Tewa Women United
@tewawomenunited.bsky.social
Founded and led by Indigenous women, we are a multicultural + multiracial organization braiding environmental, reproductive, + gender justice. Based in the Tewa homelands, aka Española, Northern New Mexico.
www.tewawomenunited.org
www.tewawomenunited.org
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"As we heal ourselves, we heal our ancestors and transform the world for our children."
- Dr. Corrine Sanchez
Tewa Women United executive director
#HealingJustice #BelovedCommunity #Tewa #NewMexico
- Dr. Corrine Sanchez
Tewa Women United executive director
#HealingJustice #BelovedCommunity #Tewa #NewMexico
Online entities collect information about what we search, locations we visit, the status of our mental health. #NMCHISPA will seal the gaps that allow these unregulated entities to profit off of us. Please sign the petition: nmchispa.org#section-_RqZ...
#NewMexico #DataPrivacy
#NewMexico #DataPrivacy
New Mexico Community & Health Information Safety & Privacy Act
New Mexicans deserve transparency, security, and control over their private information. HB 587 puts power back in your hands.
nmchispa.org
December 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Online entities collect information about what we search, locations we visit, the status of our mental health. #NMCHISPA will seal the gaps that allow these unregulated entities to profit off of us. Please sign the petition: nmchispa.org#section-_RqZ...
#NewMexico #DataPrivacy
#NewMexico #DataPrivacy
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Meet Wilma Mankiller, the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Her Indigenous feminism empowered women everywhere to lead, thrive, and break barriers.
Read more about her on #ANB: oxford.ly/4pK4Ely
#feminism #womenempowerment
Read more about her on #ANB: oxford.ly/4pK4Ely
#feminism #womenempowerment
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Meet Wilma Mankiller, the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Her Indigenous feminism empowered women everywhere to lead, thrive, and break barriers.
Read more about her on #ANB: oxford.ly/4pK4Ely
#feminism #womenempowerment
Read more about her on #ANB: oxford.ly/4pK4Ely
#feminism #womenempowerment
Sengi Thamuu, beloved community. How is everyone doing today?
December 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Sengi Thamuu, beloved community. How is everyone doing today?
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#OTD in 1985, Wilma Mankiller took office as the first female Principal Chief of the #Cherokee Nation, one of the most prominent tribes in the U.S.
Serving until 1995, Mankiller was known for her accomplishments in education, healthcare, and government reform. #NativeAmerican #leader
Serving until 1995, Mankiller was known for her accomplishments in education, healthcare, and government reform. #NativeAmerican #leader
December 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
#OTD in 1985, Wilma Mankiller took office as the first female Principal Chief of the #Cherokee Nation, one of the most prominent tribes in the U.S.
Serving until 1995, Mankiller was known for her accomplishments in education, healthcare, and government reform. #NativeAmerican #leader
Serving until 1995, Mankiller was known for her accomplishments in education, healthcare, and government reform. #NativeAmerican #leader
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"Indigenous leaders, farmers, and environmental activists worldwide face harassment, violence, and legal threats while defending land, water, and ecosystems, highlighting the urgent need for stronger protections and international accountability."
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Indigenous and Environmental Defenders Risk Their Lives as the Last Line Protecting the Planet
observatory.wiki
December 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Indigenous leaders, farmers, and environmental activists worldwide face harassment, violence, and legal threats while defending land, water, and ecosystems, highlighting the urgent need for stronger protections and international accountability."
observatory.wiki/Indigenous_a...
observatory.wiki/Indigenous_a...
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🦅🪶👇🏾Oomaka Tokatakiya - Future Generations 🐴🐎#Ride 2025 to Wounded Knee, SD. (Big Foot Ride). December 15th, 2025 - Dec 29th, 2025'
(FB: Stoney HuYamni. Dec 11, 2025)
#FutureGenerations #WoundedKnee #NativeAmericans #Indigenous #FirstNations
(FB: Stoney HuYamni. Dec 11, 2025)
#FutureGenerations #WoundedKnee #NativeAmericans #Indigenous #FirstNations
December 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🦅🪶👇🏾Oomaka Tokatakiya - Future Generations 🐴🐎#Ride 2025 to Wounded Knee, SD. (Big Foot Ride). December 15th, 2025 - Dec 29th, 2025'
(FB: Stoney HuYamni. Dec 11, 2025)
#FutureGenerations #WoundedKnee #NativeAmericans #Indigenous #FirstNations
(FB: Stoney HuYamni. Dec 11, 2025)
#FutureGenerations #WoundedKnee #NativeAmericans #Indigenous #FirstNations
Tuesday, Dec 9, 5:30 pm
#LANL Public Meeting
Salas Event Center, Los Alamos, + on Zoom (link in comments)
Los Alamos National Laboratory will host a public meeting following the tritium venting completion. We're calling on our Land-Based communities to stand together to demand answers.
