#cherokee

[crybabyboyscout]

#ocean #lakota sioux #cherokee #2 spirit #two spirit #winkté

[tvstvnvkke]

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

[xylographica]

the frog swallows the sun

#eclipse #solar eclipse #ᏣᎳᎩ #frog #digital art #reductive #animal #Cherokee #tsalagi

[antinativefaves]

Nex Benedict — a nonbinary, Native American, 16-year-old sophomore — was reportedly beaten to denath on February 7 by three older female students in the bathroom of Owasso High School in Oklahoma. The school refused to call an ambulance for the injured teen and didn’t inform police of the attack until Benedict was later admitted into the hospital — they died from their injuries the next day.

#owasso high school #your fave is anti-native #anti-native racism #anti native racism #homophobia #cherokee #nex benedict

[akayv]

Reposting because Tumblr is Not having the other photoset of this thang

Cherokee Double Wall Basket Purse

ᎯᎠ ᏔᎷᏣ ᎠᏬᏢᏅ - I made this basket!

ᎦᎵᏉᎩ ᎢᏳᏟᎶᏓ - 7 hours

Gauge 3 round reed, 1/2" flat reed belt, some half oval reed at the base. Gauge 2 round reed bow.

An experimental commission! Basket itself is about 10 inches deep. Thrifted the shoulder chain from a belt. 🤔 Going to look into this more since I need the income and I like the direction of making these more accessible/ easy to use.

#ᏣᎳᎩ #Tsalagi #Cherokee #indigenous art #basket weaving

[sahonithereadwolf]

My nation put together this Tsalagi language children's show ...

as an language learning tool and it's just the cutest thing on the planet. I don't think I can explain the feeling of not only seeing your culture on screen and the language used in the way it is, but also... like to see these characters and what their wearing and it feels immediately familiar. Like I know who these people are immediately.

It's definitely made me not feel as alone in some of the stuff I make given how I see the same sorta notes and characters resonate here. If anything it’s made me want to create more. I'm bristling with energy. Just seeing my people out there. Being cool and in motion.

It’s just pure cozy elation. This would have meant everything to me as a kid.

#Inage'i #tsalagi #cherokee #animation

[cherokeewytch]

#baddiiesfr #delicious #black women aesthetic #mixed girls #light skin #cherokee #black tumblr #blsckgirlmagic #black women #melanin #moon #thick babe #night

[kingofstag]

this summer's for 2spirit punks

he/him

#mine #lesbian #my face #nonbinary #enby selfie #butch #butch dyke #qpoc selfies #tpoc selfies #butch4butch #two spirit #cherokee #almost wrote he/hunk

[crybabyboyscout]

✨☆彡Pharaoh☆彡✨

#ocean #incredibly grateful for this vessel #grateful for my spirit #grateful for all the lessons learned and all the blessing pouring in 10 fold #winkté #2 spirit #two spirit #lakota sioux #cherokee #indigenous #pharaoh #egyptian pharaoh #lord ganesh #kali maa #goddess kali #lord shiva #bast #bastet #dua bastet #locs #long locs #loc journey #okay to reblog

[whereifindsanity]

#jeep life #cherokee

[rollerman1]

#jeep #cherokee #fsj #1978 #4x4

[bayareabadboy]

“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away.” —Elvis Presley, Cherokee

#native American pride #Elvis #Cherokee #classic rock #rock #hard rock #rock and roll

[akayv]

ᏜᎢᏓ - Dla'ida

8/19-9/30

Pokeberry dyed reeds.

Poke is a plant my grandmother and I would forage growing up, the plant is toxic so it has to be prepared right, you cannot eat the berries at all.

The ratio for pokeberry is 25:1 😊 had some trial and error with this. Foraged the berries myself and the second go around was more of a berry mash than a dye mix.

#Cherokee #Tsalagi #ᏣᎳᎩ #basket weaving #craftwork #pokeweed

[thicksexyasswomen44]

Vacations

@_cherokee

@thicksexyasswomen44😎

#cherokeedass #cherokee d ass #cherokeedazz #cherokee

[olowan-waphiya]

https://ictnews.org/news/enrollment-in-oklahoma-tribal-language-courses-grows

#indigenous #native american #language revitalization #native language #good news #ndn #oklahoma #cherokee

[kingofstag]

deadly 🪶

#mine #lesbian #my face #nonbinary #enby selfie #butch #butch dyke #qpoc selfies #tpoc selfies #butch4butch #two spirit #cherokee