4 - Bear Based on my bear-themed build from Elden Ring. #NDNartober#indigenous#art

3 - Coffee #NDNartober#Art#IndigenousArt#Indigenous

2 - Grandma An homage to my late grandmother known for her dreamcatcher making. #NDNartober#Art#indigenousart#Indigenous

#NDNartober#art#indigenousart#indigenous

NDNARTOBER #30 Ancestors They are not gone They are not silent They are not even separated from you If you let yourself listen Even on a crowded city street Or rush hour traffic They are with you (cont)

NDNArtober #29 Crow   The finest black Is iridescent blue & purple And every meat eating bird gets A little blood on her splendor sometimes She’s not the world’s sweetest singer But she is one of the truest Carrying messages from the Holy Mystery In addition to her own opinion (cont)

NDNArtober #28 Celestial Time was The stars were different Before all those meaningless Greeks and Romans took over the sky Time was You could look up and see the Fire Drill The Tutsina Belt and a hundred other constellations Maybe the time is coming To send European constellations (cont)

NDNArtober #26 Community Community helped me bury my grandparents Defended the stronghold while I was making sure  My Kaku was laid next to my Toko With her brother on the other side Community took care of my baby When I had a fever  And made roughly 6,783 casseroles and bowls of soup (cont)

#25 pt2 NDNArtober #25 Stories Because in my dreams The world smells like The inside of an old lady’s purse And the coffee And the stories  Flow like a river through a land Dotted with hard candy

NDNArtober #25 Stories A preschooler at the Comanche Elderlies Center I learned  To love Stories Black Coffee And a well-timed off-color remark They say Give me the first five years of a child’s life And I will hand you the rest It must be so (Cont)