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Ben M Freeman Author of The Jews: an Indigenous People was welcomed to his speaking engagement in Edmonton by Chief Victor Buffalo of the Samson Cree Nation and Ermineskin Cree Nation Mosom Rick Lightning.

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Sámi musician and activist Ella Marie’s yoik for the children of Palestine, performed with Oslove Juoigansiida. A powerful expression of solidarity from Sápmi to Palestine. I’d like to share it with you because Ella Marie has expressed the wish that it will give strength. I hope I can use my platform here to make it reach the people who may get something from it

Translated lyrics:

I am yoiking the children of Palestine

Children should be allowed to be children

You belong to this land

and this land belongs to you

When a child bleeds, the earth cries

You belong to this land

And this land belongs to you

I am yoiking the children of Palestine

From the river to the sea

May peace come to Palestine

Yoik is traditional singing and chanting, and it’s very important and powerful in our culture. They can be deeply personal and spiritual and are meant to evoke the person, place or thing you’re yoiking through the rhythm, tempo and sounds. You don’t yoik about something, you yoik it. It typically has no lyrics or only short sentences and words, and the rest is sounds. Yoik can be an expression of and source of power, inspiration and love and is often used in protests. It’s very powerful to us. This one is an expression of solidarity, grief and hope for the children of Palestine and was created for demonstrations in 2023, and has been used at many demonstrations since then and was released this year.

There has been strong support for Palestine in Sápmi for a long time, and there is a beautiful and powerful relationship and cooperation between sámi and palestinian activists here. I remember that in 2022 and 2023 during the massive protests against the illegal green colonialism against the sámi people of Fovsen Njaarke, palestinians were some of our biggest allies and supporters. I will never forget the ones who sat with us through the night at the blockades and volunteered to cook sámi food with us for the protesters, even during Ramadan when they couldn’t even eat it. I’m deeply grateful, and hope we can someday do enough to return that love to you.

Ella Marie speaking about this yoik, translated by me:

The yoik came to me in deep grief and desperation. All I wanted was to hold the children I saw in those videos from Gaza, and protect them. When our hands can’t reach these children, I hope the yoik can. I hope it can give power and life to the continuing fight for a free Palestine.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free! 🇵🇸 Ráfi eanus gitta áhpái, ráfi bohtos Palestiinai ❤️💚💛💙

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There haven't been major protests in Iran since Sunday The regime has a heavy military presence in all major cities, with Kurdish-majority cities experiencing the worst of the violence. At least 12,000 Iranians have been massacred by the regime. Tens of thousands have been disappeared. They are all at risk of immediate execution. 100+ regime members have paid the price for these atrocities Hospitals & morgues are completely full of wounded & dead. Iranians are asking for surgeons to come help provide relief. The regime has been attacking hospitals, arresting the injured as well as surviving family members, charging ~$24,000 to allow funerals (if families sign statements that "terrorists" murdered their families) The regime has been going door-to-door confiscating satellite dishes. The internet is still shut off. I will never forget or forgive how y'all refused to listen to Iranians & instead centered yt supremacists alleging these were at all influenced by the CIA or Mossad or that fucking parasite Pahlavi. I will never forget or forgive the so-called western "left" & its lack of action and solidarity.

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VIA MY CLOSE FRIENDS STORY

LA SHOWED THE FUCK UP! FUCK THE ACADEMY!

DONT STOP TALKING ABOUT PALESTINE.

THE ENERGY OUT THERE WAS AMAZING. 🇵🇸🤎🪶 WE WONT STOP TILL THERE IS S CEASEFIRE.

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Redesigning the Two-Spirit Flag for Pride Month 2025

𖤓 Happy Pride Month Everyone! 𖤓

I wanted to share the designs I have been working on for the Two-Spirit pride flag, as we continue the ongoing fight for LGBTQIA+ rights worldwide and honor those who have lost their lives for the movement.

𖤓 The Original Flag 𖤓

The most prevalent Two-Spirit pride flag is the traditional pride flag (or the trans or nonbinary flag) with the symbol of a circle, denoting oneness, and two feathers, signifying female and male. This flag design was initially submitted by Tumblr user 2Sanon on December 17th, 2016.

Although I like the traditional design, I wanted to create additional variations of the Two-Spirit flag so that our community has options as to which flag they’d like to display to celebrate their identities. I belief that the Two-Spirit flag should foster pan‐Indigenous solidarity and reject the colonial labels placed upon Indigenous LGBTQIA+ individuals. With that being said, here they are (with explanations as to my thought process)!

𖤓 Redesigned Two-Spirit Pride Flag 𖤓

For my initial redesign for the Two-Spirit pride flag, I took inspiration from Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, Mapuche, Inuit, and Sámi flags. Although that's an expansive selection, I wanted to gain a comprehensive picture of the colors which have traditionally held meaning to a variety of Indigenous peoples. It’s important to allow Two-Spirited people to attach their own meaning to the stripes and circular symbol, however, here is a guide which explains their symbolic meaning as a Two-Spirited individual to me:

𖤓 The design contains a red stripe, which traditionally has represented global Indigenous solidarity and a call to action for the MMIW Movement.

𖤓 Green symbolizes the Earth, healing, endurance, new growth and the sovereign rights of Indigenous peoples to their lands.

𖤓 White, as in the transgender flag, represents those who are intersex, consider themselves to have a neutral or undefined gender, or are in the process of transitioning.

𖤓 The lighter blue stripe represents the sky or the universe, as well as a connection with spirituality or the sacred. This specific shade of blue is drawn from the flag of Nunavut, where it represents the North Star.

𖤓 The darker blue stripe represents knowledge and assurance, as well as the elixir of life, water.

𖤓 The yellow circle at the center of the flag represents oneness, as the circle does in the traditional Two-Spirit flag, as well as symbolizing the sun or the moon.

A concise history of Two-Spirit identity

For those unfamiliar with the history of the term “Two-Spirit” or “Two-Spirited,” it’s an English translation of the Anishinaabemowin term niizh manidoowag. Queer Indigenous activists in Canada and the United States created the official term for alternative indigenous gender roles and identities during Third Annual Native American, First Nations, Gay & Lesbian American conference held in Manitoba in 1990. Two-Spirit identity facilitates the reclamation of indigeneity from Western discourse and combats against the settler-colonial imposition of cis-heteronormativity on indigenous peoples.

For those interested in learning more about the history of Two-Spirit identity, check out these educational articles:

Discover the history and meaning of Two-Spirit. The term speaks to community self-determination, rejects colonial gender norms and celebrate

Post submitted by Ana Flores, HRC Senior Manager, Inclusion, Education & Engagement

More flag designs!

A variation of my redesign without the circular symbol:

While researching for this project, I came across this brilliant piece of artwork done for the 10th Annual International Two-Spirit Gathering held in 1997 in Onamia Minnesota. The painting is by George Littlechild and is currently held in the Oakland Museum of California.

The following alternative redesigns for a Two-Spirit pride flag are inspired by Littlechild’s painting. The colors are drawn from his piece, but retain the same meanings for me as in the initial redesign.

Thank you for reading this post!

I hope that everyone has a safe pride month. Here are some additional video resources on Two-Spirit identity for those who would like to learn more about how to protect and uplift the community:

Two Spirits explores the life and murder of a Navajo boy who was also a girl.

Links to the flags which inspired my designs:

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