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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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ᎣᏏᏲ ᏂᎦᏓ. ᎴᎳ ᏓᏆᏙᎠ. ᏥᏣᎳᎩ ᎢᎵᏃᏱ ᏗᎨᎬ ᎠᏎᏃ ᎺᎾᏧᏎᏗ ᏥᏁᎳ. ᎧᎾᎧᎩ ᎢᎵᏃᏱ ᎠᏩᏕᎾ ᎠᎴ ᎧᎾᎧᎩ ᎢᎵᏃᏱ ᎠᏩᏛᏒ. ᎠᎩᏙᏓ ᏥᎨᏒ ᎣᎦᎳᎰᎹ ᎤᏕᎾ.
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“This is un-American“ is anti-Indigenous, anti-Black gaslighting and if you find that inconvenient imagine how our colonized and enslaved ancestors felt and grow the fuck up
January 23, 2026 at 4:17 AM
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With respect, I understand the need to foster a national identity that resists authoritarianism. But reminders of the Trail of Tears don't undermine this effort; they strengthen it. Excluding these histories makes U.S. authoritarianism harder to recognize because its patterns no longer feel familiar
This is basically how I view the subject. Like, no duh, the United States has done some incredibly awful stuff over the centuries. But we also have a very powerful strand of humanitarianism, especially in the post World War II era, and I will damn well lean into that part of our national identity.
People who say this are clearly speaking aspirationally about a shared American creed they hold dear. “Have you heard of the Trail of Tears?” is not a very helpful response, because they probably have and the priority right now is moral opposition to fascism and not fake-educating each other.
January 22, 2026 at 3:27 PM
After the snow.
January 21, 2026 at 1:42 PM
The Rights of the Longperson Resolution makes the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians one of the first nations in North America to
legally recognize water as a living relative with the right to exist, flourish, regenerate, and flow.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Council unanimously approved a youth-led Rights of Nature resolution recognizing legal rights for Longperson (the waterways).
January 21, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Just like in the old days, AIM members are gathering along Franklin Avenue just as they gathered for occupations of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco in 1969, the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters in 1972, and the Wounded Knee massacre site in 1973. ictnews.org/news/full-ci...
'Full Circle': AIM patrols back on Minneapolis streets as tensions rise - ICT
Supporters are pouring in from across Indian Country to protect the Minnesota community from ICE
ictnews.org
January 18, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Muscogee Nation has set up a hotline for their Tribal Lighthorse Police Department dispatch to verify citizenship for all Muscogees, both on and off reservation, if they encounter ICE. Number to call is 918-732-7800
January 17, 2026 at 7:17 PM
ᎫᏘᎭ ᎠᎭᏂ gutiha ahani it’s snowing here ❄️
January 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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The Village, OK – The Oklahoma City Indian Art Club is hosting a talk by Amber DuBoise-Shepherd (Diné/Sac & Fox/Potawatomi) about "Curating Native Art"

Sunday, Jan. 18, 2:00pm
Village Library, Room A
10307 N. Pennsylvania Ave.

Free! #NativeSky #Oklahoma #OKC #OklahomaArt #NDNArt #NativeAmerican
January 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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I'm attending Solar United Neighbors's event, “Plug-in Solar: Putting Power and Savings in the Hands of the People” - sign up now to join. Free webinar on January 22 at 7 pm EST www.mobilize.us/solarunitedn...
Plug-in Solar: Putting Power and Savings in the Hands of the People · Solar United Neighbors
Millions of people want the benefits of solar but can’t install panels on their roof. Plug-in solar is changing that. Join Solar United Neighbors for an educational webinar on Plug-in Solar, a fast-g...
www.mobilize.us
January 16, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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My daily routine:
January 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I’m feeling overwhelmed and frustrated by the state of things so a random predatory real estate developer got a rare response to their untimely spam message today.
January 16, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I'm attending Solar United Neighbors's event, “Plug-in Solar: Putting Power and Savings in the Hands of the People” - sign up now to join. Free webinar on January 22 at 7 pm EST www.mobilize.us/solarunitedn...
Plug-in Solar: Putting Power and Savings in the Hands of the People · Solar United Neighbors
Millions of people want the benefits of solar but can’t install panels on their roof. Plug-in solar is changing that. Join Solar United Neighbors for an educational webinar on Plug-in Solar, a fast-g...
www.mobilize.us
January 16, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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The message about not ceding my spiritual and emotional sovereignty is what I needed to hear.
January 15, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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Four citizens of the Oglala Sioux Tribe have been held by ICE since Thursday. The unhoused men were picked up during an ICE raid and despite advocacy from their tribe, three have not been released.
The place where the men are being held (the ICE facility in Minneapolis) is
January 14, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Let’s go!!! Native plants for the win in 2026! Hoping to get some heritage ᏎᎳᏉᏯ selgwoya rattlesnake master seeds in this year’s Cherokee Nation seed bank lottery. 🌱
January 13, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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Feeling helpless about climate change and everything else right now? If you have access to a tiny bit of land you can support pollinators and help our birds! Free webinar on how to get started January 22.
Join us to learn how to bring back the pollinators! We've put together all the info you need to to select the right flowers, provide nest sites, avoid pesticides, & help others in your community!
🗓️Jan 22 at 10am PT / 1pm ET
🔗Register for this free event:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 12, 2026 at 5:05 PM
There is a free, online lecture about the history of Natives being sold into slavery in New England as part of this series. Link to register below.
Partnership of @historicbostons.bsky.social lecture series is Metacom's Resistance: Retelling King Philip's War, the least known, but bloodiest conflict in US history. Historians, tribal citizens & Indigenous scholars explore how this brutal war changed history.
www.eventbrite.com/cc/metacoms-...
January 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Feeling helpless about climate change and everything else right now? If you have access to a tiny bit of land you can support pollinators and help our birds! Free webinar on how to get started January 22.
Join us to learn how to bring back the pollinators! We've put together all the info you need to to select the right flowers, provide nest sites, avoid pesticides, & help others in your community!
🗓️Jan 22 at 10am PT / 1pm ET
🔗Register for this free event:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 12, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Spotted a very special visitor yesterday. ᏧᎳ ᎩᎦᎨ tsula gigage red fox, looking quite beautiful in the falling snow.
January 8, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Land back for Cherokees. Town of Franklin is returning ᏃᏈᏏ, one of our sacred mounds, to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
A town in North Carolina is returning land to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
An important cultural site is close to being returned to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians after a city council in North Carolina voted unanimously Monday to return the land. The Noquisiyi Mound in...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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The street art of Oaxaca is pretty incredible.
January 5, 2026 at 12:21 AM
A pair of wood ducks stands on a boulder in a pond, another New Mexico sighting. I can add ᎧᏬᏄᏬᏚᎯ kawonuwoduhi to my life list. #birds
January 2, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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Me planning my 2026 reading goals. #twilightzonemarathon
January 1, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Hell yeah 2026 is already off to a banging start
January 1, 2026 at 9:04 PM
One of my favorite reads of 2025. What were some of your favorite books last year? #indigisky #booksky
SURVIVA is a mind blowing work of indigenous futurism. Highly recommended. #booksky #indigisky #cannupahanskaluger #indigenous
January 1, 2026 at 8:41 PM