felix 🌸 zine in pinned!

A watercolor painting of two Congolese male twins posed for a photo together at a club. One is shirtless, with paint on his skin and medium length turquoise ombre twists that partially cover burn scars around his eyes and upper face. His skinnier twin has long dreadlocks with hair jewelry, no scars, and blue lipstick with gold eye makeup. The background is a foggy blend of purples and deep blues.

A detailed watercolor painting of a dark-winged angel with brown skin and hair holding his injured lover on his lap. The injured angel has brown skin and hair, with damaged lavender wings and chest bandages. They rest together in the clouds, stained purple and yellow from a sunlight glow behind them.

A watercolor of the angel Chamuel snuggling a jackalope-dog-like creature with turquoise fur and pink wings curled up on the ground. The picture is cozy, with a soft gradient of deep teal, periwinkle, and light pink. Paw print stars track along the background.

An intricate watercolor painting of a reclining masculine figure with dark wings in barely any clothing, except stockings, underwear, and a translucently painted silky pink shawl. He has medium brown skin, curly brown hair, and is crushing a rose onto his chest with a lifted and gloved hand. Giant pink orchids, painted with lovely realism, surround him. Some pink fabric falls to the right side, and detailed hand painted blue lace fills the background.

Hi #PortfolioDay! I’m Sapling, a genderfluid watercolor painter and narrative illustrator~ 🌱

I love body diversity, especially queer, intersex, and disabled characters!

Comms: tally.so/r/3NNaJ0

Also, I’m moderating a queer zine with an open call for artists (paid) at @taplingzines.bsky.social 🩷

"On the flip side, I’m sure no one disagrees that people who are both objectively lying about their Native identity and profiting from it must be checked. The problem is that what has emerged to counteract the fraud are individuals and small groups who operate under the non-rules of vigilante justice. Social media takedowns, internet trolling, harassment both online and in the real world—all are among their frustrating and terrifying tactics. Tactics, I should mention, they also use on people whose Native identity should never be questioned. Many times, this work is done under the pretext of exposing “pretendians”—as in “pretend Indians.” Every time a new pretendian is unmasked to the public, I feel a little gurgle in my stomach. Will I be next? And which part of my identity will serve as the tipping point? The fact that I’ve never danced in a powwow? The fact that my Tribe, thanks to a combination of racism and political injustice, has yet to be fully federally recognized? That my eyes are this mix of green and brown that my dad always called dirty hazel?"

And one last one I find especially important to share online.

"In that treaty, the U.S. government shamelessly stole fifty million acres of land belonging to the Sauk and Fox people, agreeing to give them a “present” of $2,234.50 in goods and a payment of $1,000 per year.32 Let’s imagine that, instead, the United States paid the Sauk and Fox people the full amount their land was worth. Let’s call that amount $2 per acre—that was, after all, the minimum value of the land as spelled out in the Harrison Land Act of 1800.33 At $2 per acre, a fifty-million-acre plot of land would have been valued at $100 million."

"We could imagine the Sauk and Fox people maintaining their traditional homelands today, those fifty million acres still fully in their control. Let’s call the fair and reasonable value of that land $6,250 per acre, the average value of farmland across Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin, where the Sauk and Fox people traditionally lived.34 At $6,250 per acre, the value of a fifty-million-acre plot of land is beyond what a simple calculator can compute. It’s in the neighborhood of $312 trillion."

These two are directly related, and absolutely staggering.

"And I know that blood cannot be divided like an apple—clean cut and cored, separate and distinct pieces of a whole. But this fallacy—the idea of blood being divided into fractions—is exactly how the United States has long governed Native identity."

"I couldn’t shake the feeling that, at least in the United States, this is unique to Native people. That we, uniquely, have been forced into a corner of needing to constantly prove our identities to ourselves and others, to carry around a card in our wallet that provides not just validation but also protection from those who’d like us to believe we’re not Indian enough."

"As of 2024, there are 347 federally recognized Native American Tribes in the forty-eight contiguous United States, and the mantra that’s often repeated when it comes to issues in Indian Country is that every Tribe is different. Treating “Native America” as a monolith is a bit like claiming interest in “Asian culture.” There isn’t just one."

Y'know what? I'm gonna post just a couple of my highlights to share since I know most people seeing this won't, in fact, pick up the book.

I won't add much, so I definitely encourage reading just these couple to think on for a little bit.

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

Rest in power, Miss Major.

www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

Obviously not affiliated with the book at all, but it's my most recommended in terms of what I'd like the general public to know/realize about Native Americans.

I also recommend Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer but I think that one gets recommended all the time already lol

The cover for "The Indian Card: Who Gets to be Native in America" by Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz. The background is a faded, old historical record of some identity document, with a bright central graphic over it that looks like a lightly abstract mix between a flower motif and a burning flame.

I know I'm technically a day late in posting this now, but for Indigenous People's Day I recommend everyone read "The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America" by Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz. Absolute eye-opener on things like blood quantum, tribal registry, belonging, etc.

