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Wihkaskic is a xenogender and CUIN (culturally exclusive in nature) gender related to sage, sweetgrass, other Indigenous medicines, Indigenous food and meals, and being Native American / First Nations.
This gender is exclusive to Native people and was coined by a Native system.
The name wihkaskic comes from the Cree word wihkask, which means a braid of sweetgrass.
#66a232, the green, represents various herbal medicines as well as plants used in Indigenous recipes. The specific green is the same one used on the Peepeekisis Cree flag, as a homage to the term’s requester.
#cdb279, the tan, comes from a photo of braided sweetgrass.
#c4c9c4, the gray, comes from a photo of sage.
#512815, the brown, represents Indigenous food, meals, and recipes.
The medicine wheel is a pretty standard medicine wheel, although the red used in it was taken from the Peepeekisis Cree flag as another homage to the requester as well as to make sure the colours worked well together.
Non-Natives may absolutely reblog but may not use this term for themselves.