Mayday Marin (SF Bay) @maydaymarin.bsky.social The day before Dobbs will NOT be the apex of US women’s freedoms. Anti MAGA, anti Christian Nationalism, anti fascist, anti forced birth, anti patriarchy.
The 2nd District Ledger @riseupsoregon.bsky.social OREGON — Field organizers with experience in local and national campaigns, grounded in state and federal public policy, democracy, foreign affairs, and development. 🌲
Dingo Jackson @thedingodaily.com "An almost unimaginable waste of potential!"
- My 3rd Grade Teacher
- 1/3 of The Dingo Weekly Podcast.
- Drives in Eco Mode.
- Can not identify most birds.
Elinor Ashleigh @elinor-ashleigh.bsky.social An insatiably curious two-year-old who can never stop asking "why?" with the curmudgeon heart and energy level of an old man. An open-minded learner who thinks no question or idea is too controversial to explore.
𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐬 @animalvids.bsky.social Making your day better, one paw at a time 🐾✨
Committee for Autonomous Social Action - CASA, HGT @casahgt.bsky.social To promote the unity of all workers and their families and to conduct social and political actions designed to strengthen the working class movement. (https://casahgt.org/)
Rosimac @rosimac.bsky.social News Junkie, watching Trump with alarm. Brit who hates Brexit and all it stands for. Enjoy humour, empathy, a good debate. Love walking with my woof.
William Wren @william-wren.bsky.social Ex-Christian writing about why I left and why it matters for all of us. Politics, philosophy, and the pursuit of greater understanding.
Indivisble Carpinteria @indivisiblecarp.bsky.social 
Rebecca Bennett @rebeccabennettforcongress.com Former Navy Helicopter & test pilot. Business leader. Mom of two. Running for Congress in NJ-07 to fight for New Jersey families.
Beto O’Rourke @betoorourke.bsky.social Powered by People
Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social Public servant running for U.S. Senate because it shouldn't be THIS hard to get by. Michigan born and raised. Girl Dad. Doctor. Vote by November 3rd!
Lev Parnas @levparnas.bsky.social Please follow me and subscribe to my substack
https://levparnas.substack.com?r=lb27z&utm_medium=ios
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
Mallory McMorrow @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social Michigan State Senate Majority Whip | Notre Dame ☘️ | Ray Wert’s ginger half | Noa's mom
Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Former Congresswoman, CIA Officer, and Federal Agent. Mom.
Mikie Sherrill @mikiesherrill.bsky.social Former Navy helicopter pilot & federal prosecutor. U.S. Rep. Mom of 4. Governor of the great state of New Jersey
E. Jean @ejeancarroll.bsky.social Writer
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
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Margo @megamme.bsky.social ❄️Democrat❄️ animal lover 🐈🐕🐇🦊🐿️🐼🐻🦡🐖🐄🦬🫏🐎🐐grandmother, 🏳️🌈advocate🏳️🌈needing like-minded people to stand strong together.
SnarkyLibruhl @snarkylibruhl.bsky.social No more Mr. Nice Gay ~ Cold War Army Veteran 98G
Pragmatically progressive, incrementally idealistic - INFJ (Advocate)
Future enemy of the state #OPPOSE #DEFY
Bicoastal Dog dad (CA05 <-> NY08)
🇺🇸 🇺🇦
✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social Bringing light to the fight, because the dark gods have held the floor long enough.
You can trust me to engage respectfully.
#PNW forever.🌲
My original posts: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ul4iopilqtuwsb5x6pw2nwop/feed/aaao6s747yqi2
CronFest 🫘 @cronfest.bsky.social Avid reader, Foodie, Don't blame ME, I voted for Democracy!!! Psychiatric NP. Dog/Cat/Human Mom, Gardener, Menopause advocate, PANS/PANDAS advocate, Resistance is not Futile! I say "Fuck" a lot, sorry, not sorry! Swiftie, Brazen Hussy, Leguminati
Glitter Girl aka Brittiney @libertybeats.bsky.social #FKTrump #Resist
AUTOMATIC BLOCK FOR PORN, CRYPTO OR DM’S!
