Kanyʌhtowa•nʌ Cheyenne Reuben-Thomas
@cheyennethomas.bsky.social
Oneida 🐢 & Tonawanda Seneca | she/they | PhD Student in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell | Moreau Lab | NSF Fellow | Investigating impacts of Cultural Fire on insect biodiversity with a #LandBack framework 🐜
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Summer of love: rescued these two scissor grinders (Neotibicen linnei) from the road - hopefully with little disruption! 👀 (My partners submission to #2025OwlflyPhoto).
September 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Summer of love: rescued these two scissor grinders (Neotibicen linnei) from the road - hopefully with little disruption! 👀 (My partners submission to #2025OwlflyPhoto).
Heading home from my first round of fieldwork this season! I love connecting with the land in this way - being in community and learning from our more-than-human relations while in the field. From woodlands to prairies I go… 🔥🐜 #pyroentomology #culturalfire #NativeinSTEM #womeninSTEM
July 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Heading home from my first round of fieldwork this season! I love connecting with the land in this way - being in community and learning from our more-than-human relations while in the field. From woodlands to prairies I go… 🔥🐜 #pyroentomology #culturalfire #NativeinSTEM #womeninSTEM
Yesterday was Twahyahnekílha (Strawberry Ceremony) back at home. Each June, we celebrate and give thanks to the leader of the plants, awʌ́hihteʼ (wild strawberry), brought to our world by Skywoman. The berries, leaves & roots are medicine for our people. Make your own awʌ́hihteʼ drink (simple recipe)!
June 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Yesterday was Twahyahnekílha (Strawberry Ceremony) back at home. Each June, we celebrate and give thanks to the leader of the plants, awʌ́hihteʼ (wild strawberry), brought to our world by Skywoman. The berries, leaves & roots are medicine for our people. Make your own awʌ́hihteʼ drink (simple recipe)!
It's #worldbeeday! At Oneida Nation, our tsinuhnéhklis (bee) relatives are essential to our livelihoods. Not only do they pollinate our crops/orchards and medicines (eg, bergamot or #6), we have seen many return home as we restore habitats on the reservation - including the rusty-patched bumble bee!
May 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It's #worldbeeday! At Oneida Nation, our tsinuhnéhklis (bee) relatives are essential to our livelihoods. Not only do they pollinate our crops/orchards and medicines (eg, bergamot or #6), we have seen many return home as we restore habitats on the reservation - including the rusty-patched bumble bee!
Woke up thinking about our ogweñyo'da (cicada) relatives. Our Onondaga brood won't be seen again until 2035, but I am always delighted to see nearby broods. These amazing insects are an example of our resiliency as Haudenosaunee people and I celebrate every emergence.
May 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Woke up thinking about our ogweñyo'da (cicada) relatives. Our Onondaga brood won't be seen again until 2035, but I am always delighted to see nearby broods. These amazing insects are an example of our resiliency as Haudenosaunee people and I celebrate every emergence.
Shekóli, Bluesky! New here + wanted to introduce myself. I’m Cheyenne Reuben-Thomas, an Oneida & Seneca PhD student at Cornell with @corriemoreau.bsky.social. My research explores impacts of Cultural Fire + prescribed burns on insect diversity & Indigenous data sovereignty in ecological research 🐜🔥
December 3, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Shekóli, Bluesky! New here + wanted to introduce myself. I’m Cheyenne Reuben-Thomas, an Oneida & Seneca PhD student at Cornell with @corriemoreau.bsky.social. My research explores impacts of Cultural Fire + prescribed burns on insect diversity & Indigenous data sovereignty in ecological research 🐜🔥