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Artists like Keli Gonzales play a crucial role in helping our communities envision futures they once thought unimaginable. Our fourth series of Inchunwa focuses on highlighting artists who significantly impact the revitalization movement. These artists showcase ancestral tattoos in contemporary contexts.In this episode, we share our interview with Keli and reflect on her work. We also highlight our experiences with other artists, including Roy Bonney, Hotvlkuce Harjo, and Dustin Mater, who were among the first southeastern artists we encountered incorporating hereditary tattoos into their art. Through their creativity, we witnessed contemporary empowerment, which marked a turning point for our project.

We attended IndigiPopX at First American's Museum in Oklahoma City. In this episode, we discuss our experience and share the discussion we led during the convention with guest panelists, Faithlyn Seawright, Nathalie Standingcloud, Brittany Postoak, and Dustin Mater.

We've made it! This is our final episode of series three focusing on the experiences of folks who have received their traditional tattoos. In this episode we listen to an interview with Mvskoke artist and model Maddie Sanders. We're joined by guest hosts Heather Bryant (Cherokee) and Sierra Revas (Yuchi). In this episode we hear about Maddie bringing the Southeast to the Southwest, discuss how heather's tattoos have changed for them as they've become a mother, the importance of language and it's revitalization and more! For access to all the resources we've used for the Inchunwa podcast's research, check out the link tree in our bio on our instagram: instagram.com/inchunwa. Additionally I you're interested in joining our community research team, please email Lindsay Reeder @ inchunwaproject@gmail.com titled "research team". Finally if you'd like to financially support our project, become a Patreon at Patreon.com/inchunwa. 

ANNNNDD WE'RE BACK! In this episode  continue the third series where we speak with southeastern folks who have received and bear their traditional tattoos. This time we're speaking with guest Jenna Walkingstick (Cherokee) and guest hosts Lisa Fruichantie (Seminole/Mvskoke) and Angie Comeaux (Mvskoke/Choctaw). We cover a range of topics including Jenna and Lisa's experiences receiving and bearing traditional southeastern facial tattoos, positive and negative experiences around receiving traditional tattoos, body sovereignty, accountability, diversity in NDN country, interconnectedness to land and of tribal nations, the role of plants, and more! Additionally we make some major announcements:Lisa Fruichantie has become the first Executive Director of Inchunwa!She'll be representing Inchunwa at the Bioneers conference in Berkeley Inchunwa will be at Indigi Pop X (IPX) April 12th-14th at the First American's Museum in Oklahoma City! We'll have a booth the whole time and will have educational and interactive activities - and maybe even a chance to experience what it might be like (briefly) to bear traditional designs. Like the Indigenous Futurisms Festival back in June of 2023, Brit'll be doing a live food demo on Saturday April 13th.  On Sunday April 14th, Inchunwa will host a panel with Chickasaw Artist Dustin Mater (@dustign); Cherokee Artist Keli Gonzales (@sideshow_kel); Cherokee & Mvskoke Tattoo Practitioner and Actress Nathalie Standingcloud (@nattatt8); Chickasaw Artist & Language Advocate  Faithlyn Seawright (@faithlyntaloaseawright); Mvskoke Artist & former Inchunwa podcast guest host Brit Postoak (@brittpostoak); Seminole elder & knowledge keeper David Frank; Seminole Nation member & Inchunwa Executive Director Lisa Fruichantie (@fruichantie), and Choctaw descendant and Inchunwa team member Brit Reed (@nitaohoyo). The panel will last for two hours with an intermission and a Q&A. Get your tickets at https://indigenouscomiccon.com/. In May, the Inchunwa Project leadership will be hosting a retreat focused on the design and build of our apprenticeship program. This closed gathering will include a diverse cross section of SE tribal culture bearers and wisdom keepers and made possible by a grant from the Southern Movement Media Fund.To celebrate officially stepping into the second phase of Inchunwa and the amazing things to come, we will be hosting a raffle that will begin Saturday March 23, 2024 and end Friday March 29th, 2024. This raffle is a two night stay at the Golden Moon Hotel & Casino in Choctaw, Mississippi. In addition to the two night stay at the Golden Moon Hotel & Casino, it includes dinner for two at Phillip M's, Breakfast for two at The Bistro, and - most excitedly 1 round of golf for two at Dancing Rabbit Golf Club and/or Spa Treatment for two at The Spa. Raffle tickets are $20 eachProceeds will be going towards raising funds for the creation and development of the traditional tattoo apprenticeship program and building the Inchunwa Project admin & capacity structure for key items such as a website. Package can be used any time up to April 30th, 2024. As travel to Choctaw, MS will not be included, we encourage folks who live close enough to drive or are able to purchase airline tickets before April 30th, 2024 to participate. To purchase raffle tickets, go to our paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/inchunwaPlease include your email and social media handles in the description so that we can alert you if you win. 