Born and raised in Compton, California.
Willing to fight for what’s right.
This is a safe space for all!
Chris Lombardi @chrisblue.bsky.social Bronx-born Philadelphian. #Journalist. #Author of 'brilliant but disturbing' books, including I AIN'T MARCHING ANYMORE and JEHANNE DARC. #Disabled from 40 yrs of MS.
🍀🩵Cindy💙🍀 @cindyandrewsmcgraw.bsky.social 💙🩵 🩷🩷 🩵💙
Work: Special Education📚Juvenile Justice ⚖️
Child Welfare/Protection
Not Work: Family-pets-music-
nature-gardening-genealogy-
history-science-astronomy
"Act you're age mama, not your
Shoe size"
Prince
Favorite color: clear
Julie Loves Rule of Law @julieluvsruleoflaw.bsky.social ❌👑 TEAM NATO
San Francisco native. Daughter/Sister of First Responders, Aunt/Sis to Air Force Veterans. Married. 37 years in media.
Proud and quietly loud liberal.
We, the People
#BoycottDisneyABC/Hulu
#BoycottParamount/CBS
#BoycottBezos
Lynda @tommixer.bsky.social Fvck DonOld tRump!FvckElonMusk!
FvckJDVance!!
🚫No DM’s
🚫NO PORN
🛑NO PORN MEANS NO PORN🛑
I BLOCK MAGA AND PORN🤬
AN AUSTRALIAN LIVING IN AUSTRALIA.🇦🇺
I DETEST TRUMP!!
Eladio Bobadilla @eladiobobadilla.com Pittsburgh-based historian of social movements, migration, and nativism. Author of Dangerous Migration: Mexican Labor and the Fight for Immigrant Rights: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p089220#preview
Sigil23 @reezhist.bsky.social 🇺🇦 NAFO-sympathiser 🇪🇺 European. Against totalitarianism. No DM'S.
Victoria Q @victoriaq.bsky.social Old enough to have lived through Roe v Wade the 1st time, appalled by TFG and his followers, but I. AM. NOT. GOING. BACK. And will do whatever it takes! Play Pickleball to relieve the stress!
GoodPlaceJames @goodplacejames.bsky.social Humanist. Humorist. Alliterative. Alternative. Author. Autist. Artist. Thespian.
Unreliable Narrator.
A bit scientist; somewhat engineer.
80s kid. Mostly Harmless.
Semper Fidelis. Sic Semper Tyrannis. Non Serviam.
INTP. Ignostic.
root@localhost 🎩🇧🇪
Donald Frederikovich @dfmdt.bsky.social Слава Україні
Ain't it hard when you discover that
I really wasn't where it's at
After I took from you everything I could steal
~Donald Frederikovich Mountain Dew Trump
#Idiocracy #Resist #FBR
https://swampsrus.com
jenn Jenn JENNY ❌👑 @refinnej.bsky.social Nurse. Mother of daughters. Cat lady. Not gonna let fear win. I have friends everywhere. #nokings
@tollerlover05.bsky.social @tollerlover05.bsky.social
Proudly 🇨🇦
Toller.
It's a Canadian dog breed. Little River Dog.
"We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children."
Jimmy Carter ~
𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓡𝓮𝔂 🦋 My emotions identify as Sɪɢʜ﹗Gᴜʟᴘ﹗Hᴀʜᴀ﹗Sᴏʙ﹗ @lindarey.com Retired extrovert. Ambitious introvert. Marketing is my love language.
I have hobbies, but no time for that. Our country is in crisis. My account has more posts than followers. Help me out. FOLLOW if you feel the resistance.
💙Blue Through-N-Through💙 @suzylawmaker.bsky.social CITIZENS, NOT SUBJECTS.
