Hello Lovelies,
Did you know that we got a run printed of an ol’ beyon original? We have back patches and shirts with this print on them available at the Voices: Indigenous Women on the Front Lines Speak store.
With Wulf heading off this spring and summer to support front lines up north before they meet up with beyon out East to complete the book. And beyon working her butt off to get materials together and equipment to complete said book while working on the illustrations every dollar we make in sales helps us out a TON. A lot of the dollars raised on the store goes to support other incredible humans too.
Thank you all for your ongoing support <3
Wulfie and beyon.
https://www.voicesfrontlines.com/hello-lovelies-did-you-know-that-we-got-a-run/
Brave, generous creatures,
We
have somethings of a most exciting nature to share with you all.
Four of our wonderful loves have offered
additional prizes that you can win with the purchase of a 2Spirit Warrior
Society Raffle Ticket. Tickets are $5
each and a name will be drawn for each prize in the raffle.
https://2spiritwsraffle.tumblr.com/
Every buck raised through this raffle will
go directly to 2Spirit Indigenous Warriors throwing down on the ground against
the Dakota Access Pipeline. We are in
direct communication with this crew as it is made up of some of the people we
love dearly. Times are desperate with the raid yesterday and arrest of 76 Water Protectors and ongoing raids today at Sacred Stone. The
2Spirit Warrior Society are gearing up to mobilize and we are pushing to meet
our fundraising goals in order to ensure they have a reliable ride for arctic
conditions to make it to court dates, actions and reach medical aid when needed.
From this need, love and solidarity have
come these incredible gifts from queer artists across Turtle Island.
Artist Nick Berger, (they/them) is an artist and musician living on occupied
Pocomtuc Territories in so-called greenfield massachusetts who has donated a 6″ hoop
custom embroidery of anything you want!
You can check out more of their work here <3
bubzee is an octopus from the west, who
reaches into dreams with her many arms and pulls free from them the thick globs
of paint stuck to the innards of our eyelids that she looks at when she is
dreaming. bubzee offers 3 pretty patches
as gifts for you to win through the raffle.
Bug Crü, a queer metis artist,
illustrator and tattooist living on un-ceded and occupied Coast Salish
territories has contributed a print, ((Ø)),
to help raise funds for the 2Spirit Warrior Society.
Check out their work here: http://centipedes.tumblr.com/info
Ruby Doom
draws and tattoos on Pocomtuc territory and there is an original drawing by her
own hand among the treasures that the luck of the draw may provide to you.
Ruby Dooms art lives in digital land here.
So dear feral ones, in the spirit of
mutual aid and all that is still wild and ungovernable upon the body of the
earth, support the 2 Spirit Warrior Society and all the artists, healers and
makers who have contributed their labours.
Please contribute financially if you
can by entering the raffle and share our updates broadly with your family,
friends, co-workers, co-conspirators, lovers, bio fams…
https://2spiritwsraffle.tumblr.com/
xo
top photo by wulfgang zapf on Kaska Dene territory, bottom photo stolen from the internets found with no attribution and edited.
https://www.voicesfrontlines.com/brave-generous-creatures-we-have-somethings-of/
Solidarity with the 2Spirit Warrior Society
Dear ones,
The fires continue to
burn at Standing Rock and all along the body of the Black Snake. New
fires are being lit each day as Indigenous resistance spreads. We are
gathering at our own points among the growing constellations to offer support
and fuel the fires of front lines as Queer and 2Spirit artists, organizers and
healers in solidarity.
We invite you to join
us through directly contributing to this fundraiser and sharing our work with
your own constellations of people until the blaze of our resistance is truly
unquenchable.
Many generous and
wonderful artists, makers and healers have contributed incredible services,
hand crafted gifts and works of art to this raffle in support of the 2Spirit
Warrior Society.
Works include limited
edition prints by artists Noel’le Longhaul, beyon wren moor and Annie Banks, a
handcrafted book by Emi Lynn Holler, original stick and poke tattoos by Kiala
and photographic prints by Amber Bracken and Wulfgang Zapf. Tender hearts
have also contributed hand made clothing, massages, herbal consultations and
more. The combined monetary value of all raffle items is over $2000 in
so-called canadian dollars.
All proceeds raised
through this raffle will go directly to the purchase of a 4×4 truck, trailer
and yurt for members of the 2Spirit Warrior Society to support their continued
struggle against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
To view the prizes,
purchase tickets and learn more about the 2Spirit Warrior Society and the
ongoing resistance to the Black Snake visit:
Tickets are $5 CAD.
The raffle runs until midnight on February 13th, winners will be drawn on
February 14th. Only 2500 tickets will be sold across Turtle Island.
No surrender.
Defend the Water. Defend the Sacred.
Love and Rage,
-Voices: Indigenous
Women on the Front Lines Speak, voicesbook.tumblr.com
the UVic Pride
Collective, uvicpride.ca
and the Queers for
Indigenous Territory Defense Crew.
