Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella
@juliefrancella.com
Professor of Indigenous Studies @DurhamCollege.
Mental Health Counselor
Ojibway Citizen of Batchewana First Nation.
📡 SiriusXmProgress #127 Every Thurs 10 PM ET
Resident Artist @RelativeArtsNYC
Substack: juliefrancella.substack.com
juliefrancella.com
Mental Health Counselor
Ojibway Citizen of Batchewana First Nation.
📡 SiriusXmProgress #127 Every Thurs 10 PM ET
Resident Artist @RelativeArtsNYC
Substack: juliefrancella.substack.com
juliefrancella.com
That’s beautiful. We’re grateful to @johnfugelsang.bsky.social for sharing his space with us.
I am so thankful I found you through John’s show. I have been learning so much and even things that are beautifully surprising,
this spring I’m planting the 3 sisters in my garden.
And then that acorn of knowledge led me to information about Unci Maka.🤗
this spring I’m planting the 3 sisters in my garden.
And then that acorn of knowledge led me to information about Unci Maka.🤗
December 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
That’s beautiful. We’re grateful to @johnfugelsang.bsky.social for sharing his space with us.
I wrote a short piece accompanied by a video for Substack.
A reflection on my Anishinaabe / Ojibwe name and the responsibilities woven into it.
Take a look if you like:
Carrying a Name the Old Way
substack.com/@juliefrance...
A reflection on my Anishinaabe / Ojibwe name and the responsibilities woven into it.
Take a look if you like:
Carrying a Name the Old Way
substack.com/@juliefrance...
Carrying a Name the Old Way
Thoughts on the responsibilities woven into an Anishinaabe Name
substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I wrote a short piece accompanied by a video for Substack.
A reflection on my Anishinaabe / Ojibwe name and the responsibilities woven into it.
Take a look if you like:
Carrying a Name the Old Way
substack.com/@juliefrance...
A reflection on my Anishinaabe / Ojibwe name and the responsibilities woven into it.
Take a look if you like:
Carrying a Name the Old Way
substack.com/@juliefrance...
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Reposted by Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella
I wrote about the Neil Stonechild case and the history of Starlight Tours this week: one of the clearest, documented examples of systemic racism in Canadian policing.
Please read it and share it. It’s here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Please read it and share it. It’s here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Past the Last Streetlight: Neil Stonechild, Darrell Night, and the truth about starlight tours.
Systemic Racism and What The Stonechild Inquiry Revealed
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I wrote about the Neil Stonechild case and the history of Starlight Tours this week: one of the clearest, documented examples of systemic racism in Canadian policing.
Please read it and share it. It’s here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Please read it and share it. It’s here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
I wrote about the Neil Stonechild case and the history of Starlight Tours this week: one of the clearest, documented examples of systemic racism in Canadian policing.
Please read it and share it. It’s here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Please read it and share it. It’s here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Past the Last Streetlight: Neil Stonechild, Darrell Night, and the truth about starlight tours.
Systemic Racism and What The Stonechild Inquiry Revealed
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I wrote about the Neil Stonechild case and the history of Starlight Tours this week: one of the clearest, documented examples of systemic racism in Canadian policing.
Please read it and share it. It’s here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Please read it and share it. It’s here:
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
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My latest Substack on the documentary film "Bring Them Home"
Please read and share:
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Please read and share:
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Bring Them Home
If You Watch One Documentary This Week, Make It "Bring Them Home"
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
My latest Substack on the documentary film "Bring Them Home"
Please read and share:
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Please read and share:
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
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Great episode last night, my sister and I thank you for the explanation on how we as individuals fall back into old behaviors when around unspoken childhood traumas, the physiological aspect gave me something to consider with my children.
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Great episode last night, my sister and I thank you for the explanation on how we as individuals fall back into old behaviors when around unspoken childhood traumas, the physiological aspect gave me something to consider with my children.
Reposted by Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I are doing a special Thanksgiving episode tonight on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social’s SiriusXM show (Ch. 127).
It’ll air between 9-12 PM ET — & it’ll replay tomorrow.
We’re calling it Thanksgiving / Takesgiving / ThanksTaking — a conversation about truth & myth 🌾. Tune in
It’ll air between 9-12 PM ET — & it’ll replay tomorrow.