In this episode, we are joined by guest co-host Colleen Billiot (Houma) to discuss the interview with Heather Bryan (Cherokee). This was one of the first interviews that we ever conducted when we began this project and have been anxiously awaiting when we could share it out with everyone. As with the previous guests in this third series, Heather shares their experience receiving and bearing traditional Cherokee tattoos as well as information regarding Cherokee and southeastern tattoos. Brit and Colleen discuss Heather's interview, revitalizing culture, climate change, tattoos, and more. Colleen Billiot  is a citizen of the United Houma Nation in southeast Louisiana. She co-founded and help run the Houma Language Project and revived a traditional gathering of my people a couple years back. Cultural reclamation and preservation tend to be her focus. She also teaches self-defense to women for free/low cost which she started doing due to the high rate of MMIW that she wrote on for a previous job.Heather Bryan (Cherokee) was born and raised in Seminole lands aka South FL.  They are an artist, herbalist and mama with a degree in Sociology and women's studies from the University of Central Florida where they were also involved in student organizing and social justice activism. You can find more information discussed in this episode and previous episodes on the Inchunwa instagram and the link tree link in the bio: instagram.com/inchunwa. Additionally if you'd like to help financially support the inchunwa project and podcast, you can become a patron: Patreon.com/inchunwaAdditional resources/links:Heather: @fury.of.femme https://www.instagram.com/fury.of.femme/@ginnyandbets https://www.instagram.com/ginnyandbets/ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ (Dadiwonisi/We Will Speak)@dadiwonisifilm https://www.instagram.com/dadiwonisifilm/Colleen Billiot:@curlynquirky https://www.instagram.com/curlynquirky/Bvlblancha Collective:@bvlbanchacollective https://www.instagram.com/bvlbanchacollective/?hl=enhttps://www.bvlbanchacollective.com/Tasso Time: https://sites.google.com/view/tasso-gathering

In this episode we are continuing our third series where we talk with southeastern folks who have received and bear their traditional tattoos. We are speaking with Isabella Aiukli Adams (Choctaw) regarding her experience. We are also joined by guest hosts Britt Postoak (Mvskoke) and Anja Littlecreek (Mvskoke). Isabella Aiukli Cornell is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, and a young activist. She is the organizing member of Matriarch, and inter-tribal non-profit based in Oklahoma. In 2018, her Junior prom dress garnered national attention which highlighted the crisis of violence against Native women.Isabella has been participating in activist movements against the epidemic of violence faced by Native American women and girls since the age of 14. She became an organizing member of Matriarch, an intertribal organization of women from different tribes, co-founded by Isabella's mother, Sarah Adams-Cornell.Isabella Aiukli Cornell made a strong political statement at her prom in 2018 with a red dress bearing symbols of her Choctaw heritage. Cornell worked closely with the designer, Della Bighair-Stump, an indigenous designer belonging to Crow tribe, to create the applique design. The dress is a symbol of many indigenous women who have disappeared or have been murdered but never accounted for.Isabella also created the skirt that Deb Haaland wore at the inauguration of President Joe Biden. She now runs Aiukli Designs - creating ribbon skirts for folks to wear.If you've not yet listened to our first series, we encourage you to do so as it will deepen the conversation in this episode and all episode since the start of series two. The first series covers the history of native people in the US and southeastern peoples specifically. Additionally, series one discusses the intersections between southeastern tattoo history, mainstream tattoo history, and colonization. If you'd like to support our work and get access to early releases of episodes, a look behind the scenes, access to mini-sodes & unreleased  interviews, access to Patreon exclusive merch, become a patron. You can sign up by going to Patreon.com/inchunwa. Isabella Aiukli Adams: @aiukli: https://www.instagram.com/aiukli/@aiuklidesigns https://www.instagram.com/aiuklidesigns/@aiuklimodels: https://www.instagram.com/aiukli_models/Brit Postoak: Britt Postoak: @brittpostoak https://www.instagram.com/brittpostoak/The show Britt will be in at Santa Fe Indian Market: https://www.instagram.com/keepersofthelandexhibit/Anja Littlecreek: @mvtothreads https://www.instagram.com/mvto.threads/Inchunwa:@inchunwa https://www.instagram.com/inchunwa/http://facebook.com/inchunwa