#NewMexico
#LANL Public Meeting
Salas Event Center, Los Alamos, + on Zoom (link in comments)
Los Alamos National Laboratory will host a public meeting following the tritium venting completion. We're calling on our Land-Based communities to stand together to demand answers.
#NewMexico
December 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Tuesday, Dec 9, 5:30 pm
#LANL Public Meeting
Salas Event Center, Los Alamos, + on Zoom (link in comments)
Los Alamos National Laboratory will host a public meeting following the tritium venting completion. We're calling on our Land-Based communities to stand together to demand answers.
#NewMexico
#LANL Public Meeting
Salas Event Center, Los Alamos, + on Zoom (link in comments)
Los Alamos National Laboratory will host a public meeting following the tritium venting completion. We're calling on our Land-Based communities to stand together to demand answers.
#NewMexico
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#USA: StrongHearts Helpline for Native American Women. 7am - 10pm CST Daily | 1−844-762-8483 | http://www.strongheartshelpline.org/
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#USA: StrongHearts Helpline for Native American Women. 7am - 10pm CST Daily | 1−844-762-8483 | http://www.strongheartshelpline.org/
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Bears Ears is alive with heritage, ancestry, and memory.
To the Tribal Nations rooted in this landscape, ancestral structures and cultural belongings are not ruins or relics; they are living beings, full of presence, story, and connection.
📸: Josh Ewing
To the Tribal Nations rooted in this landscape, ancestral structures and cultural belongings are not ruins or relics; they are living beings, full of presence, story, and connection.
📸: Josh Ewing
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Bears Ears is alive with heritage, ancestry, and memory.
To the Tribal Nations rooted in this landscape, ancestral structures and cultural belongings are not ruins or relics; they are living beings, full of presence, story, and connection.
📸: Josh Ewing
To the Tribal Nations rooted in this landscape, ancestral structures and cultural belongings are not ruins or relics; they are living beings, full of presence, story, and connection.
📸: Josh Ewing
Much gratitude to all who donated in support of our organization and other Native-led groups yesterday, #GivingTuesday and #GiveNative day. Happy Restful Wednesday or however you think of it ; )
December 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Much gratitude to all who donated in support of our organization and other Native-led groups yesterday, #GivingTuesday and #GiveNative day. Happy Restful Wednesday or however you think of it ; )
Today! #GiveNative aims to raise awareness and support for #Nativeled nonprofit organizations. Did you know Native people represent nearly 3% of the U.S. population yet Native-led nonprofits receive less than 0.3% of foundation dollars? Your support makes a difference.
DONATE --> bit.ly/TWU-give
DONATE --> bit.ly/TWU-give
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Today! #GiveNative aims to raise awareness and support for #Nativeled nonprofit organizations. Did you know Native people represent nearly 3% of the U.S. population yet Native-led nonprofits receive less than 0.3% of foundation dollars? Your support makes a difference.
DONATE --> bit.ly/TWU-give
DONATE --> bit.ly/TWU-give
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Did you know that less than 0.5% of philanthropic giving goes to Native Americans. Here are Native-led places you can donate this #GivingTuesday.🧵
December 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Did you know that less than 0.5% of philanthropic giving goes to Native Americans. Here are Native-led places you can donate this #GivingTuesday.🧵
Today! There are so many excellent #Nativeled nonprofits to support. Make this the day you give a donation to one or more of us to keep our heart work going strong in our communities all across Turtle Island.
Learn more: www.givenative.org
#GiveNative #GivingTuesday #SupportNativeLed
Learn more: www.givenative.org
#GiveNative #GivingTuesday #SupportNativeLed
#DYK only 0.25% of #philanthropic funding by large foundations goes to #NativeledNonprofits? Your support makes an impact on #NativeLed orgs. This #GivingTuesday, will you uplift our work by sharing our stories or making a donation? #GiveNative #GiveNow
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December 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Today! There are so many excellent #Nativeled nonprofits to support. Make this the day you give a donation to one or more of us to keep our heart work going strong in our communities all across Turtle Island.
