Inchunwa

01/02/2024

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20/12/2023

While we continue to work on developing inchunwa and phase 2 from the quiet background of the public view, we are excited to see the release of 's Tattoos and War Paint video. This video features chickasaw artist Dustin Mater - whom ya'll heard from in the third episode of inchunwa and will hear again from in series 4 when we speak to artists who've incorporated inchunwa into their art. The video talks about the designs, tools, and more. So make sure to check it out! You can watch it here: https://www.chickasaw.tv/episodes/thrive-traditions-season-6-episode-1-tattoos-and-war-paint?utm_source=facebookinstagram&utm_medium=paid-social&utm_campaign=thrivetraditions&utm_content=s6e1tattoos&warpaint_image_traffic_mix_standard=&fbclid=IwAR2A2PkF5S

07/10/2023

Note: we might not have published an ep for September - and with our co-host and team member Lindsay getting married in LA (to which Brit and Olivia will be traveling to attend) there may not be an episode for Oct. But never fear, yesterday Olivia, Faithlyn, Hotvlkuce, and Brit joined other folks involved in traditional native tattoo revitalization to discuss that topic on Native American Calling.

Check out the description below for more info about the Native America Calling episode and where you can listen to it!

Basket designs, rug patterns, tribal images, and corn illustrations are all among the graphics many wearers display. Some traditional images date back to tribal origin stories. Tribal members are embracing a revival of tattoo images handed down through the generations—some were all but lost because the practice fell out of fashion. Thursday on Native America Calling, we’ll hear about how Indigenous tattoo artists are reviving and perfecting their tattoo traditions.

GUESTS

Shay Milford (Navajo), founding members of the Indigenous Tattoo and Music Fest

Olivia Morgan (citizen of the Choctaw nation of OK, and descendent of Chicasaw), co-host of the Inchunwa podcast

Faithlyn Seawright (Chickasaw and Choctaw), member of the board of directors for the Inshunwa podcast

Hotvlkuce Harjo (Muscogee Creek), multidisciplinary artist

Holly Nordlum (Inupiaq), artist, tattooer, and activist

https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/thursday-october-5-2023-new-respect-for-traditional-indigenous-tattoos/

Illustration by Brit Reed

08/09/2023

We were so excited to finally be able to share this interview with .of.femme / with everyone. This was one of the first interviews that we did back in 2021 - and this remains one of our favorite quotes from any interview we've done. Check out the episode now on most podcast streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Audible, and more.

28/08/2023

Our apologies for the late update everyone - folks subscribed to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcast, Stitcher, Audible and more saw that a new episode of Inchunwa went up on Saturday at 12am. We're so excited to finally be able to share this interview and episode with ya'll! Heather Bryan .of.femme / was one of our very first folks we interviewed back in June of 2021. Listening to their interview with Lindsay was so energizing and we actually used one of their quotes in our initial trailer. Since then they've become a mama and have other big life things happening. We've loved watching Heather grow and having their support. Additionally, something we're also excited about with this episode is to include Houma perspective and get a bit more than just the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Mvskoke perspective. The Southeast includes many tribes outside of the well known 5 tribes and traditional tattoos in the region extended to many tribes outside of those five. So it's exciting to be able to talk with Colleen Billiot (curlynquirky ) to help widen that scope. We really love this episode - it's definitely longer than the previous ones, but definitely worth the listen.

29/07/2023

Episode 17 of series 3 is now out on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, audible, and more. In this episode we are joined by guest hosts Britt Postoak (Mvskoke) and Anja Littlecreek (Mvskoke) and our guest Isabella Aiukli Cornell (Choctaw).

Isabella Aiukli Cornell is an Indigenous artist, advocate, and scholar. She is an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. She is the firstborn daughter of Sarah Adams, and the granddaughter of Tami Adams. She is 22 years old. She attends Metropolitan State University of Denver, where she is majoring in psychology, and minoring in Native American Studies. She is the owner of Aiukli Designs, her fashion business, where she is Indigenizing wearable art for the modern Warrior Woman. Her work has been featured in various fashion shows and events, as well as a feature in Vogue magazine. She is a founding member of Matriarch, an intertribal organization for Native women located in Oklahoma, and is their youngest board member. Additionally, Isabella has been modeling since the age of 12, and has been featured in many works of art, fashion shows, and magazine features. She received her traditional tattoo at 18 years old, and has been passionate about revitalizing the ancient arts of traditional markings. She is grateful for being able to share her experience with Inchunwa podcast today.

In this episode we continue our third series where we talk with folks who have received their traditional tattoos to gain insight and advice on their experience. Listen to the episode now!

02/07/2023

Shout out to for the amazing photos from the Inchunwa panel at Indigenous Futurisms Festival Northwest by at . So thankful to have spent time with and . This was also our first episode recorded all in the same room. It was definitely an exciting experience and to share the recording with you all.