Retired lawyer. Chihuahua mom. Lesbian. Feminist. Humanist. Amateur historian. Overturn Citizens United & Dobbs. #TransRights #PlannedParenthood
#СлаваУкраїні
GDMFer(Robert)🇦🇺🌏🌊💙🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇬🇱🇵🇦🇨🇦 @robertbeattie.bsky.social Sarcasm, interest in US politics since you voted for a B movie actor. Left leaning, Aussie. LGBTQ+ ally. 🚫DM's. No bio or hashtags only=No follow. Home brewer and amateur wine making. Proudly woke. Eclectic taste in music. Love OZ rock.Lutruwita/Tasmania
Kelly Blew🏳️🌈🎨🧶📚🏴☠️😼👩❤️👩🪷💣🗽💙🌊 @kblewcrew.bsky.social #Artist
Married Lefty #Liberal #LGBTQIA #DSA
Childless #cat Lady😸 KittenFoster #Disabled #pwME #CFS
#POTS #MCAS #SFN
Former Healthcare worker
#Durham Urb/suburb homesteading co-op
#DurhamNC #RESIST #BullCity #Feminist #Bluecrew #SocialDemocrat
Greta, LMSW 🙏🌻🇺🇦☮️🕊🐶🐱🐰🌊💙 @gretaresister.bsky.social I care about humanity & all life; better world. Vegan. Help the homeless. Pet mom. Views are mine. I follow back resisters after vetting. Real resisters don't cut each other down or call B/H "weak" #FBR #BLM 🚫bots 🚫MAGA 🚫hookups. 🚫 DM - you will be blocked
Machine Gun Kelly @koc71.bsky.social I'm a guitar player who loves Ozzy (R.I.P.)
Lover of sci-fy and tacos
Independent (Green Party)
When it happens, I will be drinking wine.
Captain Wonder @capta1nw0nd3r.bsky.social 📖 Fantasy Author | ✒️ Poet | 📚 Educator |🏺Wonder Woman Fan/Geek | 🐶 Argos | 🏳️🌈 | FL 🌴 | Team Oxford Comma | INFJ | www.davidbergerbooks.com
Ares-Can 🇨🇦 @ares-can.bsky.social Hello!
Husband - Father - Papa - Retired
Liberal
#CanadaStrong 🇨🇦
#ElbowsUp 🇨🇦
#IStandWithZelensky 🇺🇦
#NeverTrump
#TACO
Raising the black flag 🇨🇦🏴☠️🏴🇺🇦🇬🇱 @shane3662.bsky.social Life is about choices. The question is, are you ready to live with the choices you make? I love the American people. Except those MAGA peckerheads. They can French kiss a bear trap.
I’m not afraid to die for my country.
Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada.
JonMorgan @jonmorgandp.bsky.social Rides a Harley. Follows IndyCar. Photographer. Science & Space Flight. Proud progressive & Dodger fan for life. BLM. He/Him. No DMs unless I know you.
RLF Woodstock @rlfwoodstock.bsky.social Retired Software Engineer. Singer Songwriter. Proud Boomer. BC Survivor. Caregiver. Bucking Bronco. Truth Teller. Bully Fighter. Freedom For All Not Some. #RESIST #IMPEACH #REMOVE trump VOTE BLUE 🇺🇸💙🚫PORN🚫DATING🚫MAGA🚫TROLLS🚫MONEY I gladly Block.
BelAirViv @viviancopeland.bsky.social Twitter refugee. The 24/7 news cycle is killing America. Polling is junk science. I despise Donald tRump, but I like Dancing With the Stars. Sue me. DMs=BLOCK.
Hill Of Kansas @hillofkansas.bsky.social 🚫DM. I block.
Happily married heterosexual Retired farmer.
Democrat in a sea of red. Reading and writing are my main ones but jewelry design, wire-wrapping are in contention.
🚫porn, crypto, sales, dating, etc. etc.
No meaningful posts? No follow!
Bianca 🧁😺💙 Did I say that out loud? @biancadan.bsky.social Wife, mom, retired Italian/Spanish teacher
It's gonna be a long 4 years.
Daughter of a WW II vet and FDR Dem #VoteBlue
No one is above the law, just ask Jack Smith.
Love is love.
Kindness does not equal weakness.
😺s and 🧁s
No DMs!