Learn more: www.givenative.org
#GiveNative #GivingTuesday #SupportNativeLed
Learn more: www.givenative.org
#GiveNative #GivingTuesday #SupportNativeLed
Next week our #EnvironmentalJustice Program is offering some great winter workshops. Here's the first, on Dec 8, 2 - 4 pm: Winter Remedios, learn the healing secrets of rosemary and echinacea! More info and registration: tewawomenunited.org/events/remed...
#NewMexico #Espanola #healingherbs
#NewMexico #Espanola #healingherbs
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Next week our #EnvironmentalJustice Program is offering some great winter workshops. Here's the first, on Dec 8, 2 - 4 pm: Winter Remedios, learn the healing secrets of rosemary and echinacea! More info and registration: tewawomenunited.org/events/remed...
#NewMexico #Espanola #healingherbs
#NewMexico #Espanola #healingherbs
Our free weekly #Perinatal #Yoga class happens this Wednesday, 11 am to noon, with a special guest! Join us for a heart-centered session with Lina Barrios, a Mayan Ajq’ij (Spiritual Guide) visiting from Guatemala. More info:
tewawomenunited.org/events/perin...
#NewMexico
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#NewMexico
Perinatal Yoga Class (every Wednesday) | Tewa Women United
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December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Our free weekly #Perinatal #Yoga class happens this Wednesday, 11 am to noon, with a special guest! Join us for a heart-centered session with Lina Barrios, a Mayan Ajq’ij (Spiritual Guide) visiting from Guatemala. More info:
tewawomenunited.org/events/perin...
#NewMexico
tewawomenunited.org/events/perin...
#NewMexico
Another excellent #Native nonprofit org to support -- #GiveNative today!
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS) is a leading national organization dedicated to advocating on behalf of Native peoples impacted by U.S. Indian boarding school policies.
Support our work here: https://bit.ly/supportNABS
Support our work here: https://bit.ly/supportNABS
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Another excellent #Native nonprofit org to support -- #GiveNative today!
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Follow Native Ways Federation for more info and find ways to get involved. #GiveNative
Native Nonprofit Day | Native Ways Federation
Native Nonprofit Day is a day of educating, advocating, and giving to Native-led nonprofits. Learn more by visiting NativeNonprofit.Day
f.mtr.cool
May 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Follow Native Ways Federation for more info and find ways to get involved. #GiveNative
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#GiveNative Native Nonprofit List: "Generosity becomes powerful when it uplifts others. By offering respectful support to Native-led organizations, you help ensure resources reach the people carrying forward culture, sovereignty, and community care." www.givenative.org/search?orgSc...
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
#GiveNative Native Nonprofit List: "Generosity becomes powerful when it uplifts others. By offering respectful support to Native-led organizations, you help ensure resources reach the people carrying forward culture, sovereignty, and community care." www.givenative.org/search?orgSc...
Tuesday, December 2, is #GiveNative Day!
Supporting Native nonprofits ensures the highest, best use of resources and empowers the very people whose lives are transformed by our support. Donate to TWU: bit.ly/twu-give / Discover more orgs: www.givenative.org/search
#NativeNonprofit #GivingTuesday
Supporting Native nonprofits ensures the highest, best use of resources and empowers the very people whose lives are transformed by our support. Donate to TWU: bit.ly/twu-give / Discover more orgs: www.givenative.org/search
#NativeNonprofit #GivingTuesday
December 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Tuesday, December 2, is #GiveNative Day!
Supporting Native nonprofits ensures the highest, best use of resources and empowers the very people whose lives are transformed by our support. Donate to TWU: bit.ly/twu-give / Discover more orgs: www.givenative.org/search
#NativeNonprofit #GivingTuesday
Supporting Native nonprofits ensures the highest, best use of resources and empowers the very people whose lives are transformed by our support. Donate to TWU: bit.ly/twu-give / Discover more orgs: www.givenative.org/search
#NativeNonprofit #GivingTuesday
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Friends, help protect Chaco Canyon! Here’s what you can do:
- Call your members of Congress and urge them to sign onto the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act!
- Call the Department of the Interior at 202-208-3100 and the White House at 202-456-1111 and tell them to protect Chaco Canyon!
- Call your members of Congress and urge them to sign onto the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act!
