I use mysticism and not magic when speaking about my work as a storyteller because one is rooted in sensorial experience and the other is a fabrication. I’m conscious of what concepts and ideologies I use when speaking about spirit and heart work, especially with non-Indigenous peoples because imperialists has been attacking Indigenous epistemologies since their arrival. Magic goes back to the mágoi who were Persian tribes serving a monarchy. The origin is about a group of pe

For me, a big part of creating stories of Indigenous love is asserting our birthright to share the experience of our love in all ways and at all stages. Indigenous peoples have had almost no space to experience Indigenous love in open inter-Nation capacities. When is the last time you watched a movie or seen a play that captures Indigenous love? Especially one that revolves around joy and is not exclusively a response to colonial violence? And my alive understanding of Indige