Lizzie Borden ❄️🌊🌻🥥🌴 @lizzieborden8.bsky.social Happily married for over 44yrs! Brittle T1D. I make 3D products 4 IMVU. Avatar made by me! Antisocial! 🚫NO DMs! Vicious & Horrible! FDJT🚫I Block ALL MAGAts/Trolls/Bots/DMs! Twitter refugee! Resist! 8647
#NeverTrump #Recount #TrumpCheated❄️🌊🥁🥀
AunteeLynn 💙🐈🦮🚫🤴💙🇺🇦🇺🇸 @aunteelynn.bsky.social I AM A REPRESENTATIVE OF A DEMOCRACY! I will never stop speaking out about this corrupt administration! VOTE🌊💙🇺🇦 🤬 Blue dot in cowardly Red Louisiana. twitter refugee, Nana, mom, 💔spouse, cat mom, love books, gardening, animals, boomer, 🚫DM/felon grifters!
Far left socialist @farleftsocialist.bsky.social MEDICARE 4 ALL
Not ACA it sucks It’s RonmeyCare
𝕞𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕕_𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕒 @maskeddata.bsky.social Retired DoD civilian, Air Force veteran (WAF), Aspie mom, women’s soccer fan, ukulele player. Enjoying freedom I worked for all my adult life. Don't say a lot, when I do it's important to me.
thefogbow.com/forum
💙 #VoteVets🫡 #LibrariesMatter📚 #Heartie🇨🇦
Clickworlddaily · by Jon @clickworlddaily.bsky.social ✍️Writing for those who feel deeply, but quietly.
Moments that linger, questions that stay. Nurse grad, postgrad in HR & Soc. Serv. Manag, working in HR.
Collector of silences, seeker of meaning.
🌐 clickworlddaily.com 📘my book amzn.to/4opWiz9 (affiliate)
Nonna Blu 💙🗽 @nonnablu.bsky.social MN Walz country 💙 My grandchildren call me Nonna, I'm true blue, an empath or what MAGAts call woke. I FOLLOW BACK. DMs put you on a spam list. The economy WINs elections. Let's take back the House and Senate in 2026 by focusing on the economy. 🫂💙🗽🌀🌊☮️🌎🇺🇲
KWHammes @kwhammes.bsky.social Husband, Father, Veteran, Entrepreneur, Photographer, and Graphic Designer. I am what I am: an honest heathen. Who or what I am to you is on you, not me. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜▲
#Neurodivergent | #IndependentVoter | #BookReviewer | #StakeholdersFirst | #Havamal127
ChrisannaD @chrisannad.bsky.social Unama’ki, Cape Breton, NAFO, She/her, gluten-free homebaker 💉💉💉💉💉😷, birbs #APoxOnPutin #NoToAllGenocides STOP resource hogging (⚡️💦 )AI. AI is THEFT. Elbows up. Born 326ppm. Banner picture is a bright, pink and yellow rose against wet, green foliage
kaths @ozkath.bsky.social Australian. Married boomer. Retired RN. Photography, democracy, reading, animals, nature and most people. Auto immune disease sufferer. Just trying to make sense of the world at the moment.
NO DM'S NO MAGA
#photography #books #bluesky #standwithUkraine
@farawayeyes1.bsky.social @farawayeyes1.bsky.social 
🧚♂️ @herbwitch1.bsky.social NOT a bot, I bite. (Think DropBear)
Recovering Lawyer.
#emj #riosways
Interfering in 1 wrong at a time
🚫 magaBS 🚫 SpamDMs
@betterworld3.bsky.social @betterworld3.bsky.social #Resist ✊ #BLM🙏#ClimateAction🌍#Voteblue💙#LockUpPedoes🤬
#IStandWithUkraine
#FreePalestine
Praying for 🕊️🌎🌍🟧🟦#BanAssaultWeapons for our children 🙏
#lStandWithPopeLeo🙏🇺🇸♎
🦋Laura Distelrath @lauradistelrath.bsky.social 🎩 Entrepreneur 🍎 Educator 📣 Coach 🧠 Strategist
"History is not erased in a single moment - it vanishes slowly, deliberately, piece by piece, until all that remains is an eternal 'now' controlled by those in power." - George Orwell, 1984
Scott D @srdegroff.bsky.social Veteran. Retired , No Kings, #AmericaInDistress, #TheResistance. #Resist. 50501, #IHateProject2025 #fucktrump, 🚫 maga, 86 Felon 47, #FuckDonaldTrump,#epstienfiles,(slava ukraini)🇺🇸🇺🇦
Jennifer Whitfield “X” Refugee🇨🇦 @jennyfromtheb.bsky.social I’m a happy Canadian, mortified by the state of the World but trying to remain positive!!!! I’m an avid animal lover with the best puppy and kitty ever!
