Denise Wickert

ˀeeyšnin̓ pikeepim leeheyn!
Happy Mother’s Day!

The Project Exploring Dimensions: Portraits and Portals Our Vision Portraits and Portals will unfold over the course of a year, pairing six disabled artists and creatives of color with six disaster survivors o…

Been playing catch up since my body has decided to rebel against me. One of the things that I'm really excited to share is that I was asked to be an artist for the Portraits & Portals Project.

portraitsandportals.com/the-project/

#disability #survivors #art

NBC Orders Native American Community Center Comedy Pilot From Sierra Teller Ornelas, Jackie Keliiaa, Bobby Wilson (EXCLUSIVE) NBC has picked up a single-camera comedy pilot based at a Native American community center, Variety has learned exclusively.

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Bad bad bad bad

DOGE targets child support database full of income data The U.S. DOGE Service’s attempt to access a federal database with sensitive information has provoked yet another internal disagreement.

“This is private, confidential data including Social Security numbers and earnings of virtually all people in the country...”

"Federal law restricts access 'to authorized persons and... authorized purposes' such as child support enforcement..."

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I’m normally excited for #taxreturns, but 2024 did me dirty! I’m not even getting half as much as I did for 2023. My numbers are almost the same for both years. I know people shouldn’t “bank” on their returns, but I still had some expectations 😫 #whine #NoTaxBreaksForTheMiddleClass #NoVacationForUs

I had my #pulmonology 🫁 appointment today and I’m happy to share that I was cleared! One success in my #LongCOVID journey 🥳

I’m grateful to spend time at the Two Cultures, One Community #PowWow this weekend. There were so many vendors! We scored some #powwowburgers. The kids sat with their púša at the #drum for a song. They love #drumming and #singing. Hopefully we can get them to #dance soon. #NativeSky #PowWowTrail

My 3 year old is so #Rez, he calls any bread, #frybread. He doesn’t know that frybread is specific to our #culture. I guess we better tell his #grandma that her grandbabies need some of her #Rezfamous frybread.
#NativeSky #IndigiSky #NativeAmerican #Indigenous #RezFoods #ComfortFoods

It’s odd to go from 5-7 inches of #snow last week to 60° #weather today ☃️➡️💐 #FloodWatch #WinterIsOver #SpringIsHere #PNW

Opinion: Long COVID is solvable, but we need more clinical trials Some people may remain ill after COVID infection because the virus still lurks in their bodies. The looming question now is: Who will pay for drug development and trials?

Infection by #COVID is a consequential new variable in our nation’s health that can substantially increase the incidence of serious conditions such as neurological disease, heart attack and stroke. Approximately 6% of U.S. adults suffer from #longCOVID.
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One year ago today I survived a #postCOVID #heartattack and my life changed. I and my family have adapted to #LongCOVID. Navigating #accessibility and #treatment has been a challenging. Prayers that #science and #medicine catches up to provide answers to those living with LC #COVID #COVID19

I just watched #TheSixTripleEight on #Netflix and I actually cried! Maybe it’s the political atmosphere we’re living in now, but it was a really beautifully told story. #FightOnAllFronts #WWII #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #TylerPerry #KerryWashington

I’m blessed to spend a snow day with the kids then #Valentine’sDay sledding and dinner with our wild little family. May #TheCreator bless us with many more holidays! Love you always @jdreturns2war.bsky.social 💌

I can never express how truly #grateful I am for my #fiancée, our #babies, our #families, #friends, #community, and #tribes. We are constantly surrounded by #love and #support. #kinship #Indigenous #NativeAmerican #RezLife #CommunityGrown #IndigiSky #NativeSky

Such a blessing to go to our #MedicineDance with my family last night. They honored the children with songs and a giveaway. My boys danced their little hearts out. Many #prayers for our loved ones and communities 🪶 #Nixyáawii #Culture #SongsOfOurAncestors #GoodMedicine

We only got about 3-4, but the schools closed for the day and I believe the pass was closed. It would have been more fun to take the toddlers sledding. Lol!

It takes skill to still be late to work on a two-hour delay for snow, but my toddlers help me make it happen 🫠 #LetItSnow #ShouldHaveBeenASnowDay #Parenthood #WeLikeSnowDaysToo

I once met a pimp named Charlie Brown and he indeed had hoes. It’s all true! LOL!

My grandma was one of the last fluent Weyiiletpuutímt speakers and had a dog she trained in our language. She said the dog was a real Cayuse 🐾❤️

I'm gonna guess that one of the lil assholes who got access to a bunch of this information over the weekend did it.

I was appointed by the #ConfederatedTribesoftheUmatillaIndianReservation #BoardofTrustees to another three year term on the #HealthCommission. I was sworn in this morning ✋🏽 #CTUIR #TribalGovernment #IndianHealthCare #HealthEquity

Starting the day with wáašat (Seven Drums Religion) puts me in a positive state to be fully present. My intentions were expressed with song. Praying for our loved ones and communities 🪶

ONE BIG THING. When I mentioned that I had heard of at least one person who had already missed a Social Security payment, the staffers snapped to attention. That's a huge deal.

If you or someone you know has missed a Social Security payment, call your reps IMMEDIATELY.

Alicia Keys Says ‘DEI Is Not a Threat — It’s a Gift’ While Accepting Global Impact Award at 2025 Grammys Alicia Keys called DEI a "gift" during her Grammys Global Impact Award speech. See what she said.

Exactly.

February 27 #RoundDance at #Mission #Longhouse

February 28 - March 2 #PowWow at #PendletonConventionCenter

Come to the homelands of the #Umatilla, #Cayuse, and #WallaWalla tribes! #NativeAmerican #Indigenous #CTUIR #Nixyáawii #Pendleton #Oregon #PowWowTrail

A graphic containing book covers of the following books: *You Sound Like a White Girl - Julissa Arce *Hood Feminism - Mikki Kendall *Chingona: Owning Your Inner Badass for Healing and Justice - Alma Zaragoza-Petty *Living Resistance - Kaitlin B. Curtice *Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future - Patty Krawec *I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness - Austin Channing Brown *All the White Friends I Couldn’t Keep - Andre Henry *A Space For Us: A Guide for Leading Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Affinity Groups - Michelle Cassandra Johnson *Not a Nation of Immigrants - Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz *Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower - Brittney Cooper *Decolonizing Wellness: A QTBIPOC-Centered Guide to Escape The Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-Image, And Achieve Body Liberation - Dalia Kinsey, RD, LD *Our History is the Future - Nick Estes *White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color - Ruby Hamad *An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States - Kyle T. Mays *An African American and Latinx History - Paul Ortiz *Indigenous Ingenuity - Deidre Havrelock and Edward Kay *By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land - Rebecca Nagle

I compiled a list of books I read in 2024. Shout-out to the Libby app for making these books available as audiobooks.

Now to start getting my 2025 list ready...

If you want to spice things up, try writing in #cursive! I take handwritten notes in court and this morning I tried writing in cursive. Luckily, I’m the only one that has to read them. It looks about as good as it did in fourth grade 🖋️ #80sBaby #90sKid #LostArt

Alicia Keys, “DEI is not a threat. It’s a gift.” 😮‍💨
#Grammys #SpeakYourTruth #AliciaKeys

Hiweyéhnece! 🌨️
It’s snowing

#TheCreator has heard our prayers! We have been praying for snow for our #land, #animals, and #FirstFoods 🏞️🐟🫐

#weyiiletpuutímpt #nimipuutímt #Cayuse #NezPerce #NativeAmerican #Indigenous