Halito everyone! This month we are breaking away from our usual and accustomed series 3 content and bringing to ya'll the recording that we made earlier this month of the discussion on traditional tattoo revitalization and futurity at the Indigenous Futurism Festival Northwest in Tacoma, WA at Alma. Believe it or not, this was the first time an Inchunwa episode was recorded all in one location. We were so grateful to have traditional tattoo practitioners Hotvlkuce Harjo (Mvskoke) and Michaela Taylor (Yupik) join us for the discussion. In this, we discussed some topics we've covered over the coarse of the Inchunwa podcast - as well as some topics we've not yet been able to cover such as: perspective of Southeastern artists incorporating traditional tattoos in to their art & tattoo practitioners. Due to the nature of live recordings, there may be some background noise. We will be releasing this panel discussion unedited - so there may be a higher frequency of “ums, likes, ya'knows” and longer pauses. Usually this is something we'd edit out, but we wanted to make sure we were able to get ya'll access to the recording ASAP. Additional Links:Josué Rivas for the photos:IG: https://www.instagram.com/josue_foto/IG: https://www.instagram.com/indigena/IG: https://www.instagram.com/indigenastudios/Inchunwa:IG: https://www.instagram.com/inchunwa/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/inchunwaHotvlkuce Harjo:IG: https://www.instagram.com/dommivera/Michaila Taylor:IG: https://www.instagram.com/mnkonigt/DJ Libbi: IG: ​​https://www.instagram.com/dj_libbi/Alma Tacoma (native run restaurant & venue space):IG: https://www.instagram.com/almatacoma/Website: https://almatacoma.com/IndigiPopX:IG: https://www.instagram.com/indigipop_x/Website: https://www.indigipopx.com/Watch the World Series of Stickball (WSS) live from Mississippi during Choctaw Days: https://www.youtube.com/@mbciworldseriesstickball2557/streams

