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Shawn Burns
@backpackingdad.bsky.social
Mohawk with a PhD in philosophy that they can't take back. Once a dad blogger.

Formerly: Akwesasne, Kingston, Stanford.

Currently: Silicon Valley

Right the wrongs you can without wronging rights.
What did you do today? The barbershop quartet I joined last month just won the Novice Quartet competition for the Nor Cal West division of the Far Western District of the Barbershop Harmony Society.

Not a bad Saturday.
February 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
When entering Canada, it is important to dress like all Canadians dress every day.
February 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Half Moon Bay sunset anniversary toast.
January 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I wanted to make Mohawk corn soup for New Year's, but I had to do a variation. I don't have access to lyed white corn and I needed to start with a vegetarian base (ham added later).

Some of my family in Akwesasne call us the California Cousins, so here is California Cousin's Mohawk Corn Soup.
January 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
In 1969, a Mohawk activist from Akwesasne, Richard Oakes, led the occupation of Alcatraz alongside Lanada Means (Shoshone-Bannock).

Shé:kon, tourists. It's a beautiful day.
December 29, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Happy Boxing Day from me and my glasses.
December 26, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Merry Christmas from me and my hat.
December 26, 2024 at 6:05 AM
Proof that I am in a barbershop chorus and do in fact sing in public with said chorus.
December 10, 2024 at 5:39 AM
I'm finally getting around to this.
November 21, 2024 at 12:17 AM