Done with Politics. World is doomed. Let’s connect. I mean no offence, but No DM’s.
Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦🇬🇷
Lesley Cox @lesley99.bsky.social #DefundICE
Some days I feel like a liberal progressive and some days like progressive liberal.
#StillWoke I voted for the women!
Everyday, for my sanity, I walk 3 miles.
FL Master Naturalist and certified Green Guide. I love wildflower hunting.
Margaret Cho @margaretcho.bsky.social Comedian etc
Madame🦋Butterfly @imspeaking.bsky.social Writer, Women's Visionary. Kentucky Dem by birth. Blue 🔵 living in 🔴 Floriduh.
Lover of Light and Reverence for the Ways of Mother Nature. 🌼
#TwitterQuitter
#Resist #NevertRump
#VoteBlue #WomensRights
#BlueCrew #WokeAF #NoKings
@engageddemo.bsky.social @engageddemo.bsky.social 80 yo white female, mother of 4(2vets of war)married 2 Korean War vet, Community activist ,Fed Community hlth Center director for 10 years, tax accountant by profession. Mother of 8 yo child held hostage by gun man robbing a restaurant=life impact by PTSD.
taxtweet ... Kay IRL @taxtweet.bsky.social Native 🌮Texan. | #Tax Blogger✍️Journalist | ❤️ Wife | 🦅Birder | ⚾️ Sports Fan 🏈 | Order based on whims.
@pennylundquist.bsky.social @pennylundquist.bsky.social Former teacher, retired education nonprofit program director, cat mom, avid reader, cookbook collector, very political, liberal, INFP, francophile, traveler. No DMs. 🇺🇦
Amanda Taylor 💙🦋 @botanywillsave.bsky.social I’m building a garden for wildlife. This is a record of that journey. Peace to the world! The following is a YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@amandataylor1333
Riddick Saga @riddick01.bsky.social ..önce sen kendini inşa etmelisin, dimdik bir beden ve dimdik bir ruhla.
Rosemary Sullivan @rosemary47.bsky.social International traveler. Retired educator and socially liberal optimist. English major, passionate reader who loves wolves, classic film noir and baseball! No crypto, 🚫MAGA. No porn. DMs=automatic block. No bio or posts, not following.
Mimi @mysterymaven47.bsky.social Retired, family loving, dog loving, book loving, LGBTQ advocate, boomer liberal!
@barbstc.bsky.social @barbstc.bsky.social A Boomer who was an activist in the late 60's and early 70's. Looking for real answers to an actual Felon being in the Oval. God help US.
Michele/Meidas Fan @michelemanziano.bsky.social Democrat, cat lover, humor, I post mostly memes.
#MeidasMighty
Atheist, Cancer Survivor
American citizen living in Europe
No ✝️ Religious Nuts
No Dem bashing, if you think you can do it better then get into politics.
I'm here for politics and nothing else.
Beth 💙 @peaceandpurpose.bsky.social Author, intuitive energy practitioner, peace lover, former teacher of George Orwell, #pinks, member of SWEEP by Red Wine & Blue, Calico kitty lover, Granbee to Violet, National Park lover, budding golfer, longtime KC Chiefs fan❤️💛
Politics and Bubble Gum @politicalchew.bsky.social I’m still here to chew bubble gum and piss off Trump… and I’m all out of bubble gum. Elbows Up! #BlueCrew #8647 #Liberal #Democrat
RESIST REBEL REMOVE and REBUILD
Lexi "Pro-Democracy" 💙 @lexi6toes.bsky.social The GOP is lying about LA! Truth, facts & kindness still matter.
