload so here's one of em!#indigenous art #native art #canines #txaldzepgu #formline #<- just for my own blog organization. its more formline-inspired #digital art #artists on tumblr

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boook-whore · 7 months

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rainy morning with a good book 😌

#book tumblr #bookaholic #bookblr #bookish #booklr #books #books and literature #bookworm #book aesthetic #book blog #book photography #reading #indigenous literature #books and reading #books and coffee #bibliophile

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thisthat-ortheother · 9 days

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lunar-dyke · 2 years

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Another year another fuck Canada day. Instead of spending money on festivities, support indigenous people today. I’m a third generation survivor of residential schools, and proudly Wetʼsuwetʼen.

Money is always tight between my stomach tumor surgery causing issues, my autoimmune disease, and general poor health. I live paycheck to paycheck, and am moving soon.

P*yp*l & etr*nsfer: [email protected]

If you’re indigenous to turtle island drop your payment info!

#indigenous #ndn #canada #canada day #happy canada day #reused last years post #just on a new blog

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