Layla ᎴᎳ
@laylajohnston.bsky.social
ᏥᏣᎳᎩ. Cherokee Nation citizen. Cherokee language learner. Reader and writer. Western Massachusetts. Native plant enthusiast. Climate crisis is now. 🪶💧🌽🍓
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Layla ᎴᎳ
@laylajohnston.bsky.social
· Oct 13
ᎣᏏᏲ ᏂᎦᏛ. ᎴᎳ ᏓᏆᏙᎠ ᏥᏣᎳᎩ ᎢᎵᏃᏱ ᏗᎨᎬ. ᎧᎾᎧᎩ ᎢᎵᏃᏱ ᎠᏩᏕᎾ ᎠᎴ ᎧᎾᎧᎩ ᎠᏩᏛᏒ. ᎺᏌᏧᏎᏗ ᏥᏁᎳ.
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This is a good article about data sovereignty, AI grift, the marginalization of Indigenous languages, and how these and many other things converge to wreak superfluous harm on Indigenous communities.
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This is a good article about data sovereignty, AI grift, the marginalization of Indigenous languages, and how these and many other things converge to wreak superfluous harm on Indigenous communities.
No thanks, no giving! Anybody else headed to the National Day of Mourning in Plymouth? If you can’t make it in person, the event will be live streamed on YouTube
56th annual National Day of Mourning
Thursday Nov. 27, 2025 - 12 noon
Plymouth MA
#nothanksnogiving #ndom2025
Thursday Nov. 27, 2025 - 12 noon
Plymouth MA
#nothanksnogiving #ndom2025
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
No thanks, no giving! Anybody else headed to the National Day of Mourning in Plymouth? If you can’t make it in person, the event will be live streamed on YouTube
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"the fossil fuel industry has been lobbying the climate negotiations for 30 years now"
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"the fossil fuel industry has been lobbying the climate negotiations for 30 years now"
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
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This was Alessandra Korap Munduruku this morning. She lives in the Brazilian state where COP is taking place this year! She was not given a pass into the Blue Zone.
These are the voices you should be listening to, boosting, and celebrating. Not the politicians who are attending #COP30!
These are the voices you should be listening to, boosting, and celebrating. Not the politicians who are attending #COP30!
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This was Alessandra Korap Munduruku this morning. She lives in the Brazilian state where COP is taking place this year! She was not given a pass into the Blue Zone.
These are the voices you should be listening to, boosting, and celebrating. Not the politicians who are attending #COP30!
These are the voices you should be listening to, boosting, and celebrating. Not the politicians who are attending #COP30!
“Growing a forest can take generations. But the Auburn study is finding that it takes about eight years to convert degraded landscapes into grasslands that can absorb about as much carbon as the remnant prairies.”
Old-growth grasslands still exist in the eastern US! Two orgs in this article are searching them out, documenting them, and harvesting seed. These important bio hotspots are overlooked compared to forests. (And I've gone on a bio hunt with Devin - good guy.) #nativeplants
Gift link: wapo.st/49Rtfzu
Gift link: wapo.st/49Rtfzu
Column | Scientists discover an ancient landscape – in our own backyard
Newly recognized patches of undeveloped grassland are accidental time travelers from a distant past, and they offer answers for our 21st century problems.
wapo.st
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“Growing a forest can take generations. But the Auburn study is finding that it takes about eight years to convert degraded landscapes into grasslands that can absorb about as much carbon as the remnant prairies.”
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Have you seen winter bird yet? They eat seeds from the “dead” native plants. When you deadhead the flowers, you remove critical food sources for the birds. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼. I painted American Tree Sparrow with Stiff Goldenrod and Cup Plant. Aren’t they cute? #botanicalart #SciArt #birdsinart #naturalhistory
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Have you seen winter bird yet? They eat seeds from the “dead” native plants. When you deadhead the flowers, you remove critical food sources for the birds. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼. I painted American Tree Sparrow with Stiff Goldenrod and Cup Plant. Aren’t they cute? #botanicalart #SciArt #birdsinart #naturalhistory
Interesting! Burns worked with Cherokee Nation and our film studio to ensure accurate Indigenous inclusion in his latest on the American Revolution. One of my favorite Cherokees, Tsiyu Gansini, ᏥᏳ ᎦᏅᏏᏂ, Dragging Canoe, will be represented.
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Interesting! Burns worked with Cherokee Nation and our film studio to ensure accurate Indigenous inclusion in his latest on the American Revolution. One of my favorite Cherokees, Tsiyu Gansini, ᏥᏳ ᎦᏅᏏᏂ, Dragging Canoe, will be represented.
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Another species of clearwing #butterfly, the Rusted Clearwing-Satyr (Cithaerias pireta) at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica
#butterflies #nature #bugsky
#butterflies #nature #bugsky
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Another species of clearwing #butterfly, the Rusted Clearwing-Satyr (Cithaerias pireta) at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica
#butterflies #nature #bugsky
#butterflies #nature #bugsky
Where the Dead Sit Talking by Hobson, The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Baptist, And Still the Waters Run by Debo, Maddaddam Trilogy by Atwood, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Zuboff, Werner Herzog: A Guide for the Perplexed by Cronin
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Where the Dead Sit Talking by Hobson, The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Baptist, And Still the Waters Run by Debo, Maddaddam Trilogy by Atwood, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Zuboff, Werner Herzog: A Guide for the Perplexed by Cronin
One of my favorite artists recommending more Indigenous artists. Some really cool works and creators noted here.