In this episode we will continue our third series where we talk with folks who have already received and bear their traditional tattoos in order to gain further insight into what it's like. We'll be speaking with Sarah Adams-Cornell (Choctaw). Sarah lives in Oklahoma City and is the Co-Founder of Matriarch Non-Profit and the Vice President of the Sovereign Community School Board.  She serves on several other boards including the ACLU of Oklahoma, Not Your Mascot, Live Indigenous OK, and is a member of the Central Oklahoma Two Spirit Society.During this episode we will also be joined by guest hosts Nico Williams (Cherokee) and Lisa McCaul (Choctaw). We're excited to have Nico and Lisa guest host so that we can broaden the conversation about what folks in Southeastern communities - both in Oklahoma and the diaspora are thinking about surrounding the revitalization of traditional tattoos. If you've not yet listened to our first series, go ahead and take a listen. The first series will take you through the history of Southeastern Natives, Natives in general, and its intersections with tattoo history. Many of our guests will reference things such as boarding school, relocation, and more. The first series will help you to understand the history being mentioned in the episode to gain a deeper understanding of what is being discussed in this interview and all our other interviews. Links to things mentioned in episode:-Inchunwa: https://www.instagram.com/inchunwa/- Sarah Adams-Cornell: https://www.instagram.com/sarahadams_405/-Matriarch Ok: https://www.instagram.com/matriarch_ok/-Nico Williams: https://www.instagram.com/auntie_nico/-Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness: https://www.instagram.com/burningcedartulsa/-Lisa McCaul: https://www.instagram.com/seawhich47/-Lisa Fruichantie: https://www.instagram.com/fruichantie/-Alma Tacoma: https://almatacoma.com https://www.instagram.com/almatacoma/-ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ (Dadiwonisi/We Will Speak)Film: https://www.instagram.com/dadiwonisifilm/-Keli Gonzales: https://www.instagram.com/sideshow_kel/-Hotvlkuce Harjo: https://www.instagram.com/dommivera/-Michaila Taylor: https://www.instagram.com/mnkonigt/-Rubia and Demetria Buck (quillwork/beadwork): https://www.sotascowidesigns.com https://www.instagram.com/sotascowidesigns/-Quannah Chasinghorse: https://www.instagram.com/quannah.rose/-Nathalie Standingcloud: https://www.instagram.com/nattatt8/-Indigi Pop X (Indigenous Futurism Festival NW) : https://www.indigipopx.com/ https://www.instagram.com/indigipop_x/-Red Eagle Soaring: https://www.instagram.com/redeaglesoaring/ https://www.wagives.org/organization/Red-Eagle-Soaring-DJ Libbi: https://www.instagram.com/dj_

In this episode we talk with Cherokee artist, language advocate, podcaster, and film producer ᎨᎳᏗ aka Keli Gonzales. ᎨᎳᏗ is a Cherokee artist from Welling, Oklahoma. Drawing on her experiences as a Cherokee woman, Gonzales creates paintings and drawings portraying the Cherokee people in a way that is true to life. She is the producer of the documentary ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They've Been Taught) and We Will Speak, which premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and is part of the Los Angeles Times “Short Docs” series.In this third series we are talking with Southeastern folks who have received their traditional tattoos to gain insight and understanding to help prepare ourselves for receiving and bearing traditional tattoos. In this episode, ᎨᎳᏗ shares her experience receiving them, how it's been to have them in her community, how the tattoos have helped her, and more. Inchunwa is available on most streaming platforms. We'd like to encourage everyone to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast on your platform of choice - we'd love to hear from you. Additionally, to check out more content around inchuwna, check out our social media on Facebook and Instagram (@inchuwna). Resources are located in the link tree in our bio. If you'd like to support the podcast and project, become a Patron. You can sign up at http://www.patreon.com/inchunwa. Finally, don't forget to check out Keli's work:Instagram: @sideshow_kel https://www.instagram.com/sideshow_kel/Podcasts: OK Browns: @theokbrowns https://www.instagram.com/theokbrowns/Cherokee Word For Movies Films She Produced:ᎤᏕᏲᏅ (What They've Been Taught) - https://www.instagram.com/p/Clos-TCukPo/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_linkᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ (We Will Speak) - https://www.documentaries.org/films/we-will-speak/

