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goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Sep 30

#everychildmatters
#orangeshirt
#OrangeShirtDay
#orangeshirtday2025
#indigenouspeoples

Hopuetake (children) omvlkvt (group) vcacvket (value) omes (to be)

goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Jan 10

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

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goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 6

Thank you so much! I'm glad people like it!

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goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

Thank you so much!

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goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

#muscogee virtues and their #mvskoke words

#indigenous #nativeamerican #art #nativeart #indigenousart #nativelanguage #indigenouslanguage #language

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goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

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.

goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

A basket I made at indigenous art forms

#basket #weaving #indigenous #muscogee

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goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

When learning #mvskoke counting, this is how I break the words down.

#indigenous #language #muscogee

goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

The lord's prayer in #mvskoke

#muscogee #thelordsprayer #Christian #indigenous

goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

#lucv-sopanv #mikuhatsune of the #muscogee

#worldwidemiku

goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

#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

goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

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.

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goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

#turtleisland

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

The #mvskoke word for turtle is Lucv

goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

Here are some of my #fingerweaving pieces and the pattern I use.

Sewvnvketv is the #mvskoke word for #yarnbelt

#yarn #belt

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goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

#muscogee #chief David Hill of the Muscogee (creek) nation

#themuscogeecreeknation

goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

#Scissortail #flycatcher the state #bird of #Oklahoma

I really love them. They're so cute.

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goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

#theguardian is the statue at the top of the #Oklahoma #capital

It's my favorite statue.
#art #native #indigenous

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goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

Here's the black and white

goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

Here's some of my fav pottery

#mvskoke #pottery #indigenous #nativeamerican

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goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

Sunflower woman

#art #nativeart #indigenousart

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goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

Traditional #mvskoke #clothing

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

#nativelanguage #indigenous #language #nativeamerican

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goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

#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

goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

#mvskoke words for #animals

#indigenous #language

goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

#milkweed known as #Hvtkē-kafkv in #mvskoke provides important help to native #butterflies I also think it's a really pretty plant.

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goirwin.bsky.social @goirwin.bsky.social · Dec 5

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.

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