Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 9hA few Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians dialect words for autumn 🍂 1104
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳLayla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 26/11/2024ᎤᎳᎪᎲᏍᏗ ulagohvsdi autumn on the Kankakee River. 182
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳEric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 04/11/2023Rock Creek, Kankakee River State Park 2243
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳAdam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 23hThere’s some wonderful work from Connecticut-based artists at the Aldrich Museum decennial in Ridgefield right now, including by Felandus Thames (@felandusthames.bsky.social), Dan Gunn, Philip Taaffe and Enrique Figueredo. 082
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A monarch butterfly visits our goldenrod during the golden hour. #nativeplants 982383
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 22/09/2026New England asters giving us a vibrant purple pop of petals around rich gold center before the weather shifts to fall #nativeplants 1172
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I just had the most thoughtful conversation and guest author experience with Vanessa Lillie at today’s session of my Cherokee book club, Digoweli! I highly recommend her thrillers if you’re into fast paced fiction featuring strong indigenous women. #booksky 0427
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 11/09/2026ᎤᏂᎩᏔ ᎠᏔᏍᎩᏍᎩ ᎠᎴ ᏥᏳᎦᎵ New Jersey tea and swamp milkweed seeds dried and ready to be cleaned for giveaway 190
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳpaulseesequasis @pseesequasis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A photograph by Jennie Ross Cobb (1881-1959), often called the first Native American woman photographer, certainly Cobb, a member of the Cherokee Nation, was among the first, 15517
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Cherokee youth win legal rights for waterway in first all-female U.S. effort. news.mongabay.com/2026/09/cher...news.mongabay.comCherokee youth win legal rights for waterway in first all-female U.S. effortBefore the proceedings began, the young women carried Longperson into the room with them, water gathered from the mountain headwaters and held in traditional pottery. The chamber filled beyond capacit... 190
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳUnderstory @kirbyadams.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Black-and-gold Bumble Bee (Bombus auricomus) working the Field Thistle (Cirsium discolor) in my "prairie." This was the second state listed (special concern) bumble bee to visit this exact patch of thistle in three days. #bees #pollinators #bumblebees #nativeplants 0143
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Collecting ᎤᏂᎩᏔ seeds for a community exchange! The variation in size and shape is fascinating. Pictured here are ᎪᏌᎩ monarda fistulosa in the first picture, ᎦᏁᎵᏙ zizia aurea in the second. #nativeplants 1173
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Locust borer on Canada goldenrod. I wish we had the space to keep this plant! It’s too aggressive for our small yard but it’s definitely the most popular plant with our pollinators right now. #nativeplants 1161
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 29/08/2026ᎦᏓᏲᏍᏗ marble. Played a modern version of the ancient game ᏣᎳᎩ ᏗᎦᏓᏲᏍᏗ Cherokee marbles while I was in ᏓᎵᏆ Tahlequah! 1120
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳJanet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Went for a little bird walk on campus. Not too many birds but there was this Hummingbird Clearwing Moth (Air Shrimp!). Excellent compromise for a birder during #invertefest 😂 1539969
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳWalking Eagle News @theeagleist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026BREAKING: sucks to have stuff renamed by white people, doesn’t it? 363966975
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳKay on the Prairie @kayontheprairie.bsky.social · 24/08/2026A few dragonflies from Ayers Sand Prairie today. There were so many out flying around! At one point I stepped into a whole swarm of Eastern Amberwings who were resting in the grass 💚 1294
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳErin 🌱 @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Did you know about worm snakes? If you are a lawn haver, especially near natural areas, you should! They are precious babies who aerate your yard and only want to rest in a moist soft place, like in your grass. www.virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com/reptiles/sna...virginiaherpetologicalsociety.comVirginia Herpetological SocietyNative Reptiles and Amphibians of Virginia 7263
