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A Saskatchewan mother’s Facebook post is resonating across Turtle Island after she shared photos of her son Ryland building his own grass dance regalia out of cardboard because he wanted to dance.
“My son really wants an outfit. He wants one so bad he started making his own out of cardboard,” Darcellyn Sapp-Baptiste shared.
Community response quickly followed.
Powwow dancers, artists, families, and community members began offering bells, moccasins, beadwork supplies, mentorship — and even full outfits — to help Ryland step into the circle.
Others also honored the cardboard regalia itself, with one commenter calling it “the kind of ingenuity our ancestors would have praised.”
Days later, Darcellyn shared that enough support had come in to help outfit Ryland, including a synthetic roach, aprons, beadwork supplies, a concho belt, and a donated grass dance outfit.
As for the cardboard regalia — Ryland says he’s keeping it.
“He said, ‘I’m gonna show my future kids my masterpiece,’” Darcellyn wrote.

Enduring unimaginable hardships on the Trail of Tears..

Congratulations to my nephew Steve Kootenay on receiving his Masters of Education degree today. He was also part of a headdress transfer ceremony last week, to honor all of his achievements within our community and city of Calgary. We grew up in poverty, we come from a hard background but he's proof you can make it no matter what you've been through or where you come from!!
Via Native American News

When rescuers first found Beauty, a bald eagle in Alaska, she was barely alive. A single gunshot had destroyed her upper beak, the tool she needed for everything: eating, drinking, grooming, and defending herself. Without it, she was trapped in a slow, inevitable decline. In the wild, she would have survived only a few days.
But a handful of strangers refused to accept that ending.
A wildlife rehabilitator contacted a mechanical engineer. The engineer brought in a dentist. A dentist reached out to a 3D-printing specialist. Piece by piece, a small, unlikely team formed around a single goal: to give a wounded eagle a second chance at life.
They spent months studying Beauty’s injuries, scanning her skull, designing prototypes, and testing materials that were both light enough for flight and strong enough for daily use. Every millimeter mattered. The prosthetic had to match the shape of a beak that no longer existed.
When the final 3D-printed beak was ready, the team attached it with careful precision.
Then, in a room full of people holding their breath, Beauty did something miraculous.
She reached down…
gripped a piece of food…
and fed herself for the first time since the gunshot.
Some cried. Others laughed in disbelief. All of them knew they had witnessed a turning point — not just for one eagle, but for the future of wildlife rehabilitation.
Over the following months, another surprise emerged. Protected by the prosthetic, Beauty’s natural beak began to regrow underneath it. The device had not only restored her function — it had given her body the chance to heal.
Beauty became the first bald eagle in history to receive a fully functional, 3D-printed beak.
Her story remains a powerful reminder that when compassion and innovation work together, even the most broken lives can be rebuilt.
If one eagle can inspire this level of devotion… imagine what could happen if we offered the same determination to every living being

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CHEROKEE NATION OPENS WILMA MANKILLER PARK: HONORING THE GREATEST CHIEF IN MODERN HISTORY 🌿✊
The Cherokee Nation has opened the new Wilma P. Mankiller Cherokee Capitol Park in Tahlequah — a nearly 15-acre public space dedicated to families and community, honoring the enduring legacy of the late Principal Chief Mankiller, whose leadership transformed the Cherokee Nation through her vision and investments in housing, clean water, education, economic development and grassroots community organization (Native News Online) .
This is history. This is Indigenous excellence. This is a legacy HONORED.
Wilma Mankiller didn't just lead the Cherokee Nation — she TRANSFORMED it. She fought for clean water when communities had none. She built homes when families had nowhere to live. She invested in education when others gave up.
Now 15 acres of sacred Cherokee land honors her forever.
This is what Indigenous leadership looks like.
Share if you respect Wilma Mankiller's legacy. ❤️