Aww 🥰 Dog shared his cookie with another dog while waiting at the Vet’s 💕

Hundreds of beaded bags and pouches are among the thousands of historic items that will be returned to the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

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📸: Tamástslikt Cultural Institute

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Fur Earrings

Indigenous artisan worried about upcoming Etsy ban on the sale of fur

Etsy has announced it’s banning the sale of fur items on the site in August. The Fur Institute of Canada warns the move will hit Indigenous artisans hardest, who often rely on the...

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Original painting of Jeremy Hansen's mission patch by artist Henry Guimond The heptagon shaped patch features one side for each of the Seven Grandfather Teachings. It includes seven creatures. a buffalo, an eagle, a bear, a sasquatch, a beaver, a wolf and a turtle. each carrying a teaching: respect, love, courage, honesty, wisdom, humility and truth.

ooo i’m still emotional over artemis II !!!!

just found out about jeremy hansen’s mission patch was designed by anishinaabe artist, henry guimond.

indigenous art was brought to the moon!!!! 🌙🥹🫶🏻✨💙

Native Poem-A-Day #12 No Alaska Native poetry highlight is complete without a poem (or three) from Inupiat poet Joan Naviyuk Kane. She has so many gorgeous, thoughtful poems and books out, and it’s impossible to select …

Day 12 of 30 Indigenous poems for #NationalPoetryMonth

“Epithalamia” by Joan Naviyuk Kane

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Native Poem-A-Day #11 Ishmael Angaluuk Hope! Of course I knew I was going to take a peek at some of Ishmael’s poems during this month. I’ve been following his posts on Facebook during our “hunker down&…

Day 11 of 30 Indigenous poems for National Poetry Month

“Ode to the Matriarchs” by Ishmael Angaluuk Hope

#indigenous #poems #poetry #writer #alaskanative #tlingit #inidgenousart #indigenousliterature #nativeamerican #nationalpoetrymonth

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Native Poem-A-Day #10 I’m not sure what it says about my emotional state, but when I saw “Native American Poetry for Kids” I was like YES PLEASE. And I set myself up for some nice, light, possibly rhyming verse. So I ha…

Day 10 of 30 #Indigenous poems for #NationalPoetryMonth

“Passive Voice” by Laura Da’

#poetry #poem #indigenousart
#indigenousliterature

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Native Poem-A-Day -#9 Okay. I love this poem! Lol Maybe because I’m actually a dog person and I’m surrounded by cats all day, but this poem is so CUTE. I really don’t know that Heid E. Erdrich would love that I am sayin…

Day 9 of 30 #Indigenous poems for #NationalPoetryMonth

“De’an” by Heid E. Erdrich

#poetry #poem #native #nativeamerican #americanindian #indigenousart #indigenousliterature

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Day 8 of 30 days of #Indigenous poems for #NationalPoetryMonth

“Chapter 2” by Annie Wenstrup

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Jeremey Hansen’s mission patch is great. Featuring indigenous artist Henry Guimond from Sagkeeng First Nation. #artemisii #jeremyhansen #canada #henryguimondsrart #indigenousart

Native Poem-A-Day #7 Completing the first week of Native Poem-A-Day, I thought I would spend the same amount of time (a lot) finding a poem that really spoke to me, or looking at all these Native poets I’ve alway…

Day 7 of 30 #Indigenous poems for #NationalPoetryMonth

“Star Quilt” by Roberta J. Hill

#poem #poetry #books #native #nativeamerican #americanindian #indigenousart

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And you can pre-order “Park Survival: Lost in Alaska” now - coming out Nov. 3!

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Tlingit artist creates cover for upcoming Scholastic book Tlingit artist Kelsey Foote creates cover for Scholastic book Park Survival: Lost in Alaska by Vera Starbard

I was THRILLED when #Scholastic not only found an #Indigenous artist for my book cover, but Tlingit Taakw.aaneidí artist #KelseyFoote is a DREAM.

Learn and see some of her process!