In this episode of inchunwa we will be kicking off the third series of our podcast. In this third series we will be talking with folks who have received their inchunwa (traditional tattoos). We will be talking with Julie Cordero-Lamb (Chumash) about her experience receiving and bearing her tribe's traditional chin markings. The southeastern tattoo revitalization movement has been influenced by the revitalization of indigenous ancestral marking ways in Alaskan, California, and more .  As such, in keeping with the original intent of the podcast, we felt it important to include the insight of someone coming a place with an established tattoo revitalization movement. Julie Cordero-Lamb is a Chumash auntie who has been apart to the Chumash canoe revitalization, is a knowledge keeper, and has helped to train up a new generation of Chumash gatherers and land caretakers. This interview originally took place in the summer of 2021 during the height of covid. Some of the comments made in the interview will reflect that. Interviews in future episodes of this series will feature interviews with Cherokee, Chickasaw, Mvskoke, and Choctaw folks who have received their inchunwa (traditional tattoo). We look forward to sharing all of the wonderful insight from those who now bear their inchunwa. To check out supplemental material that goes along with the episodes from this podcast, go to our instagram: @inchunwa or our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inchunwa You will find additional resources and information in the link tree located in our bio.If you'd like to support inchunwa, become a Patron. Your donations help to sustain this podcast and support our efforts in the southeastern tattoo revitalization movement. To become a Patron, go to Patreon.com/inchunwa. Yakoke hoke! We hope you enjoy this podcast! Chi anumpa la chike! 

This is the final episode of series two where we explore the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of Choctaw women and 2SLGBTQ+ folk who are anticipating receiving inchunwa - or traditional tattoos. In this episode we continue with part two of our interview with Olivia Morgan. Olivia Morgan (she/they) is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Chickasaw descendent, and white. She grew up in Northwest Arksansas where she recieved her Bachelors in Psychology with a minor in Indigenous Studies. They moved to Seattle, WA to get their Masters in Social Work (MSW) degree in 2019 and now works as a case manager. Olivia plays on the Tvshkahomma Ohoyo stickball team, beads, paints, writes poetry, plays music, and overall loves to be creative. Her other passions include research, advocacy, and community. To start off, we begin talking about artists who have had an impact on the ways Olivia has become more comfortable with the idea of receiving inchunwa. From there we will explore how her gender and sexuality, spiritual identity, and more have impacted her journey of accepting and preparing to eventually receive traditional tattoos. If you'd like to support our work creating this podcast and also supporting the revitalization of the southeastern traditional tattoo movement, become a patron! Go to www.patreon.com/inchunwa. We've recently launched a loyalty program and folks in tiers Iskvlli Pokkoli, Iskvlli Awah Tahlapi, micha Iskvlli Pokkoli Tuklo will receive stickers, mini prints, shirts, and/or a mug depending on the tier level. These go out once a (paid) quarter - or ever 3 months. So sign up today for access to exclusive interviews, minisodes, the Patreon discord, etc. Additionally, we will be releasing Faithlyn's interview for series two exclusively on Patreon for folks in tiers Iskvlli Tahlapi and above. For more supplemental material, check out our social media and the links in our link tree located in our IG and fb bios! @inchunwa or Facebook.com/inchunwa and instagram.com/inchunwaThank you Faithlyn for interviewing and hosting this episode of Inchunwa. Yakoke hoke everyone who has listened and supported Inchunwa. We look forward to starting series three and sharing wonderful interviews with those who've been traditionally tattooed. Chi anumpa la chike!

In this episode, we share the first part of the interview between Faithlyn Seawright (Chickasaw) and Olivia Morgan (Choctaw). This episode is part one of the interview with Olivia. Olivia Morgan (she/they) is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Chickasaw descendent, and white. She grew up in Northwest Arksansas where she recieved her Bachelors in Psychology with a minor in Indigenous Studies. They moved to Seattle, WA to get their Masters in Social Work (MSW) degree in 2019 and now works as a case manager. Olivia plays on the Tvshkahomma Ohoyo stickball team, beads, paints, writes poetry, plays music, and overall loves to be creative. Her other passions include research, advocacy, and community. In this episode we explore a range of topics including body autonomy. Join us in listening to this episode! If you'd like to become a patron, please go to www.patreon.com/inchunwa. We've recently launched a loyalty program and folks in tiers Iskvlli Pokkoli, Iskvlli Awah Tahlapi, micha Iskvlli Pokkoli Tuklo will receive stickers, mini prints, shirts, and/or a mug depending on the tier level. These go out once a (paid) quarter - or ever 3 months. So sign up today for access to exclusive interviews, minisodes, the Patreon discord, etc. For more supplemental material, check out our social media and the links in our link tree located in our IG and fb bios! @inchunwa or Facebook.com/inchunwa and instagram.com/inchunwaYakoke hoke Faithlyn for interviewing Olivia! Congrats to Tvshkahoma Ohoyo on your championship win in the Labor Day stickball tournament! Yakoke hoke. 

