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Kanyʌhtowa•nʌ Cheyenne Reuben-Thomas @cheyennethomas.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Summer of love: rescued these two scissor grinders (Neotibicen linnei) from the road - hopefully with little disruption! 👀 (My partners submission to #2025OwlflyPhoto).

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Kanyʌhtowa•nʌ Cheyenne Reuben-Thomas @cheyennethomas.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Heading home from my first round of fieldwork this season! I love connecting with the land in this way - being in community and learning from our more-than-human relations while in the field. From woodlands to prairies I go… 🔥🐜 #pyroentomology #culturalfire #NativeinSTEM #womeninSTEM

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Kanyʌhtowa•nʌ Cheyenne Reuben-Thomas @cheyennethomas.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Yesterday was Twahyahnekílha (Strawberry Ceremony) back at home. Each June, we celebrate and give thanks to the leader of the plants, awʌ́hihteʼ (wild strawberry), brought to our world by Skywoman. The berries, leaves & roots are medicine for our people. Make your own awʌ́hihteʼ drink (simple recipe)!

Ripened strawberry - first sign of summer!

Simple recipe for making strawberry drink, which is part of our ceremonies.

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Kanyʌhtowa•nʌ Cheyenne Reuben-Thomas @cheyennethomas.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

It's #worldbeeday! At Oneida Nation, our tsinuhnéhklis (bee) relatives are essential to our livelihoods. Not only do they pollinate our crops/orchards and medicines (eg, bergamot or #6), we have seen many return home as we restore habitats on the reservation - including the rusty-patched bumble bee!

Bumblebee on a bergamot flower at Oneida, Wisconsin

Cheyenne Reuben-Thomas saying hello to a bumble bee

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Kanyʌhtowa•nʌ Cheyenne Reuben-Thomas @cheyennethomas.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Woke up thinking about our ogweñyo'da (cicada) relatives. Our Onondaga brood won't be seen again until 2035, but I am always delighted to see nearby broods. These amazing insects are an example of our resiliency as Haudenosaunee people and I celebrate every emergence.

Cheyenne Reuben-Thomas happily posing with several cicadas on her hand.

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Kanyʌhtowa•nʌ Cheyenne Reuben-Thomas @cheyennethomas.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Shekóli, Bluesky! New here + wanted to introduce myself. I’m Cheyenne Reuben-Thomas, an Oneida & Seneca PhD student at Cornell with @corriemoreau.bsky.social. My research explores impacts of Cultural Fire + prescribed burns on insect diversity & Indigenous data sovereignty in ecological research 🐜🔥

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