@nando161 Your profile avatar made me laugh and brought back memories for me. When I had hair, I used to have a #Mohawk that was #Fuchsia and #Teal

We’ve officially hit 25% of our goal for A Red Road to the West Bank!

A huge thank you to everyone who has supported, shared, and stood in solidarity with this project. This film is about connecting Indigenous struggles across continents, and every contribution helps us bring this story to life.

Let’s keep the momentum going—we’re just getting started!

Support & share: https://amplifierfilms.ca/redroad

#RedRoadToTheWestBank #IndigenousSolidarity #Decolonization #FreePalestine #AIM #Mohawk #KeepItGoing

@elw00t Your #Mohawk reminds me of mine when I had hair decades ago--way before Mohawks were cool. I used to go to the beauty school at my university in Colorado. They LOVED to play! My Mohawk was #Fuschia and #Teal. Once, they cut my hair in a layered series of triangles like the hackles of a #Rooster and colored each one with aniline dyes. It was a lot of fun. But rednecks in Texas did not find personal expression appealing. https://youtu.be/uAE6Il6OTcs?feature=shared

I was interested in learning more about #Mohawk funeral rites and I found this lovely description of the ceremony. Such a wise, gentle folk.

https://www.indiantime.net/story/2021/10/14/culture/mohawk-funeral-ritual/38138.html

I finally updated my watermark! Kicked out Insta and added the witchy Fediverse icon.
This is another sketchbook doodle from my backlog. ..And now the longer I look at it, the more similarities she has with that pest doctor mask wearing gal I drew some years back..
#mastoart #sketchbook #sketch #doodle #punk #mohawk #markers #pen

"Red Road to the West Bank" was born out of conversations about a larger project when Clifton revealed he had archival footage from his 2016 trip to the West Bank. What started as a reflection on shared experiences under settler colonialism quickly became something bigger—a documentary that explores the ongoing nature of colonization and the power of solidarity.

Read more about how this project came to life & support the film:
amplifierfilms.ca/clifton-and-i-are-making-a-film-a-red-road-to-the-west-bank

this braids is call Mohawk, #howto #braids #hairstyles #haircrown #haircare #shorts #salon #hair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xudWuUp1fu0&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Mohawk #HairTutorial #Braiding #Hairstyles #HairCare

Thank you! Over 10% funded in the first 12 hours!
We’re blown away by the support we’ve received since launching A Red Road to the West Bank—in just 12 hours, we’ve already passed 10% of our fundraising goal!
This project means so much to us, and seeing this momentum right out of the gate gives us hope that we can bring this story to life. Huge gratitude to everyone who has donated, shared, and spread the word—this is just the beginning, and we couldn’t do it without you.
Let’s keep it going! If you haven’t yet, please share the campaign and help us push even further.
Support the film: amplifierfilms.ca/redroad
#ARedRoadToTheWestBank #IndigenousSolidarity #FreePalestine #Decolonize #LandBack #Mohawk #Kanienkehaka #Resistance #SupportIndieFilm

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Clifton & I Are Making a Film – A Red Road to the West Bank

Clifton Ariwakehte Nicholas and I have been friends for a long time. We’ve worked on films together before, but this is the first time that we’re truly co-directing a project—both of us taking the wheel. And it all started with a conversation about a much bigger film we want to make.

For a while now, Clifton and I have been talking about a documentary with the working title You Live on Stolen Land, exploring our shared experiences with colonialism—as a Kanien’kehá:ka from Kanehsatà:ke and as a Boricua from occupied Borikén. But in one of those conversations, Clifton casually dropped that he had all this footage from his trip to the West Bank in 2016. I was like, dude, what the fuck are we doing? We HAVE to do something with that footage.

So we started digging in, watching the tapes, talking through ideas, and what emerged was a powerful story—one that draws connections between the struggles of Indigenous peoples in Turtle Island and the Palestinian experience under the colonial state of Israel. Obviously, the histories and conditions are different—the colonization of the Americas started centuries ago and is in a different phase—but the core reality remains: colonization is ongoing.

That’s the main point we’re trying to make with this film.

And we don’t want to just make a film—we want to build relationships. We want to bring people from Palestine to visit Turtle Island, we want to do more interviews, we want to expand this story. But to do that, we need resources.

One of the biggest lessons I learned from working on Yintah was that if you want a film to reach a lot of people, you need to invest in the early stages. The development materials, the research, the pitch decks, the editing—all of it matters when knocking on doors to secure funding for a truly high-quality film. With Yintah, that process helped us get wide distribution, and I know we can do the same here.