In this episode we continue our second series where we talk with Choctaw women and 2SLGBTQ+ folks from our original group of Choctaw folks to discuss their feelings, expectations, and experience while anticipating receiving traditional tattoos. Brit talks with Lauren White (She/Her) who has a MPH in Epidemiology and who is currently completing her PhD in Social Work and Social Psychology. Lauren grew up in Idabel, Oklahoma District 1 in the Choctaw Nation and is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.  She discusses her thought processes around knowledge keeping and identity and continues the conversation around participation of tattooists and people receiving tattoos. Check out the episode to learn more! Make sure to check out our social media @inchunwa on FB and Instagram where our Linktree is posted with resources. Follow us on all streaming platforms and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Yakoke hoke to everyone who has continued to support us! 

In this episode we talk with Lindsay Reeder (Choctaw) about their experience with coming to learn and accept the idea of receiving traditional tattoos. We explore how all our identities play a part in our ideas and attitudes towards tattooing. Lindsay also gives us their perspective on what is it means to be a Queer, Two-Spirit, Choctaw living in California. Join us as we take deeper dives into identity, community, and self-acceptance. If you haven't already follow us on Instagram and Facebook @inchunwa where we have more content and resources on our Linktree! Check out our Patreon for more exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/inchunwaYakoke! Thank you! 

In this episode we will continue our second series where we talk with Choctaw women and 2SLGBTQ+ folks from our original group of Choctaw folks to discuss their feelings, expectations, and experience while anticipating receiving traditional tattoos.  Olivia speaks with Amber Morning Star Byars(She/Her/Ella)who is an artist, advocate, Native rights activist, writer, and law student born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and a descendant of the Chickasaw Nation. Amber discusses  empowerment via revitalization of traditional tattoos, showcasing traditional Chahta tattoos in the Cara Romero photo series American Girl, law school, respect for Indigenous Women's bodies, and more. To check out the post clarifying reconnecting vs. researching check out @cedarsageskoden's instagram post . Content Warning: This episode does contain a brief mention of assault - though it contains no details. However we did want to mention this as everyone is triggered differently. Yakoke hoke to all our patrons! Your support helps not only to fund the Inchunwa podcast but also goes towards the second phase of the Inchunwa project which is creating and implementing a culturally based traditional tattoo apprenticeship - so that we can get a step closer to making traditional tattoos more accessible to our southeastern tribal nations and communities.  By becoming a patron, you get access to our Patreon exclusive discord community, episode previews, early access to episodes, show notes, merch and more. To sign up to become a patreon, go to Patreon.com/inchunwa Make sure to subscribe to our podcast on your preferred podcasting platform and leave a review! For more supplemental material, information, and resources check out our instagram: @inchunwa, Facebook page: inchunwa, and the info in our linktree. 

In this episode we will begin our second series where we talk with Choctaw women and 2SLGBTQ+ folks from our original group of Choctaw folks to discuss their feelings, expectations, and experience while anticipating receiving traditional tattoos. We are so excited to begin this new series with you all. As you'll hear, Torey's interview is quite poignant in many places and she has such great insight to share.  If you've not yet gotten a chance to listen to series one, we highly suggest you do. Many of the interviews going forward will touch on or make reference to the history shared in that series. Listening to it (and doing further research into it) will give you a deeper understanding of the conversations you'll be hearing. Yakoke lawa hoke to all our patrons! We are so excited to have you all on our patreon platform and hope you've enjoyed the episode previews, early release, behind the scenes content, and our patreon discord. Your support helps to make this podcast available as well as supporting phase two of our revitalization project. If you'd like to become a patron check out patreon.com/inchunwa. If you'd like to continue the conversation started here in this episode, or would like to check out supplemental material, check out both our patreon, instagram, and Facebook. Additionally, if you'd like to check out our research materials as well as suggested resources - check out the linktree in our bio. Yakoke hoke. 