#IndigenousPeoplesDay

4 days left for any artists looking to apply to We've Always Been Here! 💕

Here's a more detailed post on our mission and the book's theme:

Happy Indigenous People’s Day! Did you know I have a starter pack for Black and Indigenous artists? ✨

If you’re looking for Indigenous artists to support, this pack is full of them!

Incredible work!! That kissing piece is so precious omg 🥹

I’m Tate, I’m Choctaw and Pomo I do illustrations and beadwork!! I do art for games too!! bootlegdemonart.carrd.co

Illustration of a green deer hugging a hare, with the hare is hugging a mouse. All three animals hugging form the silhouette outline of the deer.

The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return

Marker, colored pencil, and ink pen.
11 x 14in

Stop worshipping me and bring me a cold one

based off a pic of Francesca Spot

Imagining Jack Frost, Pikachu, and Agumon having a conversation

Thank you so much!! 🥹🩵

Mba'éichapa! I'm Lírio, I'm a mixed race indigenous artist from Brazil, Im often making headworlds, stories and fictional biology based on south american cultures, also I love to experiment with colour and stylisation :)
Patreon.com/xuu
Linktr.ee/xuu

Aahh your work is so pretty!! The colors are sooo bright and lovely!! 🥰

HAU MITAKUYEPI! My name is King, I'm an Oglala Lakota Vtuber, V-Artist, and the founder of @ntvtubers.bsky.social 🤗💜

I'm also trying to get out of a shitty living situation so if you want to throw a dollar in my cap, I have ko-fi 🫡

ko-fi.com/crowyasumi

PILAMAYAYE! Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay ❤️💛🤍🖤

Hi I am a First Nations Cree artist, I depict my mind a lot, it's beautiful to see other native folks creations here ;_; ❤

Wooww those paintings are incredible!! I love the last one!

Yessssdss My names Kalefo im Estecate and I'm in art school xpppp

Beautiful work! I loovve the Miku! 🥰

Ninanâskomon for making this post and letting native creatives find each other!

I'm a Métis Two Spirit artist and illustrator! I JUST opened commissions slots if people wanna check out more of my work!

vgen.co/Horseydoodles

Wâciye! Im Esten / Thyme and I’m a Shawnee / Cree indigenous artist!

I do a lot of digital art & mixed mediums, and you can find my art here on bluesky & soon Etsy!

etsy.com/shop/Pyixus

🤍

A digital art piece of Gabriel, an original character. He is a genderfluid (but fairly masc-presenting here) skinny Filipino in his early 20s. He has curly hair and freckles all over his body, and is sits in front of a lightly graffitied wall holding a vape with bright purple nails on his hand. His tshirt says, "Yes, I'm bi (Bible Lover). And also bisexual."

A digital painting of a fox on a grassy hill, surrounded by aurora borealis which tints the fox in a reddish purple and bright green. There is a very faint Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) flag in the background.

A digital illustration of two of my characters, Imani and Mona, praying. They are in a mosque, kneeling side by side. Imani is a Black woman dressed in a long skirt and hijab, with a modest clothing style mostly in black and dark magenta. Beside her is her toddler daughter, Mona, who wears colorful, mismatched clothing, her curly hair pulled back into pigtails. She has her hands over her face as she prays, with Imani's hands open in front of her in a du'a position.

A digital illustration of a toddler girl with green hair and small antlers on her head. She has medium-brown skin and freckles, and her ears are pointed in an elven shape. She wears a blue dress with pink stars and a pink collar. Her antlers have small vines wrapped around them, seemingly growing out of her head as well, and there are also small pink flowers. She is playing with one ear as a shy fidget.

Hi, I'm Felix! I'm mixed Mohawk (Kanien'kehá:ka) and two spirit.

I don't currently have a shop, but my husband and I are running a queer historical zine over at @taplingzines.bsky.social and would love more Indigenous artists to apply!!

A picture of various formline stickers piled on top of each other. In bold red gradient text reads "Indigenous People's Day Art Share".

Let's get an Indigenous art share going too!! If you're an Indigenous/First Nations artist, vendor, beader, etc, share your work and links below!!

#IndigenousPeoplesDay ❤️💛🤍🖤

stylized drawing of a chital deer floating in space with stars around it. the spotted pattern and the stars are gold. the deer have a big star between his antlers

Chital, star-deer.

#berensart2025

A formline design of a cocoon and an emerging butterfly, coloured in the same shades as the transgender flag. The cocoon has half of a human face on it, and the butterfly’s wings are made of human hands.

An assortment of formline stickers. The designs include a hyena, a chickadee, an otter head, a capybara, and a harbor seal.

A picture of the vendor booth for TeleKitnetic Art at Canfurence 2025.

A picture of a formline wooden pin. The design is of a sitting wolf and a wolf pup in grey-brown. The wolf pup is pawing at its parents leg with its tongue stuck out.

Today is Indigenous People’s Day!! I’m Wet’suwet’en, oooooo look at my art 🌀🌀🌀 my stomach is still cramping so that’s all the introduction I have the willpower for 👍

Website: www.jazzjosart.com
Online Shop: ko-fi.com/telekitnetic...

#indigenouspeoplesday #formline #indigenousart