30/06/2023

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.

note: there was a technical difficulty with the music in the initial upload of inchunwa. Due to the nature of the host to directory relationship, it might take a while for the update to come across on all podcast platforms. If you're unable to hear Brit speak in the first part of the episode, feel free to list to the episode directly on our podcast host Buzzsprout. You can find it in the link tree located in our bio. Or you can listen to it here: https://inchunwa.buzzsprout.com. Yakoke

13/06/2023

For those unable to go to the panel at ’s Indigenous Futurisms Festival Northwest at , here’s a sneak peak to see what a live recording of Inchunwa looks like. We’ll be releasing the recording of this panel with , , , micha as the next episode of Inchunwa so that everyone will be able to hear it. We’ll resume with our usual Inchunwa episodes (and series three) in July. We’re excited to share this conversation with so that folks can hear insight from traditional tattoo practitioners and folks who’ve received traditional tattoos - as well as insight to all the other things we spoke about. Yakoke to the folks at native realities and also Alma.

27/05/2023

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.

18/05/2023

If you’re in the Pacific Northwest area, come check out the Indigenous Futurisms Festival! Brit and Olivia will be presenting with Mvskoke artist and traditional tattoo artist Hotvlkuce Harjo and Alaskan Native traditional tattoo artist Michalia Taylor on revitalization of traditional tattoos and futurity. Additionally Brit will be doing a cooking demo of pvska tvpvski Ndn taco and Olivia will be DJing as DJ Libbi!

WELCOME IFFNW FUTURIST — BRIT REED! Brit is a multidisciplinary artist and will lead the Inchunwa Traditional Tattoo panel and a Food Sovereignty Food Demo, both on Saturday, 6/10. She will also have her own art booth! https://www.instagram.com/nitaohoyo/?hl=en
🔴 ALMA Tacoma Event info (IT’S FREE) ➡ https://fb.me/e/qHGCpLTtR

09/05/2023

Have you listened to the latest episode with Cherokee artist and film producer ? If not go do it now! In this third series we speak with folks who've already received their traditional tattoos to gain further insight to what it's like to receive and bear inchunwa/ᏓᏆᏙᏪᎸᏅ dagwadoweln. In this clip, Keli discusses her experience from wanting to receiving traditional tattoos. This episode is available on most podcast streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Audible, and more. Check out Keli's artwork and the films she's produced We Will Speak and What They've Been Told.
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25/02/2023

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 (). 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: https://www.instagram.com/sideshow_kel/
Podcasts:
OK Browns: 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_link
ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ (We Will Speak) - https://www.documentaries.org/films/we-will-speak/

28/01/2023

Halito everyone! The first episode of the third series is now available on podcast streaming platforms including Apple Podcast, Spotify, Audible, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and more. As we've been sharing - we interviewed Brit's friend Julie Cordero-Lamb (Chumash). We're excited to share this interview with ya'll and excited for ya'll to hear the insight of someone who has their traditional tattoos from a region with a indigenous tattoo/mark revitalization happening. She shares really amazing insight and we know that ya'll will love it!

Next month we will start into the interviews with Choctaw, Chickasaw, Mvskoke, and Cherokee folks who have all received their traditional tattoos.

For more resources on southeastern tattoos, info we've share in this or previous episodes, etc check out the links in our link tree: https://linktr.ee/inchunwa

Listen now to our latest episode. Let us know what you think or what stands out to you from the interview down below in the comments. Additionally, rate us and leave a review on your streaming platform of choice!

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24/01/2023

We are so excited to be releasing the start of series three with you all this week! To celebrate that, we're sharing this clip that we shared with our Patrons last week. In this up coming episode we will be sharing our interview with Julie Cordero-Lamb (Chumash).

The original concept of the Inchunwa podcast was to talk with folks from other tribal nations who have strong tattoo revitalization movements; and who have received their traditional tattoos. At the genesis of the southeastern tattoo revitalization movement there wasn't really vary many if any SE folks to talk with about what it's like to receive and bear their traditional tattoos. We hoped that by talking with folks from other tribes we'd be able to get some insight and prepare ourselves for that journey. As we've mentioned, since we started this project in 2018, more and more southeastern folks are receiving their traditional tattoos. So we'll be talking with Choctaw, Chickasaw, Mvskoke, and Cherokee folks who have received theirs to hear what it's like so far in these early days of the southeastern traditional tattoo revitalization movement.

But in the spirit of the original intent of this podcast, we're including this interview for you all. This is one of the more poignant, insightful, and knowledge dropping interviews we've done. It reinforces the importance of talking with our aunties and relatives about our cultural ways, history, their lives, etc to help us understand how to go forward in a good way in our own lives and communities.

