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laikacore · 6 months

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i finally found the thing i've been looking for

searching for, for years

i finally found it on an island out east

and there it tasted just as i'd imagined it would

rich chocolate, delicious and sweet

where i couldn't smell the difference in the air

but i could feel it on my skin

where i found myself in that rich red dirt

where it fades to soft amber sand

where it fades to an endless horizon of steely blue

and when i found it again here

at home, in the gray world

of tall glass buildings and honking cars

and the gasoline i can smell

it doesn't quite taste the same here, no

synthetic sugar, not quite right

not like it did on that island out east

with the rolling hills and the deep green trees

and the goats and the cows and the potato fields

ah, that's home, that's where i'm from

if not me then my family

and my family's family

l'nuk, on the mi'kma'ki

prince edward island/epekwitk by laika wallace

#prince edward island #pei #epekwitk #native poetry #indigenous #indigenous poetry #native #native canadian #native american #mi'kmaq #mi'kmaw #l'nuk

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ladyimaginarium · 2 months

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two spirit flag with a mi'kmaw / l'nuk hieroglyph denoting spirit in the plural form based on the ancient komqwejwikasik writing system of the mi'kmaq / l'nu people, "tapuiwjijaqamijit", which literally translates to "two spirit", but it can theoretically be used to refer to puoinaq, the contemporary word for two spirit among mi'kmaq two spirits including other wabanaki nations, but understand it is still predominantly a mi'kmawi'simk word. do not use for yourself if you are not two spirit & mi'kmaw or any of the wabanaki nations, & especially if you're not mi'kmaw; this is not meant to be understood by non-mi'kmaq people; that would be cultural appropriation & extremely disrespectful to our already closed culture & spirituality; the creator of this flag is a mixed mi'kmaq, wolastoq, abenaki, metis & huron-wendat two spirit indigiqueer bodied system & identifies with both the tapuiwjijaqamijit & the puoinaq labels.

tagging @radiomogai for visibility!

#arcana.uploads #two spirit.txt #native.txt #lgbtqia2s+/mogai/liom.#our& flags.#i rly love this one ngl #indigenous exclusive #native exclusive #indigenous coining

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bagpipes-or-bust · 4 years

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Mi’kmaw Work of the Day

Melkiknat (mel-gig-ah-nahd) - She/they/he is strong

To all my friends on the frontlines be strong ❤️ and Wela’lioq for protecting treaty rights, we are all treaty people!

#Mi'kmaq #Mi'kma'ki #Respect the treaties #Treaty Rights #Fishing Rights #Acadian #L'nuk #Nova Scotia #L'nui'simk

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whitepassingpocs · 4 years

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Im mixed race Wabana'ki - L'nu, specifically, and growing up in eastern canada has been a weird trip. Its so so so so so white, and we've been grappling with colonization since at least 1610, and dealing with european contact since either 1500, 1000s, or 700s, depending on who you ask. Untangling it all on a personal level has been hard work, but public schools dont teach history in my province, let alone indigenous history. We can't untangle our larger societal trauma without education.

Im just so tired of seeing trauma responses from people - from whole populations! - who are unaware of the fact that its a trauma response, and who refuse to even acknowledge that their reactions are unwarranted and disproportionate. The treaty conflict with Sipekne'katik Mi'kmaq (L'nuk), Wolastoqiyik, and the public and govt is a prime example. Most families have been here so long that we're all cousins, and the public doesnt even know theyre flipping over 250 traps protected by treaty rights.

At this point i'm just so tired of willful ignorance. So often when i (try to) talk about these issues (or history in general) people say theyre not interested in politics! Its not politics! It's history and current events! Its mind boggling that people dont give a shit about others around them. Sorry, i didnt mean to unload this, but my experiences talking about native problems here so often falls on deaf ears. Thanks for reading all this. I deeply value the work you're doing on here. Wela'lin.

Thank you for following this blog and sharing this history! One thing I don’t talk about a lot is how much I am constantly learning from this blog about people’s experiences in other countries. I am Indigenous Australian, and hearing histories and experiences from Indigenous peoples and PoC from all over the world has been very humbling and eye-opening and I am grateful for everything that is shared on this blog, and grateful that is also helping others. Thank you, and I am sorry for the trauma you carry. I hope it gets to be a lighter burden someday. x

#Wabana'ki #L'nu #Sipekne'katik Mi'kmaq #canada #native #indigenous #history #dogberryrowan

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bagpipes-or-bust · 4 years

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Mi’kmaw Word of the Day

Pe’lalik (bay-lah-lig) - Working together

#L'nuk #L'nui'simk #Mi'kmaw #Mi'kmaq #Indigenous languages #language revitalization #wotd

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bagpipes-or-bust · 4 years

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Mi’kmaw Word of the Day

Ikalatl (ee-gah-lah-dull) - to fight for or defend