Jeffrey Gibson on 10 Native Artists to Know.
www.artsy.net/article/arts...
www.artsy.net/article/arts...
Jeffrey Gibson on 10 Artists to Know this Native American Heritage Month
These are the contemporary Indigenous artists who are making waves in the current landscape, according to Native American artist Jeffrey Gibson.
www.artsy.net
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
One of my favorite artists recommending more Indigenous artists. Some really cool works and creators noted here.
Spent the day at one of my favorite contemporary museums, MassMOCA. We had cups of Golden Root Tea at the cultural apothecary counter while we contemplated our buried dreams. Interactive exhibit by Alison Pebworth.
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Spent the day at one of my favorite contemporary museums, MassMOCA. We had cups of Golden Root Tea at the cultural apothecary counter while we contemplated our buried dreams. Interactive exhibit by Alison Pebworth.
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Photos by Shinnecock Nation artist Jeremy Dennis, 2010s-20s, whose practice explores Indigenous identity, culture, and assimilation.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Photos by Shinnecock Nation artist Jeremy Dennis, 2010s-20s, whose practice explores Indigenous identity, culture, and assimilation.
First summer male red-winged blackbird ᏦᏩᏍᎦ tsowasga looking for breakfast in our cutleaf coneflower ᏐᏣᎾ sochana stems. #nativeplants #leavetheleaves #savethestems
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
First summer male red-winged blackbird ᏦᏩᏍᎦ tsowasga looking for breakfast in our cutleaf coneflower ᏐᏣᎾ sochana stems. #nativeplants #leavetheleaves #savethestems
Tribal members, Cherokee Nation citizens, reach out to your at-large group leadership if you’re impacted by the SNAP emergency. They can help.
From the Tulsa Flyer, Native Nations, including my own, making sure local people receive food. Meanwhile the governor withholds funds for Oklahomans.
November 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Tribal members, Cherokee Nation citizens, reach out to your at-large group leadership if you’re impacted by the SNAP emergency. They can help.
Frost covered seed heads are beautiful and provide food for our birds! #nativeplants
November 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Frost covered seed heads are beautiful and provide food for our birds! #nativeplants
Cherokee Nation Chief Hoskin declares state of emergency over SNAP shutdown, sends additional funds to food banks. Tribal members of at-large organizations, please check with your leadership. They can help. anadisgoi.com/index.php/go...
Cherokee Nation deploys $1.25M to regional food banks
anadisgoi.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Cherokee Nation Chief Hoskin declares state of emergency over SNAP shutdown, sends additional funds to food banks. Tribal members of at-large organizations, please check with your leadership. They can help. anadisgoi.com/index.php/go...
Admiring the perfection of this tiny goldfinch nest found in our yard. If you plant native you will also find such delights in your yard, satisfaction guaranteed. Add native plants wherever you can to help our bugs and birds survive these trying times.
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Admiring the perfection of this tiny goldfinch nest found in our yard. If you plant native you will also find such delights in your yard, satisfaction guaranteed. Add native plants wherever you can to help our bugs and birds survive these trying times.
Has anyone successfully started American bugbane, actaea podocarpa, from seed? I received some seeds yesterday as a gift from a native plant nursery and was told they require double dormancy. Any tips would be appreciated. #nativeplants
November 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Has anyone successfully started American bugbane, actaea podocarpa, from seed? I received some seeds yesterday as a gift from a native plant nursery and was told they require double dormancy. Any tips would be appreciated. #nativeplants
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Language is what roots us to our ancestors and land. Language is political.
October 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Language is what roots us to our ancestors and land. Language is political.
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October 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
So many visitors today. White-breasted nuthatch, red-winged blackbird, downy woodpecker, white-throated sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, a pair of cardinals, blue jays, common grackle, house finches, and a new lifer moving through, a ruby-crowned kinglet. Native plants bring the birds. 🐦⬛🖤
October 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
So many visitors today. White-breasted nuthatch, red-winged blackbird, downy woodpecker, white-throated sparrow, song sparrow, tufted titmouse, a pair of cardinals, blue jays, common grackle, house finches, and a new lifer moving through, a ruby-crowned kinglet. Native plants bring the birds. 🐦⬛🖤
Just spotted a ruby-crowned kinglet in the ᏐᏣᎾ sochana cut leaf coneflower stems! Plant natives and they will come!
October 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Just spotted a ruby-crowned kinglet in the ᏐᏣᎾ sochana cut leaf coneflower stems! Plant natives and they will come!
This is so cool, and necessary: “Under local law, meliponines now have legal rights to exist, regenerate and maintain healthy populations within their natural environment, free of harm from invasive species or human activity.” #bees
As deforestation and climate change threaten some of Peru’s least-known pollinators, scientists join forces with Indigenous Asháninka communities to protect stingless bees and their new legal rights.
Defending Stingless Bees in the Peruvian Amazon - Inside Climate News
As deforestation and climate change threaten some of Peru’s least-known pollinators, scientists join forces with Indigenous Asháninka communities to protect the insects and their new legal rights.
insideclimatenews.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This is so cool, and necessary: “Under local law, meliponines now have legal rights to exist, regenerate and maintain healthy populations within their natural environment, free of harm from invasive species or human activity.” #bees
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Indigenous literature, a thread 🧵
October 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Indigenous literature, a thread 🧵