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳJim 🇺🇦 @pom137.bsky.social · 24/08/2026A swamp cicada seen earlier this past week. #bugsky #invertebrates #insects #nature #wildlife 🪲 #ECK 2705
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Thank you so much @thatdana.bsky.social for the book! 260
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 21/08/2026We are dog sitting and this is what pure relaxation and rest looks like 🖤🐾 160
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳ250 to 250 @250to250.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Julie Reed is a citizen of the Cherokee nation, Native American historian, author, and professor whose reflective essays include a widely syndicated piece about Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of Cherokee Nation. @jreedmo.bsky.social #WeAreAmerica250 122989
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳKristine ❌👑 @extrasuperkk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I get pretty excited about habitat gardening with #nativeplants for #birds frontrange.wildones.org/habitat-gard...frontrange.wildones.orgHabitat Gardening is for the Birds! - Wild Ones Front Range ChapterBy Kristine Johnson A few years ago, I applied for and received a Terra Foundation Grant from the Landscaping with Colorado Native Plants Conference. This meant $1000 toward native plants which suppor... 072
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Join Cherokee Nation tribal historian Catherine Foreman Gray and East Coast Cherokees for a weekend of Indigenous history and culture in NYC September 19 - 20. Free and open to the public. 192
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Plant native plants and join a hopeful, fun, and rewarding movement! Our yards can support biodiversity, no matter how small your place may be. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comHow one American couple ditched their lawn and created a wildlife haven – and you could tooNovice gardeners James Reed McGuire and Crystal Fritz wanted to try something new when they moved out to the suburbs. Little did they know they were joining a nationwide movement 0154
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳFirst American Art Magazine @firstamart.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Want to look up info about an artist you've recently seen at an art market? Sky Sheyenne (Diné) of HODZA.mgmt created the Native Art Directory, which covers Native artists participating in numerous art markets! nativeart.directory #NativeSky #ArtSky #IndigiSky🔥 #NativeArt #IndigenousArt #NDNartnativeart.directoryNative Art Directory — Native Art Week is hereFor one week, Santa Fe becomes the center of the Native art world. Know whose work to find, see award histories, and save your booths before you go. 01110
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Cute little American wedge beetle enjoying the tiny white flowers of boneset. #nativeplants 080
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳDr. Laura M. Furlan @laurafurlan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Thrilled that I have a flash nonfiction piece in @tahomareview.bsky.social! Read my “Sweet River” here: tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/s...tahomaliteraryreview.comSweet River - Tahoma Literary ReviewIt is eight a.m. on a Saturday in February, and I am mucking stalls in a small horse barn in Whately, Mass. I can already feel the soreness in my arms and 163
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳEmily Green @chanceofrain.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Here's the best thing out of Texas since Kinky Friedman: a former railway switch operator turned botanist and the thorn scrub sanctuary brimming with life that he's fostered in the Rio Grande Valley (h/t @ddavisla.bsky.social) #nativeplants #nativegardening www.texasmonthly.com/travel/joey-...texasmonthly.comThe Cursing Ex-Punk Creating a Plant Sanctuary in South TexasJoey Santore wants you to “kill your lawn.” Freshly moved to Texas, he’s now working to preserve 150 acres of thornscrub in the Valley. 0135
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Our cutleaf coneflower, ᏐᏣᎾ in ᏣᎳᎩ Cherokee, proving breakfast for ᏩᏓᎦ an American goldfinch. Can you spot him? #nativeplants 2182
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 14/08/2026So many backyard visitors today! I spent time with blue jays, northern cardinals, goldfinches, house finches, a red-winged blackbird, a tufted titmouse couple, great black wasps, eastern bumblebees, a monarch, and an eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly. A pleasant afternoon was had by all. 060
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 14/08/2026ᎢᏣᎩ ᎧᎹᎹ an eastern tiger swallowtail visits our anise hyssop this morning. Plant native plants, your yard will attract cool visitors! 💛🖤 #butterflies #nativeplants 2111
