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Rent is due in a few days and I’m short! I need some sales before the month is up 🥹

Remember it’s about to be pride month; show your support for queer people in your life (even yourself!) with handmade gifts that also support a Two-Spirit artist <3

Shop: https://cvkvlv.com

Goal for May/June: $1764/$6000

Mvto! (Thank you!!)

#Pride #Mvskoke #TwoSpirit #Queer #Indigenous #Art #Beadwork

I have been trying to practice singing recently and I have to repeatedly remind myself of what I said in an interview a while back about not being afraid of failure, that it is a necessary part of any creative or skill-learning process.

You are allowed to do things you [think you] suck at! Doing things you suck at is the only chance you have to Not Suck at those things.

That little voice doesn't want you to reach your dreams, it wants you to stay inside your comfort zone. DON'T LISTEN!!

If you live in Minnesota, vote for Peggy Flanagan for Senate. If elected, she’ll be the first Native American woman to ever serve in the U.S. Senate.

#Indigenous #PeggyFlanagan #Senate

Pride month is approaching! I have new pride beadwork in stock with more on the way, go treat yourself → https://Cvkvlv.com

Every sale helps me pay my bills, and life has been expensive lately, so mvto for your support <3

Goal for March/April: $296/$6000

#Pride #Queer #LGBTQ #Gay #Trans #TwoSpirit #Native #Beadwork #Indigenous

Marceau had her vaccines updated and she was so good for the vet 🥹 I’m proud mama 🖤

@Yehuda@turtleisland.social’s new kitten Tenētkē got a vaccine too, so I’m also proud auntie 🖤 so much cat love going on around here lately yall 🥰

#Cats #Caturday #Kittens

Progress Pride Flag Bead-Wrapped Wristlet Keychain

→ https://cvkvlv.com/products/progress-pride-flag-bead-wrapped-wristlet-keychain

• Materials:
- Glass seed beads
- Nylon paracord
- Nylon thread
- Faux leather
- Keyring
- Pride charm
- Lobster clasp

🤍🩷🩵🤎🖤❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

#LGBTQ #Pride #Lesbian #Gay #Trans #Queer #TwoSpirit #IndigenousArt #Beadwork

I chose the butterfly (Tvffolopv, Duf-fol-obuh in Mvskoke) to highlight in this years Pride collection because it symbolizes rebirth and transformation. Like every living thing, human beings grow and change. It is the natural way of things. Two-Spirit, trans, and nonbinary people are essential to our communities; likewise butterflies and other pollinators are essential to their ecosystems.

Shop this pair → https://cvkvlv.com/products/trans-pride-tvffolopv-butterfly-beaded-drop-earrings

#Trans #Beadwork #Pride #Art #TwoSpirit #Indigenous #Butterfly

Today is Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQQIA+ Celebration and Awareness Day. It is also the spring equinox, a halfway point, a time of transition and transformation.

❤️🧡💛💚🩵💜

Get ready for pride stuff coming super soon → https://cvkvlv.com

#TwoSpirit #LGBTQ #Pride #Indigenous #Mvskoke #Native #Art

Seems like a good time to remind people:

• Boosting mutual aid posts is free.

• If you saw someone stealing food from a corporation, no you didn't.

• Don't cross the picket line.

We are not powerless.

Nothing could stop me from showing up today — not my skin flare ups, or anxiety, or the congestion of the public transit system today. Knew I needed to make it and use my voice to fight against ICE and Donald Trump with the rest of Chicago. It was an amazing turnout, estimated over 100,000 people. #NoKings

Mvto (thank you!!) to @haubles@hachyderm.io @Mastodon@mastodon.social for the opportunity to be the first instance featured on Mastodon’s new community spotlight series!