So today, Clifton and I are launching our fundraising campaign to kickstart this project. This is just the first step, but it’s a crucial one.

Support the film & help us tell this story: amplifierfilms.ca/redroad

If this resonates with you, please donate, share, and help us get the word out. Let’s make this happen.

Souie, drumming with Cassidy's new drum, singing a #Mohawk song. She grew up in Mohawk territory. Ojistoh, standing beside Souie, is of Mohawk ancestry but grew up on the Westcoast. I arranged an evening where we all gathered to eat, chat, share stories & songs by the fire. It was really wonderful & several new friendships were formed I really enjoy bringing kindred people together & love it when they enjoy each other's company so much that they form new friendships from gatherings of my kindreds

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N07nypMoS74

Beans (2020 film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beans_(2020_film)

Watched this last evening:
* historically important
* 2020 Canadian drama film directed by Mohawk-Canadian filmmaker Tracey Deer
* explores 1990 Oka Crisis at Kanesatake
* well acted (strong emotions); good screenplay, score, filmography
* Rotten Tomatoes: 91% of 54 critics' reviews positive; avg rating 7.6/10

Reframed: Next Gen Narratives
Six filmmakers adapt classic movies through a contemporary lens, tackling modern-day issues surrounding identity.

EPI.6 THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER: Trapped in a bizarre, bureaucratic afterlife, a famous Mohawk ghost is drawn into an unexpected encounter with an identical and partially deceased descendant.

DOWNLOAD WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES:
https://store4.gofile.io/download/direct/6a82624b-4c94-4ac0-acec-268046a9a5f0/Next-Gen-Narratives-S01E06.mp4

STREAMING VIDEO: https://fero.tips/video/tv/reframed-next-gen-narratives/6/

#Sundance2025 Lineup Highlights Powerful #Indigenous Stories, Including '#FreeLeonardPeltier’ and ‘#ElNorte'

By Kaili Berg, December 17, 2024

"The Sundance Institute recently unveiled the lineup for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, which will showcase 87 feature films and six episodic projects that promise daring storytelling and global perspectives.

"Among the films in this year’s lineup are powerful portrayals of Indigenous experiences, including El Norte and Free Leonard Peltier.

"Sundance Institute Senior Programmer Heidi Zwicker told Native News Online that the selection of films underscores diverse narratives in Native films.

"'The films that we have this year indicate how much you can’t define what an Indigenous film should be like,' Zwicker said. 'There’s such multiplicity in the stories and worlds these filmmakers present, even within a single community.'

"The Festival will take place from January 23 to February 2, 2025, with screenings in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as a curated online program accessible to audiences nationwide from January 30 to February 2.

"Free Leonard Peltier, co-directed by #JesseShortBull (#Oglala #Lakota) and #DavidFrance, is a documentary that dives into the life and legacy of Leonard Peltier, a leader of the #AmericanIndianMovement who has been imprisoned for 50 years following a controversial conviction.

"Zwicker described the film as 'rich, well-researched, and deeply emotional,' emphasizing its timeliness as Peltier’s case gains renewed attention in the fight for clemency.

"#GregoryNava’s El Norte follows Indigneous siblings Rosa and Enrique as they flee #Guatemala after their family is murdered in a government-led massacre during the #GuatemalanCivilWar. Their journey to the U.S. becomes a struggle for survival amid the realities of #immigrant life.

"Profits from ticket sales directly support Sundance Institute’s year-round initiatives, including labs, residencies, fellowships, and educational programs through Sundance Collab. These programs empower thousands of artists annually.

"Sundance’s Indigenous Program, led by #AdamPiron (#Kiowa / #Mohawk), is a vital part of this mission, providing ongoing support to #NativeFilmmakers."

Read more:
https://nativenewsonline.net/arts-entertainment/sundance-2025-lineup-highlights-powerful-indigenous-stories-including-free-leonard-peltier-and-el-norte
#AmnestyForLeonardPeltier #ClemencyForLeonardPeltier #ReaderSupportedNews #IndigenousFilmmakers

Another churchly #ChildKiller retires behind smoke and mirrors: The Case of #JustinWelby.

Raping a child and protecting those who do is as Christian as crucifixion. So no doubt the world is emitting a big yawn today as Justin Welby resigns as #Archbishop of Canterbury after being caught covering for his sadistic child-torturing friend John Smyth.

After all, #Anglican and #Catholic clergy are required by their standing policy of #CrimenSollicitationas to do precisely what Welby did and protect #ChildRapists in their church.