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳTulsa Flyer @tulsaflyer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Cherokee Nation bans hyperscale data centers on tribally owned, trust lands The Cherokee Nation issued a ban on hyperscale data center development for tribally owned and trust land on Wednesday.... tulsaflyer.org/2026/08/10/news/post…tulsaflyer.orgCherokee Nation bans hyperscale data centers on tribally owned, trust landsThe Cherokee Nation issued a ban on hyperscale data center development for tribally owned and trust land on Wednesday. 06124
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳChief Chuck Hoskin, Jr. @chiefhoskin.bsky.social · 09/08/2026www.cherokeephoenix.org/culture/new-...cherokeephoenix.orgNew buildings incorporate Cherokee languageTAHLEQUAH – Cherokee Nation is merging its people’s language into its construction projects, installing Cherokee syllabary signage throughout new and renovated facilities across the reservation as par... 071
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳTiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Today is International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. It’s always a good day to support Indigenous sovereignty. Many threats to our sovereignty link directly to extractive capitalism, proliferation of AI, pollution caused by data centres, and global food insecurity. 29550
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Cherokee Nation bans hyperscale data centers on tribally owned, trust lands www.kosu.org/cherokee-nat...kosu.orgCherokee Nation bans hyperscale data centers on tribally owned, trust landsThe Cherokee Nation issued a ban on hyperscale data center development for tribally owned and trust land on Wednesday. 090
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳJulie the ok gardener @juliejam.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Two courting Pipevine Swallowtails on the first Tall Thistle, and a skipper trying to ignore them. #butterflies #gardening #nativeplants #flyday 🌱 1593
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026On August 16, I'm headed to Santa Fe for "Reimagining the 250th: Indigenous Histories and Sovereignty" — a panel at MoCNA alongside Maggie Blackhawk (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe), Kashona Notah (Iñupiaq), and Megan Tom (Diné). iaia.edu/event/reimag... 0257
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Dark Summer literary fest at the Framingham Public Library tomorrow features some fantastic authors on the Indigenous lit for all ages panel! framinghamlibrary.org/news-events/...framinghamlibrary.org Dark Summer Book Fest | Events & Program Series | Framingham Public Library 020
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Plant native plants, get cool visitors! A hummingbird moth visits our monarda fistulosa. 3315
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Potting up these little ᏐᏣᎾ sochana cutleaf coneflower plugs today to give away! #nativeplants 1140
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 22/07/2026An Eastern amberwing dragonfly on last year’s monarda fistulosa seed heads #nativeplants #savethestems 0141
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳWeyodi OldBear- The Root and The Seed is available. @weyodi.bsky.social · 22/07/2026In 2018 I won the Imagining Indigenous Futurism prize for my short story "Red Lessons". I ended up turning the short story into a three book series. Book One; The Root and The Seed and The Thief In Between is now is available in ebook format from Android Press. www.android-press.com/product-page...android-press.comthe Root & the Seed & the Thief In Between (EPUB) | Android PressYou can also order this title in paperback format. You can also buy this ebook on:Amazon From Imagining Indigenous Futurisms Award winner Weyodi OldBear, the Root & the Seed is a fiercely human s... 13618
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Common eastern bumblebee napping on my favorite native plant, rattlesnake master, ᏎᎳᏉᏯ in Cherokee #nativeplants #bees 1292
Reposted by Layla ᎴᎳFrances Danger *Deadly SoverAuntie* @francesdanger.bsky.social · 18/07/2026🧵 A list of trusted direct aid organizations that are providing community care for our relatives to the North. Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, who received no warning or assistance from the provincial or federal governments, is destroyed. There is nothing left standing on 19589
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 17/07/2026We’ve been waiting for you! Our first tiger swallowtail butterfly, ᎧᎹᎹ ᎢᏣᎩ in Cherokee, visit of the year #nativeplants #butterflies 425226
Layla ᎴᎳ @laylajohnston.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Monarda punctata, a funky flower favorite, with stacked caps of pale pink and light green blooms #nativeplants 2130