This episode will released Thursday Jan. 26 to Patreon and Jan 28th on most podcast streaming platforms! Make sure to like and leave a rating on whatever podcast platform you listen to us through!

Let usalso know what you think about this clip in the comments!

Yakoke!

10/12/2022

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. Finally she is also a DJ: .

For more supplemental material, check out our social media and the links in our link tree located in our IG and fb bios! or Facebook.com/inchunwa and instagram.com/inchunwa

Thank 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!

11/09/2022

Episode 11 of series 2 is now available on all streaming platforms: Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Audible, and Stitcher - just to name a few. 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!

Yakoke hoke.

08/09/2022

Episode 11 of Series 2 and it's show notes are now available to our patrons in tiers Iskvlli Tahlapi and above! 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!

Episode will be released to the public on the 10th.

Yakoke hoke.

02/08/2022

Halito! As some of ya'll saw, we released our latest episode with Lauren White (Choctaw).

Lauren is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, and she grew up playing outside, gardening, and swimming in the Mt. Fork River with her parents and four siblings near Idabel, Oklahoma, in District 1. In her early 20s, Lauren moved to Seattle where she met her husband, Travis Daniels. She spent almost 10 years there, working in research administration and earning an MPH in Epidemiology at the University of Washington. Currently, Lauren lives with Travies, and their two dogs in Ypsilanti, Michigan, while she completes her PhD in Social Work and Social Psychology at the University of Michigan. Lauren goes to Oklahoma every chance she can! Usually 2-3 times a year. In her spare time she loves to bead, work in her garden, and go on long drives.

Lauren is a practicing therapist and her research focuses on strengths-based mental health interventions, especially those centering self-determination for Native people. Her current work is focused on interventions that expand upon clinical approaches to youth su***de prevention through culturally responsive and community-led programs with Indigenous communities.

In this episode we discuss the importance of relationships, knowing the person who will be tattooing you, and so much more. Listen to the latest episode of Inchunwa on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Audible, Stitcher, and more!

27/07/2022

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18/07/2022

Halito, due to questions and concerns regarding one of our episodes, Inchuwna will be making a public statement after meeting with our board. We appreciate patience and understanding while we prepare to make a statement.

13/07/2022

UPDATE! Halito ankana! We realize that for the last month it may seem like Inchunwa hasn't been active - but despite the lack of public facing activity, we've been hard at work.

As of right now we are happy to announce that we've created a board for Inchunwa in our quest to become a 501(c)3. As you'll remember becoming a 501(c)3 is an important step for us to be able to move forward in the second phase and eventually get the funding needed to begin to develop and execute a culturally appropriate traditional tattoo apprenticeship. Creating a board is a great first step to forming a 501(c)3 (nonprofit) organization. We are super excited for the amazing folks who have agreed to be on the board for Inchunwa. We are looking forward to their continued guidance as we move forward in this project.

Our last big announcement is that Olivia met with a local native organization here in Seattle who is interested in becoming our fiscal sponsor. This means that we will be able to apply for grants through them and get a jump start on working towards the initial development stage of the second phase - once they officially become our fiscal sponsors.

You may have noticed a lack of episode for June. While we've been working on background organizational components of Inchunwa, some of our team has been experiencing life and health challenges. Additionally this is ceremony time for some of us where we have to go off the grid. Being a small volunteer team - and working other jobs to support ourselves and the project - means that sometimes the public facing parts of this project sometimes have to be put on hold. We are hoping to get back to creating new episodes and sharing more with you about what's going on with Inchunwa here I the near future.

Illustration by of Marissa Gonzalez (whom you heard on the 8th episode).Brit was also inspired by what JP Johnson (Cherokee) shared in the third episode about the collars that were worn by tushka leading up to stickball games and battle. These are collars that are worn today with regalia and progressively more and more with casual and formal daily wear.

13/07/2022

Over the years, something that I've heard often from the elders in our communities is that this generation is softer and not as tough as the older generations. I've also been taught teachings and protocol over the years that at some point I had to stop and ask myself: is this tradition, or is this something that originated as a response to traumatic things happening to our communities? Sometimes its hard to sus out which is which. Our elders and their elders went through so much just to survive so that we can be here. For them some of these teachings and protocols were essential in order to keep things safe, keep our traditional ways alive, and to stay alive themselves. Not long ago, I had this conversation with a relatives of mine. I spoke with my siblings and cousins about how it was important for our elders and recent ancestors to carry themselves and teachings that may seem harsh to us. But! we are of a new generation and era. It's important to consider the question: is this tradition or is this a trauma response - and do I need to carry this forward to pass on to the next generation?

