#wendat

[folkfashion]

Wendat and Innu men, Canada, by Abenaki Aventure

[theirbeads]

Wendat moccasins; 19th century; moose hair floral embroiderey with seed beaded edges.

[intervex]

abenaki flag #2 & the old flag (i actually didn't know that was an old flag lmfao) but maybe keep the new flag too as an option in case anyone wants it (i just prefer the original aesthetics wise)!!

[EDIT 2025-01-22 to clarify: ladyimaginarium, who is native, asked me for Abenaki, Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqey, and Wendat flags. These are the First Nations that ladyimaginarium is from. I did not create these flags unprompted, they were specifically requested. I sent ladyimaginarium multiple rounds of mockups and got feedback before posting them.]

I have some extremely belated flags for you! Intersex Abenaki, Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqey, and Wendat. Vibrant versions on left, sensory friendlier versions on right.

I have memory problems with long covid and without threaded conversation I couldn't remember which of the mockups I sent you was #2 😢. But I think I've deduced which it from poking around my version control history! I'm so sorry for such a big wait. I tried finding an SVG for the old Wolastoqey flag without success 😞. Intersex (Vermont) Abenaki

Design features the seal of the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi. They adopted their flag in 1991, and it is copyrighted. This flag is a derivative of their work, and so should not be uploaded to sites like Wikimedia Commons. 💜

Intersex Wolastoqey (two versions)

Top version features the new Wolastoqey flag, adopted in 2021. Bottom version is the classic (previous) flag. To the best of my knowledge, both designs are copyrighted. The Wolastoqey are also known as Wolastoqiyik and Maliseet. 💜

Intersex Wendat

This features the seal of the Wendat Nation. It was painted by Linda Nicholson in 1992. It is also copyrighted. 💜

Intersex Mi'kmaq

This features the Mi'kmaq State Flag. It was made in 1901 by Rev. Father Pacifique Buisson. It is the only native flag in this post that is in the public domain, and so this intersex flag design is also public domain.

For any intersex mi'kmaq readers, I wanna also give a little shoutout to this intersex puoinaq (two-spirit) l'nuk (mi'kmaq) flag that @ladyimaginarium has made! 💜

SVGs of the flags are available here, along with square icons, and the SVGs I used for the Abenaki, Mi'kmaq, and (new) Wolastoqey flags. I could not find an SVG for the old Wolastoqey flag nor the Wendat flag, so I'm afraid those SVGs just have embedded bitmap files.

Tagging for archival: @intersexflags @varsex-pride @radiomogai @liom-archive @indigarchive

Edit: after posting, it was brought to my attention that there is some disagreement within the Abenaki community as to whether the Missisquoi are Abenaki. I am *totally* unqualified to comment on the matter. If any Abenakis are reading and want a different intersex flag, please let me know and point me to a more suitable symbol. 💜

[apostate-in-an-alcove]

As a child, one of the schools I attended took us on a field trip to the old Jesuit settlement called Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons and The Martyrs’ Shrine (or Shrine of the Canadian Martyrs) in Midland, Ontario, Canada. I just find it really gross and racist that we were supposed to hold the Jesuit settlers and missionaries in high esteem when they were a part of an effort to colonize the indigenous people with one of the methods being converting them to Catholicism.

Perhaps those Jesuit martyrs genuinely believed that they were doing good and for that I pity their deaths but I sympathize with the Huron (the Wendat) a lot more. Perhaps the Jesuits believed they were doing good and were able to convert some people but they weren’t invited and they weren’t welcome. They were invaders and that’s a fact that Catholics skirt around whenever a saint or martyr who had a hand in colonization comes up. 

[czammer88]

Barkskins & Chaske Spencer

Of all the great screen caps and GIFs out there for Barkskins why is it that I cannot find ANY of Chaske Spencer or the Wendat in general? It's annoying. I need some!

[voluptuarian]

Weekly World Music: “The Huron Carol” - Heather Dale

The "Huron Carol" is a Christmas hymn written in 1643 by Jean de Brébeuf, a Christian missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons in Canada. Brébeuf wrote the lyrics in the native language of the Huron/Wendat people; the song's original Huron title is "Jesous Ahatonhia" ("Jesus, he is born"). The song's melody is a traditional French folk song, "Une Jeune Pucelle" ("A Young Maid")

This version is performed by Canadian singer and songwriter Heather Dale. Her take on the song contains a single verse from both the French and Wendat versions, and dispenses with the traditional English lyrics in favor of a more recent translation better in keeping with the French and Wendat verses. 

Huron lyrics:

Estennialon de tsonwe Jesous ahatonhia Onnawatewa d’oki n’onwandaskwaentak Ennonchien skwatrihotat n’onwandilonrachatha Jesous ahatonhia ahatonhia Jesous ahatonhia A,oki onkinnhache eronhia’eronnon iontonk ontatiande ndio sen tsatonnharonnion Warie onnawakweton ndio sen tsatonnharonnion Jesous ahatonhia ahatonhia Jesous ahatonhia

French:

Chrétiens, prenez courage, Jésus Sauveur est né! Du malin les ouvrages à jamais sont ruinés. Quand il chante merveille à ces troublants âppats Ne prêtez plus l’oreille: Jésus est né. (Jesous ahatonhia) Oyez cette nouvelle, dont un ange est porteur! Oyez! Âmes fidèles, et dilatez vos coeurs. La Vierge dans l’étable entoure de ses bras L’Enfant-Dieu adorable: Jésus est né. (Jesous ahatonhia)

English:

Let Christian men take heart today The devil’s rule is done; Let no man heed the devil more, For Jesus Christ has come But hear ye all what angels sing: How Mary Maid bore Jesus King. Jesous ahatonhia. Jesus is born. Jesous ahatonhia. Three chieftains saw before Noël A star as bright as day; “So fair a sign,” the chieftains said, “Shall lead us where it may.” For Jesu told the chieftains three: “The star will bring you here to me.” Jesous ahatonhia. Jesus is born. Jesous ahatonhia.

[should-be-sleeping]

A biracial person is not a watered down version of two cultures. They do not have to pick one or the other either. I know twice the culture. That's all.

[montrealchimie]

Pow Wow de Wendake (près de la ville de Québec) - samedi 1er juillet 2017 Wendake Pow Wow - near Quebec city, Canada - 1st of july 2017