- Call the Department of the Interior at 202-208-3100 and the White House at 202-456-1111 and tell them to protect Chaco Canyon!
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Friends, help protect Chaco Canyon! Here’s what you can do:
- Call your members of Congress and urge them to sign onto the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act!
- Call the Department of the Interior at 202-208-3100 and the White House at 202-456-1111 and tell them to protect Chaco Canyon!
- Call your members of Congress and urge them to sign onto the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act!
- Call the Department of the Interior at 202-208-3100 and the White House at 202-456-1111 and tell them to protect Chaco Canyon!
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The #MMIWG2S crisis spans decades, and involves 1000s of cases, and yet, even as the Epstein story captures mass media attention and builds pressure for more prosecutions, Indigenous women and girls and women-identified people continue to turn up dead.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/24/s...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/24/s...
Silenced Reports & Epstein Files: Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women Still Don’t Make News
Long before there was Jeffrey Epstein and his repulsive rape ring, there was the terror of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. The MMIW
www.counterpunch.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The #MMIWG2S crisis spans decades, and involves 1000s of cases, and yet, even as the Epstein story captures mass media attention and builds pressure for more prosecutions, Indigenous women and girls and women-identified people continue to turn up dead.
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/24/s...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/24/s...
Weds, Nov 26
11 am-12 noon
Free Perinatal Yoga Class with Wendolyne!
1003 E Fairview Ln, Espanola #NewMexico
Open to people from pregnancy to postpartum. Parents with babies aged 0–5 are welcome.
👕 Wear comfy clothing
🧘🏽 Bring a yoga mat (or borrow one from us)
🍵 Tea will be provided
11 am-12 noon
Free Perinatal Yoga Class with Wendolyne!
1003 E Fairview Ln, Espanola #NewMexico
Open to people from pregnancy to postpartum. Parents with babies aged 0–5 are welcome.
👕 Wear comfy clothing
🧘🏽 Bring a yoga mat (or borrow one from us)
🍵 Tea will be provided
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Weds, Nov 26
11 am-12 noon
Free Perinatal Yoga Class with Wendolyne!
1003 E Fairview Ln, Espanola #NewMexico
Open to people from pregnancy to postpartum. Parents with babies aged 0–5 are welcome.
👕 Wear comfy clothing
🧘🏽 Bring a yoga mat (or borrow one from us)
🍵 Tea will be provided
11 am-12 noon
Free Perinatal Yoga Class with Wendolyne!
1003 E Fairview Ln, Espanola #NewMexico
Open to people from pregnancy to postpartum. Parents with babies aged 0–5 are welcome.
👕 Wear comfy clothing
🧘🏽 Bring a yoga mat (or borrow one from us)
🍵 Tea will be provided
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New substack post out today. The myth of Thanksgiving is as American as it is wrong. Every year, we tell the mythical story of the first Thanksgiving so we can ignore the obvious truth that this land was taken not by friendship, but by violence. Read here:
The myth of Thanksgiving is as American as it is wrong
Every year, we tell the mythical story of the first Thanksgiving so we can ignore the obvious truth that this land was taken not by friendship, but by violence.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New substack post out today. The myth of Thanksgiving is as American as it is wrong. Every year, we tell the mythical story of the first Thanksgiving so we can ignore the obvious truth that this land was taken not by friendship, but by violence. Read here:
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Reading “Native Nations” and it’s fantastic, if you’ve never read much on Native American history it’s a great starting point.
I found the early chapters particularly illuminating since I didn’t really have a good understanding of how Native societies evolved between Cahokia and Roanoke.
I found the early chapters particularly illuminating since I didn’t really have a good understanding of how Native societies evolved between Cahokia and Roanoke.
Native Nations: A Millennium in North America
A Millennium in North America
bookshop.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Reading “Native Nations” and it’s fantastic, if you’ve never read much on Native American history it’s a great starting point.
I found the early chapters particularly illuminating since I didn’t really have a good understanding of how Native societies evolved between Cahokia and Roanoke.
I found the early chapters particularly illuminating since I didn’t really have a good understanding of how Native societies evolved between Cahokia and Roanoke.
Feels like we're getting way less traction here on Bluesky than a couple of months ago -- anyone else experiencing this? Any tips on increased engagement?
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Feels like we're getting way less traction here on Bluesky than a couple of months ago -- anyone else experiencing this? Any tips on increased engagement?