We’re calling it Thanksgiving / Takesgiving / ThanksTaking — a conversation about truth & myth 🌾. Tune in
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I are doing a special Thanksgiving episode tonight on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social’s SiriusXM show (Ch. 127).
It’ll air between 9-12 PM ET — & it’ll replay tomorrow.
We’re calling it Thanksgiving / Takesgiving / ThanksTaking — a conversation about truth & myth 🌾. Tune in
It’ll air between 9-12 PM ET — & it’ll replay tomorrow.
We’re calling it Thanksgiving / Takesgiving / ThanksTaking — a conversation about truth & myth 🌾. Tune in
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I are doing a special Thanksgiving episode tonight on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social’s SiriusXM show (Ch. 127).
It’ll air between 9-12 PM ET — & it’ll replay tomorrow.
We’re calling it Thanksgiving / Takesgiving / ThanksTaking — a conversation about truth & myth 🌾. Tune in
It’ll air between 9-12 PM ET — & it’ll replay tomorrow.
We’re calling it Thanksgiving / Takesgiving / ThanksTaking — a conversation about truth & myth 🌾. Tune in
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social & I are doing a special Thanksgiving episode tonight on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social’s SiriusXM show (Ch. 127).
It’ll air between 9-12 PM ET — & it’ll replay tomorrow.
We’re calling it Thanksgiving / Takesgiving / ThanksTaking — a conversation about truth & myth 🌾. Tune in
It’ll air between 9-12 PM ET — & it’ll replay tomorrow.
We’re calling it Thanksgiving / Takesgiving / ThanksTaking — a conversation about truth & myth 🌾. Tune in
Reposted by Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella
I love this show! I listen to it as a podcast and always learn so much! 🙏🏼 🪶
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I love this show! I listen to it as a podcast and always learn so much! 🙏🏼 🪶
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"A Mini Thanksgiving Guide" (for anyone wanting to do this day differently)
You can follow @juliefrancella.com here too.
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
You can follow @juliefrancella.com here too.
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
A Mini Thanksgiving Guide
(For Anyone Wanting to Do This Day Differently)
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"A Mini Thanksgiving Guide" (for anyone wanting to do this day differently)
You can follow @juliefrancella.com here too.
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
You can follow @juliefrancella.com here too.
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
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Thanks to Julie for her insightful analysis of deep symbolic meaning of this trip to DC for those of us excluded from policy for far too long... have a read at the link below. Zohran keeps showing up + surviving, as the good leader NYers like me have been hoping for, for so long. #NYC #Mamdani
Wrote a new Substack about Friday’s meeting between Mamdani and Trump.
Sharing it here.
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Sharing it here.
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
A Mayor in the Lion’s Den
Zohran Mamdani, Donald Trump, and the Politics of Meeting Power
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Wrote a new Substack about Friday’s meeting between Mamdani and Trump.
Sharing it here.
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Sharing it here.
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
A Mayor in the Lion’s Den
Zohran Mamdani, Donald Trump, and the Politics of Meeting Power
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Wrote a new Substack about Friday’s meeting between Mamdani and Trump.
Sharing it here.
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Sharing it here.
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
If grief has reshaped your life, this might feel like a hand on your shoulder.
Come read when you’re ready. Feel free to share if it resonates with you.
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Come read when you’re ready. Feel free to share if it resonates with you.
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Grief Doesn’t End The Relationship
Ten weeks after my mother died from the long ache of alcoholism, my sister ended her life.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
If grief has reshaped your life, this might feel like a hand on your shoulder.
Come read when you’re ready. Feel free to share if it resonates with you.
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Come read when you’re ready. Feel free to share if it resonates with you.
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
If you missed me and @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social live on Thursday on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM Progress show, you can catch our segment every Saturday for free.
Here’s the latest: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Here’s the latest: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you missed me and @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social live on Thursday on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM Progress show, you can catch our segment every Saturday for free.
Here’s the latest: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Here’s the latest: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Reposted by Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social @juliefrancella.com @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social Enjoyed this week’s segment. I grew up in Klamath Falls, Klamath & Modoc tribes. When I was a kid, a friend invited me to go look for arrow heads. My mom told me they were going grave robbing, so no. Mi 1960s. People know.