Halito Everyone! In this episode: Popularizing Tattoos in the White-Stream World: Tattooing, Colonization, and Appropriation Pt. 2, we will be exploring the 1900s-present covering feminism, the 1940s, 1960-1980s, and the current Indigenous Tattoo Revitalization Movement. In this episode we also discuss the issue around Quannah Chasinghorse, Angelina Joelie, and the mouth cuff made by Mvskoke artist Hotvlkuce Harjo - who goes by @dommivera on Instagram.  This will be the final episode of this first series on history. In February we will move into our second series where we share and discuss interviews from Choctaw women and 2SLGBTQ+ folks who are anticipating receiving traditional tattoos in the future. At this time, we are looking for any traditionally tattooed native people who are interested in the possibility of being interviewed for our third series. That series will feature traditionally tattooed native folks sharing their experiences of what it is like to bear traditional tattoos. Its our hope that the insight and advice of these individuals will help to prepare our original group of Choctaw women and 2SLGBTQ+ folks as well as all southeastern and native listeners of the podcast who are also considering receiving traditional tattoos of their tribal nations. If you are interested in being interviewed, please email us at inchunwaproject@gmail.com or direct message us on our Instagram or Facebook. As of the release of this podcast, we will have officially launched our Patreon. For those unfamiliar with Patreon, it is a paid membership platform that offers member exclusive opportunities - that includes access to exclusive merch, behind the scenes looks at our processes, Patreon exclusive access to community, etc. At this time, this project and podcast have been primarily volunteer-based. Becoming a member of our Patreon, or a Patron, helps to support our endeavors to produce this podcast, run our social media, research, and ultimately finance our larger project which is to aid in the revitalization of Southeastern tattoos. You can support the Inchunwa podcast and project for as little as $1 a month. At this time, there are 4 membership tiers: Iskvlli Achvffa (our $1 a month tier), Iskvlli Tahlapi (our $5 a month tier), Iskvlli Pokkoli (our $10 a month tier), micha Iskvlli Awah Tahlapi (our $15 a month tier). Over the next few days we will post more about the benefit of each of these tiers. Additionally, we'd really love to show how much we care and appreciate all the folks who become our Patrons. For the first 25 Patrons, we'll be sending out cards featuring the work of @nitaohoyo. If framed, these cards will make great art for your home, office, etc. Furthermore, as promised in the second episode, we'll be making the interview with Dr. Michelle Johnson-Jennings available to all tier levels. We are super excited about this opportunity to further build community, provide ya'll with exclusive content, and a peek into our process!Yakoke hoke to all of our listeners for joining us yet again for this episode of Inchunwa. 

In this episode we are joined by Danie Cansino (Yaqui, Puerto Rican, Chicana) as we discuss the wider history of tattooing and the effects of colonization and appropriation. We would like to say a huge Yakoke to everyone for being patient with us on this episode. We had several technology issues when recording and the team had some personal matters come up. We will be back on our regular release schedule in the new year! Check out our Instagram and Facebook for more resources and updates! Thank you! Yakoke for everyone supporting us and chi anumpa la chike! (Talk to you later!) 

In this episode we are joined by JP Johnson (Cherokee) and Dustin Mater (Chickasaw) as we discuss the history of Southeastern traditional tattoos and how it intersects with broader Native American history. We'd like to dedicate this episode to Choctaw scholar Michelene E. Peasantubbee who's foundational work looking at the intersections of Choctaw women's roles and Christianity has had a profound influence on this project as well. This episode will contain conversations around genocide and settler colonialism. As a result we want to give a content warning for discussions of Christianity, boarding schools, violence, and sexual violence. This episode contains some cursing. Additionally, we would like say yakoke lawa hoke (many thanks!) to all the folks who supported our bonfire campaign! We really love seeing you all in the Inchuwa merch! Feel free to send us feed back in the form of reviews on Apple Podcasts, comments on our Facebook and Instagram, or even messages in our DMs. We'd also love to see photos of you wearing Inchunwa merch! As a reminder, on both our Instagram and Facebook, we've provided a link to our link tree which has additional supplemental material to explore more of the things we discuss in this episodes and others. Included in the link tree is a link to our recommended resources for all the folks who wish to learn more. Thank you once again everyone for supporting us and chi anumpa la chike! (Talk to you later!)