#Resist
Tariffs = Higher Prices
ACA = Obamacare
Biden stats:
16M New jobs
Gas $3
Inflation: 2.7
Energy production: RECORD HIGH
Medicare Med Cap: $2000
Insulin: $35
Kindness: PRICELESS
Court Accountability Action @courtacctability.bsky.social Fighting Judicial Corruption
Building Toward a Better Democracy
https://linktr.ee/courtaccountability
Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social Senior Advisor @courtacctability.bsky.social. Democracy advocate. Former political-legal journalist. Retired competitive air guitarist. Former Congressional Candidate. Second-Best dad ever.
Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social Welcome to Legal AF, as part of the MeidasTouch Network, we curate breaking news stories combined with in-depth analysis and interviews, and package it in an informative yet entertaining way to allow our audience to make sense of it all. 
Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social Physician | Communicator | Health Technology Leader
drvingupta.com
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♦️MS NOW Senior Medical Analyst
♦️Host, Meidas Health
♦️Pulmonologist/ICU Doc
♦️USAF Medical Reserves Corps
♦️American Lung Assoc Board of Directors
Bebe Neuwirth (she/her) @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social Honorary Ziegfeld Girl
Honorary IATSE Local 1
banner 📸Christopher Calkins
portrait 📸Tom Bloom
Bahb 🐸 @gobills1108.bsky.social #Resistance #doglover I’m just a dude that wants to see women take over. We men have been fucking shit up for far too long. ALSO, I swear a lot on here. I'm passionate about a lot of things so I can't really help it.
California Prunes👊🇲🇽🇨🇦🇺🇦🔥 @prunepicker.bsky.social When you take out the woke, you take out the mojo.
👊🇲🇽🇨🇦🇺🇦🔥
rubyramone @rubyramone.bsky.social Twitter refugee. Lifelong liberal. Old, white hippie who is sick of seeing my country destroyed. Airedale mom. Shenandoah Valley. (Blue dot!)
**NO DMs PLEASE!!
𝓥𝓲𝓻𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓪 𝓗𝓪𝓵𝓵 📎 @virginiahall32.bsky.social A woman of no importance.🇺🇦 🇵🇸 Fmr #WisDems organizer. #Resister. #bluecrew #Democrat #FBR ✊Pro-democracy. 💙🌈 🦊🇺🇸Anti-fascist. 🥰🧚🏻🦋🐝
🚫DMs #Democracy takes action and hard work! Let’s do it‼️🙌 8647‼️
Teri 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 🇵🇦 8647 @teriwitch.bsky.social Wife🌹 She/Her
Mother💕 Pro-Choice
Witch🔮 🚫MAGAt’s,Porn,Nazi
Gen X Not going to give $$
Anti-Fascist No DM’s
Liberal-Progressive
Bill J @billxrefugee.bsky.social Former conservative - got smarter. Ecstatically married. Retired doc in the 208. USAF vet. Like my cats and dogs, play Dobro (poorly), laser engraver, 3D printer, refugee from that other app, glad to be here. Rarely, if ever, respond to DMs.
@gigithehun.bsky.social @gigithehun.bsky.social No DM’s, please.
@pink-freud.bsky.social @pink-freud.bsky.social Retired writer, journalist, photographer, poet, humorist, songwriter, musician. Love Pink Floyd & to psychoanalyze EVERYTHING! 🤪 Anti-Trump/Maga. My TT is PinkFreud#2. Never been indicted or impeached. DM’s are ok from intelligent people with compliments.
Mariana @marianamontu.bsky.social Life-long learner, retired HS English teacher, owner Myana by Hand. American freedoms require responsibility, blue voter 💙. Mother Nature, kindness, the ocean, cats, bird nerd, creativity. Synesthete. No DMs. Thank you.
Fern Naomi Renville @borndakota.bsky.social Lifegiver, astro-botanist, storyteller, artist, and enrolled citizen of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate. Living in my Imnizaska homelands (St Paul, Minnesota) near the burial mounds of my ancestors.