If you haven’t yet, go check out our interview on the Mastodon blog <3

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/05/community-spotlight-tzipporah-and-yehuda-of-turtle-island-social/

#Native #Indigenous #BIPOC #TurtleIsland #Mastodon #Fediverse

The art → Contemporary beaded jewelry and accessories inspired by and in support of the preservation of Mvskoke language and culture

The artist → Mvskoke, Two Spirit, Chicago-based full time beader and cat parent. I care a lot about my communities, and I put that care into my work <3

→ https://cvkvlv.com

The best trick up an autodidact's sleeve is getting into argument and then needing to go down a research rabbit hole for 3+ hours to make sure you were right. (You were; you're always right.)

Reminders from your resident Two-Spirit artist this Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQQIA+ Celebration and Awareness Day ~

• We are sacred
• We have always held essential roles in our communities
• Transphobia Is a form of colonial violence 💯
• Non Native people, Two-Spirit is not for you to claim

https://cvkvlv.com

#Native #Indigenous #Mvskoke #TwoSpirit #Queer #Pride #LGBTQ

Love u sis @Yocheved@turtleisland.social it was great to see you 🩷

Our dear friend Yishay Garbasz passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 55. She was a renowned Berlin-based artist and photographer, a fierce activist for trans and queer people, and a loyal friend to many.

Please donate to help us cover her funeral and burial costs, if you can't donate please boost this post <3

https://yishay.com/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/yishay-garbasz-memorial-service-and-artwork-preservation

Don’t forget your civic duties today; IL 9th district, vote for Kat Abughazaleh for Congress !!

#Election #KatAbughazaleh

Just set up a new domain from scratch for the first time for my Patreon, https://cvkvlv.blog

I've been posting more of my writing there, so go check it out and join as a free or paid member, I will super appreciate you for it!!

#Beadwork #Art #Mvskoke #Native #Indigenous

Trans Pride Tvffolopv (Butterfly) Beaded Drop Earrings

→ https://cvkvlv.com/products/trans-pride-tvffolopv-butterfly-beaded-drop-earrings

• Tvffolopv (Duf-fol-obuh) is Mvskoke for butterfly

• Made with glass beads, head pins, jump rings, and silver plated hypoallergenic ear wires

#Beadwork #Pride #Trans #Butterfly #Jewelry #Art #LGBTQ #TwoSpirit

RIP friend, mentor, artist, activist, Yishay Garbasz
You are one of the bravest women Ive had the privilege to know and befriend. I admire your courage and your stubbornness. You fucking rocked this life shit. I hope there's a heaven for your sake bc you deserve to be there. You used your voice until the end to find against bigots, fascists, and misogynists. The world is better for having known you and your work. I hope you rest with God and that you know how much you meant to us. You are loved.

Progress Pride (Minis) Brick Stitch Fringe Beaded Earrings

• Made with glass seed beads, white nylon thread, and silver-plated hypoallergenic findings

• Approximately: 8 1/2 inches or 22 cm

• Shop this pair→ https://cvkvlv.com/products/progress-pride-minis-brick-stitch-fringe-beaded-earrings

#Pride #LGBTQ #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Trans #Queer #TwoSpirit #Indigenous #Mvskoke

Had such a great photoshoot with @Yocheved@turtleisland.social the other day featuring my newest pair of fringe earrings, Rvfo Okholatte (Turquoise Winter) -- now available on my website → https://cvkvlv.com/products/rvfo-okholatte-turquoise-winter-brick-stitch-fringe-beaded-earrings

Shop my work → https://cvkvlv.com

More coming to the New Year Collection soon, keep an eye out!

#Beadwork #Jewelry #Fashion #Art #Indigenous #Mvskoke

Progress Pride Tvffolopv (Butterfly) Beaded Dangle Earrings

Three pairs in stock & ready to ship → https://cvkvlv.com/products/progress-pride-tvffolopv-butterfly-beaded-dangle-earrings

• Tvffolopv (Duf-fol-obuh) is Mvskoke for butterfly
• Made with glass beads, nylon thread, and silver-plated beads and findings
• Approx 7.5 in (19 cm)

#Pride #Queer #Beadwork #Art #Gay #Lesbian #Trans #TwoSpirit

Progress Pride Tvffolopv (Butterfly) Beaded Drop Earrings

→ https://cvkvlv.com/products/progress-pride-tvffolopv-butterfly-beaded-drop-earrings

• Tvffolopv (Duf-fol-obuh) is Mvskoke for butterfly
• Materials:
- Glass beads
- Silver beads
- Head pins
- Jump rings
- Silver plated hypoallergenic ear wires
• Approximately: 3 1/4 inches or 8 cm

#Pride #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Trans #Queer #TwoSpirit #LGBTQ #Beadwork #Art #Butterfly

Cultural appropriation is not just a microaggression; it has *real financial harm* for our communities when we have to compete with artists who claim to be Native but aren't.