#alaskanative #middlegrade #book #writer

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Native Poem-A-Day #6 I am having a very disassociated day. Just a pileup of emotions that took me over and my body decided it had enough. This brought me to today’s poem choice. I honestly looked and looked for a…

Day 6 of 30 #Indigenous poems for #NationalPoetryMonth

“Gia’s Song” by Nora Noranjo Norse

#poetry #poems #nativeamerican #americanindian #books #writers

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Tuesday, March 31, 2026 — The Menu: “A Feather and a Fork” cookbook and preserving ooligan (smelt fish) » Native America Calling Kickapoo chef Crystal Wahpepah documents the intertribal flavors and characteristics of contemporary Native American cuisine and her upbringing in Oakland, Calif. in her debut cookbook, “A Feather and...

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Final Planet of the Apes scene with half buried Statue of Liberty on beach.

Artemis II crew returning to Earth.

Native Poem-A-Day #5 Last year I read Tlingit/Haida/Yup’ik/Sami scholar X’unei Lance Twitchell’s book “Gagaan X’usyee/Below the Foot of the Sun: Poems” in full, and there are still l…

Day 5 of 30 #Indigenous poems for #NationalPoetryMonth

“Dreaming of My Time” by X’unei Lance Twitchell

#poems #poetry #books #tlingit #haida #yupik #sami #alaskanative #nativeamerican #indigenousart #poet #author

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May I suggest adding “of things” and see how that looks?

Native Poem-A-Day #4 EDIT: In 2020 this was originally 4 AND 5, but I’m revising this for 2026 to add a separate Day 5 *** Whew. Okay. I had a rough day yesterday just DEALING with all things COVID, and I just de…

Day 4 of 30 #Indigenous poems for #NationalPoetryMonth

“My Heart Soars” by Chief Dan George

#poetry #poem #native #nativeart #indigenousart #indigenousliterature #books #writer

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Gunalchéesh!

They approached me in fall of 2023 I think - which doesn’t seem like that long ago in retrospect but not being able to talk about it for 2.5 years is too much! lol

I knoooowwww 😭

Award-winning Alaska Native writer debuts middle-grade novel with Scholastic Alaska State Writer Laureate Vera Starbard to release book on Nov. 3 highlighting Glacier Bay National Park and its Tlingit heritage Emmett, a 12-year-old Tlingit boy who has never been to Alaska, …

I finally get to announce my debut, middle-grade novel through #Scholastic!

“Park Survival: Lost in Alaska” will be out Nov. 3, an adventure story with plenty of animal encounters, and a Tlingit boy wrestling with his #Indigenous identity.

#books #tlingit #author

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Native Poem-A-Day #3 I am a big fan of Louise Erdrich’s books, but I had never looked into her poetry. And yet, now that I’ve read several, her voice is SO in her poems it’s almost comforting. That being said, I felt t…

Native-Poem-A-Day #3 for #NationalPoetryMonth

“Captivity” by Louise Erdrich

#indigenous #native #louiseerdrich #poetry #poem #books #nativeart #indigenousart

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Native Poem-A-Day #2 For my second poem selection of the Native Poem-A-Day project, I knew I wanted to look at Tlingit writer and historian Nora Marks Dauenhauer. Really I would love to dig into her whole body of work …

Day 2 of #Indigenous poems for #NationalPoetryMonth

“The Storm” by #Tlingit scholar Nora Marks Dauenhauer

#poetry #poems #alaskanative #native #indigenousart #nativeart #alaska #inidgenousliterature #author

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Meryl Streep: The SAVE America Act will make it harder for women who have changed their names to vote

She’s right. Text SAVE to 63033 to tell your senators to vote no on the SAVE America Act.

Native Poem-A-Day #1 The first poem I wanted to read for my Native Poem-A-Day project is Joy Harjo’s “Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings.” The title of this caught my eye first, and I purchased her b…

Day 1 of a different Indigenous-authored #poem a day

“Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings” by #JoyHarjo

#nationalpoetrymonth #poetry #indigenous #native #nativeart #indigenousart #poems

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30 Native Poems for National Poetry Month Happy National Poetry Month! I love any excuse to celebrate the written word, and poetry is something I’m always personally working on improving my appreciation of. These Indigenous-written p…

Happy #NationalPoetryMonth! Celebrating a month of #Indigenous #poets and #poems

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Ms. Rachel is helping kids get out of ICE detention—one video at a time The wildly popular children's educator is taking on ICE's notorious family detention center.

Two young boys were locked up inside ICE's notorious detention center in Texas. Then Ms. Rachel shared their stories.