#muskoke

[kaccvcate]

Personally, if I found some fish living in a hollow log in the woods, I would immediately eat them all without hesitation. Then I'd be a big damn snake and no one'd fuck with me. I'm not sure I learned the lesson my grandma would have wanted me to learn from this story.

[rockymountainbeeplant]

'Poet Warrior' Joy Harjo Wants Native Peoples To Be Seen As Human

The nation's first Native American poet laureate has a new memoir in which she tells her own story — as well as the story of her sixth-generation grandfather, who was forced from his ancestral land.

[spanky606]

Regrann from @herou_al_the_moor - #rp I came across. Tassels on clothing is synonymous with the indigenous peoples of Al'Moroc. Of course, the swastika was hi-jacked by the Nazi party, since it was very well known and used by all peoples before that point in history. The demonizing of such symbols has prevented us recognizing and utilizing them properly. This was from the 1920's. #AutochthonsStandUp #africanamericansaintafrican #wakeup #matrixmuch #beintheKNOW #killuminati #dotheresearch #webeenhere #indefinitelyindigenous #coppercolored #moor #muskoke - #regrann

[leewayfoundation]

Joy Harjo - Connected

Bio: Joy Harjo was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is a member of the Muskoke Nation. She earned her BA from the University of New Mexico-Albuquerque and MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Strongly influenced by her Muskoke (Creek) heritage, feminist and social concerns, and her background in the arts, Joy frequently incorporates Muskoke myths, symbols, and values into her writing. Her poetry inhabits the Southwest landscape and centers around the need for remembrance and transcendence. Joy is the first ever Native to win the prestigious Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets, which bestows the honor annually “to recognize outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry.”

Her statement on winning the award:

“I've learned that poetry could heal the broken heart.... It can assist in healing humans, creatures, plants and countries. It speaks unspeakable truths. Poetry is almost always present at those major transitions in our lives: birth, marriage, death, and.... love. It assists in healing my tribal nation. It's poetry being sung at the ceremonial grounds or in the Creek churches, and because of it we feel ourselves moving together into a greater understanding despite the struggles, the battles. It is one of the toughest teachers. It teaches us how to listen, to even the most difficult truths.

I will accept this honor on behalf of those who follow. My newest collection opens with the poetry of two granddaughters, Haleigh Sara Bush and Desiray Chee. Generations of young poets are following who fearlessly sing and speak that which we need to hear to keep moving into understandings that will grow the human soul.

And, by the way, don't worry about what a poem means. Do you ask what a song means before you listen? Just listen.”

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[fightmecalum]

Omg this starts off super rocky but i hope yall like it (please reblog/like)

[girlearth]

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blue rose tattoo- the virgins

[tarantulamads]

Downloaded a Muscogee Language textbook from the nation's cultural revitalization website and am gonna start trying to learn it. Unfortunately, I am very worried about using correct pronunciation with no teacher here. I will probably end up talking to my aunt at some point to see if she can help me out.