Falsely advertising your products as made by a Native artist when they aren't is also illegal under The Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA) of 1990 (P.L. 101-644).

If you want to support our communities and art make sure not to buy anything "Native-inspired" from Etsy or any other site.

#Native #Indigenous #Mvskoke

Happy Chanukah!!

Go grab my new earrings! I'm obsessed with these 🖤 🖤

Rvfo Okholatte - Turquoise Winter

• Rvfo (Thuh-vo) means winter in Mvskoke, and Okholatte (Ock-hoh-lah-tee) means turquoise
• Materials:
- Glass seed beads in shades of turquoise, green, and black
- Black Nymo thread
- Silver-plated findings

→ https://cvkvlv.com/products/rvfo-okholatte-turquoise-winter-brick-stitch-fringe-beaded-earrings

#Beadwork #Handmade #Artist

Custom unicorn pendant I made a bit ago and forgot to post about, but I'm actually really proud of this one.

Shop my beadwork at https://cvkvlv.com

#Beadwork #Jewelry #Mvskoke #Indigenous

RE: @Tzipporah@turtleisland.social

Y'all can read the rest of this article early with a sub to my Raindrops tier or higher on Patreon! Mvto for the support~

Centralized and corporate-owned social media hurts Native communities → https://www.patreon.com/posts/centralized-and-155143186

#Native #Indigenous #Fediverse #Mastodon #Mvskoke #OpenSource #FOSS

Rvfo Okholatte - Turquoise Winter

• Rvfo (Thuh-vo) means winter in Mvskoke, and Okholatte (Ock-hoh-lah-tee) means turquoise
• Materials:
- Glass seed beads in shades of turquoise, green, and black
- Black Nymo thread
- Silver-plated findings

→ https://cvkvlv.com/products/rvfo-okholatte-turquoise-winter-brick-stitch-fringe-beaded-earrings

#Beadwork #Art #Jewelry #Mvskoke #Indigenous

Went to a beading class today at the American Indian Center 🤍💛🧡❤️🖤

#Selfie #Beadwork #Mvskoke #Native

@tutusntinyhats.bsky.social in a pair of Rainbow Shooting Star mini beaded fringe earrings 💜🩵💚💛🧡❤️

Shop this pair → https://cvkvlv.com/products/kocecvmpv-vlotkot-oske-entacv-rainbow-shooting-star-minis-brick-stitch-fringe-beaded-earrings

More beadwork → https://cvkvlv.com

#Beadwork #Art #Rainbow #Artist

@kitterjitters.bsky.social rocking a pair of Hvresse Tasahcē (Spring Moon) Beaded Fringe Earrings ✨ 🌙 💚 💙 💜 💗

Shop these earrings ➡️ https://cvkvlv.com/products/hvresse-tasahce-spring-moon-brick-stitch-fringe-beaded-earrings

Shop more of my beadwork at https://cvkvlv.com

#Beadwork #Mvskoke #Cvkvlv #IndigenousArt

Updated my website, check it out → https://cvkvlv.com

Mvto to @Yocheved@turtleisland.social for modeling a pair of fringe earrings (releasing soon!!) for the header 🖤🖤

#Beadwork #Jewelry #Art #Mvskoke #Indigenous

Headed to Chicago with @Yocheved@turtleisland.social 💗💗💗

#Selfie

RE: @Yehuda@turtleisland.social

Crushing

RE: @Yehuda@turtleisland.social

Nail biter...