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My uncle (father’s brother) died last night and I wanna know if I should cut my braid or not? My father’s side is Seneca and my mother’s side is Sioux and I am a two-spirit male. Is it reserved only for the female born/female presenting? Is it up to me whether or not I cut the braid? Do these separate nations do separate things? Research is hard to find/sift through and some outside knowledge would be super helpful!

I have gotten mod permission to post.

"We are asking our community for Emergency Housing funds. Anything is appreciated. Our Quileute Tribal family from LaPush, Wa has been given 72 hours notice to vacate our home owned by a Quileute entity.

Two weeks before Christmas. With the rent already took out of last check, conditions of our housing was dependent on terms of employment. After missing less than a week of work due to an auto-immune disease, my partner was retaliated against despite having a doctors note and her employment was terminated. I really did not want to use our child’s picture for our fundraiser but this is all or nothing. We’re literally being fed to the wolves. We have 5 kids we have to be separated from if we can not find housing. We have a special needs child in tribal school.

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We have asked all resources here in la push including tribal council for assistance, no emergency funds or any plan from anyone to help us relocate by Christmas. No presents are in our budget as of now. We have empty homes here that have been vacant for months. This is cruel and easily preventable. IT TAKES A VILLAGE!!"

- minor edits from HumbleHokwat

GoFundMe Link

I know some nations and cultures associate owls with bad news or bad luck, but I’m looking for information on the Peoria Tribe in specific.

I’m working on a project about the rhetoric of Starved Rock State Park in Oglesby IL. When I visited I looked around the visitor center and the archeological artifacts (mostly French btw but some Illinois Confederation) were in a hall way that had 6 taxidermied raptors on perches overhead. Three of the birds were owls and two of the owls were at the end of the hall, in effect guarding the exit.

I don’t have anyone local to me to ask about the Peoria Tribe as I live on Ho-Chunk/Potawatomie land and I can’t imagine there is consensus across nations about it.

Thank you for any information,

Anyone know of Native owned bison shops that ship? Or any Native/Tribal owned butchers!

I'm a settler and I have an Indigenous intern who speaks some Mohawk. He regularly throws in Mohawk phrases to conversation and emails and has said he would appreciate if we would as well, so I am trying to learn. I already tried to look this up and got nowhere, I'm wondering how to say "good job" or something similar to commend him on his excellent work?

Nia:wen/Thank you in advance. Just trying to do a small thing to make him feel appreciated and seen.