This episode kicks off our first series on history. In this episode Lindsay and Brit talk with Dr. Michelle Johnson-Jennings (Choctaw) about history, traditional roles important to southeastern & Choctaw people, roles today that are of importance, the role and importance of traditional tattoo practitioners in our communities, and so much more! We want to give a shout out and yakoke lawa hoke (many thanks!) to all the folks who bought the 'Knit Together'  merch through our last bonfire campaign. Upon the date this podcast episode is released (Sept 25, 2021), we will be starting two new bonfire merch campaigns: 'Knit Together' and the Inchunwa design by Cherokee artist Keli Gonzalez. Purchase of merch from the first bonfire campaign OR these two new ones will get you access to the full interview of Dr. Michelle Johnson-Jennings where she discusses Yappali - the project that Inchunwa has been largely influenced by - as well as gender, revitalization of clan systems, importance of community based research, traditional stories, and more! It's an awesome interview and you'll defiantly want to give it a listen! Note that these campaigns run for 21 days. If you purchase merch through these campaigns, please message us on our Instagram or Facebook accounts with a screen shot of your receipt and your email address and we'll get you access to the full interview. Money made from these campaigns will be going towards helping to support this podcast as well as fundraising for the next phase of our larger project: getting southeastern apprentices traditionally trained up to tattoo. Every little bit helps - so again we say Yakoke lawa hoke!Please leave a rating for our podcast where ever you may be listening to use from: Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google, Stitcher, Amazon Music, etc. Also, please check out our link tree located in the bio of our instagram account. We will continue to make available further material that touches on what we discussed in each episode. Additionally we've made available a resource list to get anyone interested in helping to research going. Follow us on our Instagram: @inchuwna and Facebook! Yakoke hoke for listening to this month's podcast! Chi pisa micha anumpa la chike! 

In this episode, we will introduce you to our project, podcast, and team members. Additionally, we will discuss series topics to look forward to; history of the Inchunwa project itself; inspiration to us including futurity and a bit about how culture can help us to heal; ways we can prevent violence around tattooing and our communities while respecting body sovereignty; and things to think about when considering getting a traditional tattoo. Be sure to check out our Instagram @inchunwa for additional content in the upcoming weeks - as well as our link tree located in our Instagram bio. We will include access to our resource list, as well as links to content mentioned in the episode. Remember to hit that subscribe button and leave us a 5 star review! Yakoke, chi anumpa la chike (Thanks, talk to you later!) 

Introducing Inchunwa! Over the centuries words such as pictograms, hieroglyphics, pictis, pickings, and piquage have all been used historically to describe tattoos. For Choctaws and Chickasaws, to be marked, branded, or tattooed is inchunwa. This podcast follows the southeastern traditional tattoo revitalization movement. We'll talk with influential artists, southeastern scholars, as well as folks involved in the revitalization movement - those looking forward to being tattooed, and those who are already tattooing southeastern folks. Heather says, “Tattoo revitalization is not just for us and our communities right now. It's another way we can go about healing, I believe, our ancestors and also breaking generational curses for our descendants as well. It's another step in that process too. And leaving a legacy of being proud to wear our traditional markings! It's not gonna be exactly in the way our ancestors did, but we should be able to wear them proudly regardless what the larger society has to say about them.”  Join our hosts Olivia and Lindsay as we launch Inchunwa in August 2021. You can support our work by subscribing to our podcast on apple podcast, spotify, and google podcasts. And by following our Instagram (@inchunwa) and our facebook page.  Chi pisa la chike! See you later.