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hello, I'm GOIrwin. I am from Norman.

Hensci! Cvhocefkvn GOIrwin tos. Norman atiyēt os.
#everychildmatters
#orangeshirt
#OrangeShirtDay
#orangeshirtday2025
#indigenouspeoples

Hopuetake (children) omvlkvt (group) vcacvket (value) omes (to be)
September 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Hesaketvmesē

When I hear of the giver of breath this is how I see him. A wise elder, his head bowed in contemplation, four strands of smoke leaving his pipe. His shirt like foliage, his scarf like water.
#mvskoke #muscogee #indigenous #nativeart
January 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The #Mvskoke word for mosquito is Okyeha

The story I heard is: here once was a giant mosquito that would carry people off. People prayed to the creator for help. Creator sent spider to build a net and bat to chase the mosquito. Bat chased the mosquito so fast that he hit the net and became many.
December 5, 2024 at 8:00 PM
A basket I made at indigenous art forms

#basket #weaving #indigenous #muscogee
December 5, 2024 at 7:57 PM
When learning #mvskoke counting, this is how I break the words down.

#indigenous #language #muscogee
December 5, 2024 at 7:56 PM
December 5, 2024 at 7:55 PM
December 5, 2024 at 7:20 PM
#mvskoke words for celestial bodies and space related.

I'd like to make a coloring book one day so I try to offer black and white versions

#native #language #indigenous
December 5, 2024 at 7:12 PM
One of my beaded necklaces I made. Technically, I think this is a #chickasaw style necklace.

I am chickasaw through my ancestor Jennie Irwin. We have her original allotment papers. However, I wasn't raised much in the culture, so I tend not to claim it.
December 5, 2024 at 7:09 PM
#turtleisland

The muscogee tribe didn't call the land turtle island, but I love the name.

The #mvskoke word for turtle is Lucv
December 5, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Here are some of my #fingerweaving pieces and the pattern I use.

Sewvnvketv is the #mvskoke word for #yarnbelt

#yarn #belt
December 5, 2024 at 6:55 PM
#muscogee #chief David Hill of the Muscogee (creek) nation

#themuscogeecreeknation
December 5, 2024 at 6:52 PM
#Scissortail #flycatcher the state #bird of #Oklahoma

I really love them. They're so cute.
December 5, 2024 at 6:51 PM
#theguardian is the statue at the top of the #Oklahoma #capital

It's my favorite statue.
#art #native #indigenous
December 5, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Here's some of my fav pottery

#mvskoke #pottery #indigenous #nativeamerican
December 5, 2024 at 6:48 PM
December 5, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Traditional #mvskoke #clothing

Please note, women's feathered fans should NOT be made out of bird of prey feathers.

#nativelanguage #indigenous #language #nativeamerican
December 5, 2024 at 6:39 PM
#mvskoke family tree terms.

Children and sibling terms are different depending on sex of speaker. In the chart you are the little grey dot.

Whether you are saying "mine", "its", "yours", etc. change the prefix.
#indigenous #language #nativeamerican #nativelanguage #muscogee
December 5, 2024 at 6:36 PM
December 5, 2024 at 6:33 PM
#milkweed known as #Hvtkē-kafkv in #mvskoke provides important help to native #butterflies I also think it's a really pretty plant.
December 5, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Just a PSA to #newage or #spiritual

The #muscogee tribe didn't use #whitesage but I can still stand up for the tribe it was stolen from and the people being mistreated through its harvest. #smudging with commercial white sage is not good for you, the environment, or tribal communities. So stop.
December 5, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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December 5, 2024 at 6:21 PM
A continuation of the #mvskoke story
December 5, 2024 at 6:20 PM