To be clear here at we have no definitive answers yet - but it is something we are thinking about and considering. We are not saying all teachings and traditions are rooted in trauma. Sometimes traditional ways are hard. But we share this as a food for thought with you all as well - something to think about. If we are thinking about - as Dr. Michelle Johnson-Jennings (Choctaw) and Dr. Karina Walters (Choctaw) ask their Yappali folks to consider: What kind of ancestor would my ancestors want me to be? What kind of ancestor do I want to be? And as a result of the way I live my life, what kind of ancestor do I want my descendants to be? - this is something important to consider. As Michelle mentioned in episode 2, she was told never to do a teaching you don't fully understand. As we consider the ways we are connecting and serving our communities & the coming generations - critically think about the things you are learning. Ask is this actually tradition, or is this a trauma response?

03/06/2022

Halito ankana! As promised, we've released our first mini-sode on our patreon. Inchunwa patrons in our Iskvlli Tahalpi ($5) tier and up now have access to listen to this new episode!

In this episode, Lindsay and Olivia explore the life and work of artist George Catlin. Over his life time, George Catlin created a myriad of artwork of a range of Native Nations across what is now known as the United States. Among the many tribes he documented are also the Choctaw and other southeastern tribes. Over the coarse of our search to find documentation of inchunwa (tattoos) from the time of contact and on-ward, like many folks we came across his paintings. While these paintings are beautiful and it's wonderful to have images of stickball players and others from the 1830s or so, we were left with more questions than answers. Is that paint or tattoos? Are these culturally or historically accurate? Why are there teepees at a stickball game? (hint: southeastern peoples did not live in teepees) Do these paintings, writings, and other depictions actually benefit native people? So often in our process we have to tell folks simply "we don't know". This mini-sode will explore Catlin and his work - and perhaps answer for some of you why sometimes the answer is simply "we don't know." Go to www.patreon.com/inchunwa and sign up for the Iskvlli Tahalpi ($5) tier or higher to gain access to this patreon exclusive episode, other exlcusive content, and our discord. Yakoke hoke to all our patrons and those who support our work financially or otherwise. Let us know what you think of this minisode. Yakoke micha chi anumpa la chike.

25/05/2022

In our most recent interview with Lindsay, and in our upcoming episode, we discuss Two-Spirit identity. In Gregory D Smithers book "Reclaiming Two-Spirits", he gives an account of where this word comes from. Considering that this term originated for and by Native Americans in the 1990s, it gives us much more context to how it is used today. This word was used to allow fluidity in how Native people identify in the realm of being LGBTQ+. In our upcoming episode we discuss how even this term is a placeholder. Every tribe has traditions and stories about sexual and gender variance, but due to colonization, much of these histories have been erased. The term Two-Spirit allows Native people to feel affirmed in their identity. We also understand that Pride month is coming up, and we want to remind people to celebrate themselves and others every month, week, day, minute, and second for being who they are!

18/05/2022

Maybe - as a beadwork artist - I’m up in my feels. But in thinking about our diasporic communities: fulfilling roles and responsibilities in our communities doesn’t always have to be big and complicated.

I think of my own community here in the Seattle area, and how - literally - for years the community has wanted to social dance. We aren’t in a position to be able to rely on the nation to provide to all of our needs culturally or otherwise. So if we want something, WE have to be the ones to do it. Years ago, I asked folks in Mississippi what protocols - if any - are around social dancing. They said we needed to have our regalia together before we dance (publicly). There are so very few occasions for those of us “at large” to wear our regalia. So I’ve been thinking about how as a community we can embrace self determination and decide for ourselves and create times and spaces where we can.

I also think about in order to get to social dancing, we need to teach folks how to make regalia or buy it. On the west coast there are only a few folks I can think of that make Choctaw regalia. Nationally, and perhaps it’s due to not living in OK - I'm not seeing as many folks making Choctaw specific beadwork or clothing as I did 10 years ago. This tells me to make the material culture - and our culture - accessible, a period of training up folks to make it is necessary. Being able to engage, reproduce, and pass on our culture to coming generations in this region is important and relies on what we do today to ensure that. It’s on us as a community to decide what is important and make it happen; and we have the power to do that.

Being able to make collars and other traditional beadwork may not seem like a big thing. But it is the ability to carry on culture and knowledge and give others the ability to engage in celebratory and cultural practices they may other wise not be able to participate in, in the same way. Being able to pass on and talk about the origins and meaning of each piece of regalia passes on cultural knowledge as well.

Is beading easy? No. Does it take investment in time and money and practice? Yes it does. Can beading provide for you, your family, and your community? Yes it can. With seemingly fewer and fewer beadwork and regalia makers out there specific to Choctaw and other tribal communities, it’s an important role that is needed to continue to be filled. And if you’re doing it to continue to create cultural accessibility to others in your family and tribe - that arguably could be something worthy of earning a tattoo. Serving your community and earning a tattoo doesn’t need to be complicated. But whatever it is you do to serve your community and attempt to earn the right to a tattoo will take dedication and commitment — and being in community with folks.