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social @juliefrancella.com @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social Enjoyed this week’s segment. I grew up in Klamath Falls, Klamath & Modoc tribes. When I was a kid, a friend invited me to go look for arrow heads. My mom told me they were going grave robbing, so no. Mi 1960s. People know.
I've just posted something new on Substack: a quiet moment that reminds me how much beauty still reaches for us, even in all this noise. The way Mother Earth holds all of us, unconditionally.
If you need a gentle pause, come read.
To Our Oldest Caretakers
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
If you need a gentle pause, come read.
To Our Oldest Caretakers
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
To Our Oldest Caretakers
Trees
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I've just posted something new on Substack: a quiet moment that reminds me how much beauty still reaches for us, even in all this noise. The way Mother Earth holds all of us, unconditionally.
If you need a gentle pause, come read.
To Our Oldest Caretakers
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
If you need a gentle pause, come read.
To Our Oldest Caretakers
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Reposted by Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella
"Trees indeed have hearts."
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Trees indeed have hearts."
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
~ Henry David Thoreau
🎨 Nino Chakvetadze
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Great Daily Show interview with Oglala Lakota Chef Sean Sherman about his new cookbook. I ordered a copy and we're honoring the True heroes of Thanksgiving by adding history and recipes from it to our table.
Thanks @juliefrancella.com & @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Thanks @juliefrancella.com & @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous P…
Uncover the stories behind the foods that have linked t…
www.goodreads.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Great Daily Show interview with Oglala Lakota Chef Sean Sherman about his new cookbook. I ordered a copy and we're honoring the True heroes of Thanksgiving by adding history and recipes from it to our table.
Thanks @juliefrancella.com & @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Thanks @juliefrancella.com & @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social!
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social and I are live tonight at 10 PM ET on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM Progress show. We’ll be talking about Lily Gladstone’s new doc “Bring Them Home” & a whole mix of things. We’ll be taking calls, so call in & ask us anything.
📞 866-997-4748.
📞 866-997-4748.
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
@simonmoyasmith.bsky.social and I are live tonight at 10 PM ET on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM Progress show. We’ll be talking about Lily Gladstone’s new doc “Bring Them Home” & a whole mix of things. We’ll be taking calls, so call in & ask us anything.
📞 866-997-4748.
📞 866-997-4748.
Moms always say choose carefully who you hang around, and warn you about picking up your friends’ bad habits. He chose Mohammed bin Salman, and now his posts read like they were typed from a windowless room in the basement of a Riyadh interrogation center.
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Moms always say choose carefully who you hang around, and warn you about picking up your friends’ bad habits. He chose Mohammed bin Salman, and now his posts read like they were typed from a windowless room in the basement of a Riyadh interrogation center.
Reposted by Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella
Tonight there’s a freezing warning here, and in our Anishinaabe way, that means we welcome the storytelling season.
Come read my new Substack, and if you feel called, tell a story of your own, or write one down.
Winter is coming.
Let’s share our stories.
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Come read my new Substack, and if you feel called, tell a story of your own, or write one down.
Winter is coming.
Let’s share our stories.
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Winter is the Season of Storytelling
When the Land Grows Cold and the World Turns Quiet Enough to Listen
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Tonight there’s a freezing warning here, and in our Anishinaabe way, that means we welcome the storytelling season.
Come read my new Substack, and if you feel called, tell a story of your own, or write one down.
Winter is coming.
Let’s share our stories.
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Come read my new Substack, and if you feel called, tell a story of your own, or write one down.
Winter is coming.
Let’s share our stories.
open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Reposted by Julie (Aakadewin-O Waawaashkeshi Kwe) Francella
If you missed me and @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM show last week, you can listen here for free. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
We're Still Here with Simon and Julie
Podcast Episode · The John Fugelsang Podcast · 2025-11-15 · 39m
podcasts.apple.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If you missed me and @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social on @johnfugelsang.bsky.social ‘s SiriusXM show last week, you can listen here for free. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Saw a candle called “Cozy Writer’s Block”.
It smells like bergamot, self-doubt, and three half-filled mugs of coffee.
It smells like bergamot, self-doubt, and three half-filled mugs of coffee.
November 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Saw a candle called “Cozy Writer’s Block”.
It smells like bergamot, self-doubt, and three half-filled mugs of coffee.
It smells like bergamot, self-doubt, and three half-filled mugs of coffee.