In its typical facile, dissimulating manner, the media has treated Welby’s protection of the brutal child-rapist John Smyth as a one-time, episodic event. In fact, Archbishop Welby is himself a notorious repeat offender who has blood on his hands. The malfeasance of this former #oil company executive turned Anglican #cleric goes way back.

During the first accredited excavation of children’s #MassGraves at the murderous Anglican #Mohawk #ResidentialSchool in #Brantford, #Ontario during 2011, Archbishop Welby ordered all the school records and gravesites destroyed.

During the summer of 2014, Justin Welby was named as a co-conspirator in #ChildTrafficking and killing by a #Brussels based #CitizensTribunal and found guilty of #CrimesAgainstHumanity. Part of the evidence presented to the Tribunal concerned Welby’s participation in a #CatholicAnglican child sacrificial #cult known as the #NinthCircle that operated extensively in the #Canadian ‘Indian #ResidentialSchools and implicates British, Dutch, and Belgian ‘royalty’.

The complicity doesn’t end there. It involves the world’s second biggest #mining company and a close associate and funder of Donald #Trump: Rio Tinto, whose biggest investors include the British royal family. Justin Welby’s ties to #RioTinto Mining and to more murder cropped up in September of 2022, when Tinto and its Canadian subsidiary, #StarDiamondMining, dealt with some “troublesome Indians” on the James Smith #Cree reservation in eastern #Saskatchewan.

After refusing to allow Rio Tinto to begin diamond mining on their land, ten members of the James Smith tribe were #murdered in one night. The alleged killer was a drug addict and drifter who conveniently died in #RCMP custody the next day. Six of the ten murdered people were relatives of Rio Tinto’s biggest opponent among the James Smith Cree natives, Chief Wally Burns.

https://murderbydecree.com/2024/11/13/another-churchly-child-killer-retires-behind-smoke-and-mirrors-the-case-of-justin-welby/

#Akwesasne8 DISMISSED. #NewYorkPowerAuthority fails to produce documents necessary to move forward.

By Akwesasne 8, via #CensoredNews, Nov. 12, 2024

"The charges of Conspiracy to a Felony, and #Trespassing against the six of the Akwesasne 8, who appeared today, were dismissed today at Massena Town Court. The District Attorney stated that New York Power Authority (#NYPA) did not produce appropriate documents to move forward

"Researchers for the Akwesasne 8 had gone to the St. Lawrence County Office for Deeds and Records to find a Deed/Land Title showing NYPA ownership. There is no record. When discovery documents were offered to the Akwesasne 8, each asked whether the documents contained a Title to the land on which the Akwesasne 8 were arrested. The District Attorney implied such documents were not part of the discovery packets.

"In March 2022, Federal Judge Kahn of the Northern New York District of US Federal Court, ruled that New York State possession of #Mohawk land is a violation of the #NonintercourseAct which prohibits land transfer of Indian land to non-Indians without Congressional approval.

"On May 22, 2024 eight Kanienke’háka were arrested for Trespassing at #Niionenhiasekówahne (Barnhart Island). Seven of the eight were charged with Conspiracy to a Felony. One person was charged with a Felony.
There is a long history of #Onkwehonwe relations to Niionenhiasekowá:ne (Barnhart Island) - from the Dish With One Spoon Agreement, to Onkwehonwe families living on the island, and continue today through Kanienke’háka assertion of hunting, fishing, tree tapping, and #MedicineGathering liberties.

"The Akwesasne Mohawk #LandClaimSettlement agreement seeks to sever Onkwehonwe relationship to Niionenhiasekowá:ne, formally ceding the island's title to New York State for $70 million and subjecting our hunting and gathering rights to foreign governments.
The Onkwehonwe that began construction at Niionenhiasekowá:ne acted in assertion of Kanienke’háka inherent and original rights as well as the pre-existing governance of Kaienerekowa.

“'The Band Council, Tribe, state and federal governments are outside Kaienerekowa governance as younger governmental entities cannot and will not ostracize us from our lands and waters,' said one of the Akwesasne 8.

"'We are going back to Niionenhiasekowá:ne because it is Kanienke’háka land,' a group of the Akwesasne 8 stated."

Source: https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/11/akwesasne-8-dismissed-new-york-power.html

“It’s definitely a big honour in terms of recognition for the stuff I’ve been doing over the years."

Ben Maracle, a quarterback with the U of #Ottawa Gee-Gees #football team, has won an award named in honour of a #HallOfFame player.

#Indigenous #Mohawk

https://windspeaker.com/news/sports/first-nations-quarterback-wins-prestigious-football-award