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main blog @marshgremlin cheyenne & reconnecting

[aenoheso]

hello, i'm chesney. i'm southern cheyenne. this is my blog where i post about nature, history, activism, art and anything indigenous!

running on a very long queue :3

[pagansphinx]

Ben Pease (American, Crow/Northern Cheyenne, b. 1989)

[thingsfromthedirt]

[littlewildmother]

Studies show that engaging in ritualized behavior significantly improves outcomes on measures of grief and feelings of control, even when the person participating in the ritual has little or no belief in the ritual’s power. Just a reminder for no one in particular.

[littlewildmother]

Research has revealed that, while rituals are universal across human cultures, the content and actions of those rituals vary widely even when they have the same intended purpose. This suggests that it is not the actions that matter, but that you are taking any action at all and naming it ritual. It can be an elaborate ritual with dozens of moving parts and participants, or it can be as simple as lighting a candle alone with the intent to remember someone.

The healing is in the doing.

[json-derulo]

OP did not link to a source, but the studies I have been able to find on this subject are consistent with the claims in the post:

Mourning rituals impact grief outcomes in East and Southeast Asia: A mixed-methods review - Le et al, 2025

Rituals Alleviate Grieving for Loved Ones, Lovers, And Lotteries - Norton and Gino, 2013

How funerals mediate the psycho-social impact of grief: Qualitative analysis of open-ended responses to a national survey in Japan - Becker et. al, 2022

[nonsense-repository]

[creature-wizard]

[Image ID: Graphic of plants and vegetables with the text, "want to combat existential dread? put some goddamn plants in the goddamn dirt." End ID.]

[kateammann]

red-tailed hawk 🥰

[c-h4nn]

Bé'ézhóó

[thebigkelu]

Native American (Sioux) man - L W Stilwell - 1890s

[artistsofcolour]

The Last Thanks by Wendy Red Star.

[holopics]

coyote

[franknstuff138-deactivated20250]

[fourthworldwonders]

“A look back to the 1964 Navajo Nation Fair ❤ The Navajo Nation Fair was initially started in 1937 as an opportunity for our Diné people to unite and gather for a couple of days to socialize, race horses, compare each other’s harvest, have something positive and enjoyable to do rather than just dealing with the Depression, stock reduction, unemployment and having their children hauled off to boarding school. Be proud to be Diné!”, Southern Navajo Nation Fair

part 1/3

[pwlanier]

Hunkpapa Lakota (Sioux) Pictorial Tobacco Bag

Classic Swallowtail style favored by Sitting Bull’s band of Hunkpapa Lakota. Beadwork depicts a dismounted Warbonnet Warrior engaged in battle, arrows flying toward him. Surrounded by enemy horse tracks, he wields a revolver in each hand protecting his wounded horse. The blue roan stallion on the opposite side of the bag wears a pad saddle and has two wounds on the hip, with an arrow protruding from one. His tail is tied up and bound for battle. 32” long overall x 7” wide.

“Beaded tobacco bags were an essential feature of male regalia, holding their sacred pipe smoking regalia and often depicting their notable deeds." - Cathy A. Smith, Lakota Historian, Cowgirl Hall of Fame Honoree.

Old West Events

[teenbeachmovie3]

we're in love // boygenius ( ig: jayetart )

[hideki-koga]

アカヤマドリ(Copper Pheasant)

[melgillman]

A little excerpt from my new foraging zine that a lot of people seem to be resonating with. My favorite part of any foraging book is always getting to talk about why I find the practice so meaningful 🌸💕

[folkfashion]

Kaqchikel Maya girl, Guatemala, by Freddy CosiGuá