This is the incredible print, Dandelion, by
beyon wren moor that we are giving away as a back patch free with any
purchase from our online store. The $$ from all sales goes directly to
supporting the Voices project or directly to Indigenous Women and
Two-Spirit Land Defenders. Offer ends December 5th <3
Check out our store here: www.voicesbook.storenvy.com
https://www.voicesfrontlines.com/this-is-the-incredible-print-dandelion-by-beyon/
Decoloneyes
Our deer friend Goot-Ges has just launched her first book of stories.
The e-book is available here and we hope to have hard copies available
on our Voices Store soon!
***
Goot-Ges is a Tsimshian, Haida and Nisga’a woman from the house of Txaatk’anlaxhatkw, of the Village of skulls. Out of a dream she collaborated with five other Indigenous Women to begin the occupation of Lax U’u’la, also called Lelu Island. A mother of 3 babies Goot-Ges is a powerful force against the Colonial State, defending waters and land along the North West Coast. In this book you can read stories spun from the fabrics of dreams, from the places where Ancestors speak, from a deep being of the land.
So please, support Indigenous Land Defense and drop some fliff for a good read.
<3 <3 <3
**ONLINE STORE NOW OPEN**
ARTWORK BY BEYON WREN MOOR FOR SALE!
PHOTOGRAPHY BY WÜLFGANG ZAPF FOR SALE!
• Screen Printed Shirts & Patches
• High Quality Poster Prints
• Photographic Prints
• Giclée Prints
(funds raised go directly to indigenous women and two-spirit land defenders on the frontlines)
Helping Kwiadda Get to the Unist’ot’en Youth Art Camp!
Hello Lovelies,
Thank you so much to
everyone who contributed to raising funds for Kwiadda to attend the
Unist’ot’en Art camp next week either by making a donation or sharing
the call with your networks.
We’ve raised $190 so far
and Goot-Ges needs just $150 more to make it happen. If you know of
anyone who may be able to contribute or were meaning to make a donation
later it would be so amazing to reach this goal.
We’ll be joining Goot-Ges and her three kids at the vigil for Joey English in unceded Musqeum, Squamish, and Tseil Watuth Territories on Friday and then driving up North together stopping in
Enderby ‘bc’ to show our support to the “Protect Human Rights of our
Splatsin Ancestors Burial Place.“ We plan to post some updates via
video and photos to our blog and insta if you want to see how we’re all
doing en route. <3
E-transfers can be sent to yakguudang@gmail.com
So much love to you all!
xo Wulfgang + beyon
Food Donations for Unist’ot’en
Hello Deer ones,
We are about to head
out again, on July 15th, to visit Unist’ot’en for the Youth Art Camp
and also to visit with Kanahus on Secwepmc territory. While in both of these places we plan to
complete more interviews for the book while throwing down with some rad youth
artists and offering support to the land defenders still working to shut down
Mount Polley Mine and Imperial Metals.
The material and financial donations y’all contributed last
time were so incredible and honestly we couldn’t have shown up the ways we did
without all of you. Thank you for
collaborating with us and holding us up the way you all have.
We are again reaching out for donations to help us get
supplies up to camp and you will find below the promised list from our wonderful
friend and the amazing cook up at Unist’ot’en.
If you are able to contribute any of these items (food unopened) that
would be amazing!
If you would like to make a monetary donation you can send e-transfers to voicesfrontlines@gmail.com. Please let us know whether you want the funds to go towards general supplies or for the cash to be given directly to Freda or Kanahus.
Food Items:
Cilantro
Bragg’s Liquid Soy (cheapest at Sunrise foods)
Cheese (esp hard cheese like parmesan)
Cornmeal
Fresh veg and fruits
Meat
Asian style noodles
Rice noodles
Polenta logs
curry paste, especially green curry
Unsalted Nuts
Mushrooms and dried mushrooms
chocolate chips
Olives
Sundried tomatoes
Zatar spice
Nori sheets
lemongrass
fresh chillies
sushi vinegar
rice vinegar
rice wine vinegar
red wine vinegar
Shiro Miso paste (large size)
Kimchi
Corn tortillas
veggie sausages or chorizo
canned tuna in oil
Cannelini beans (white kidney beans)
medium ground coffee beans
Truffle Oil
Olive Oil
Coconut Oil
Textured vegetable protein
Preserves
Canned chilies (esp in adobo)
Pickles
Smoked or preserved meat
Sesame Oil
Coconut cream or milk
Coconut flakes
Smoked wild fish (cheapest at Elenka Foods or farmers market)
Tofu
Fresh herbs
Non Food Items:
Large cast iron cookware (esp with lids)
Oven mitts (any condition, but w/o holes)
Epi Pens
Allergy pills
Tea towels
Skateboard
Spare tires from wheelbarrows
Bronner’s liquid soap or ecosafe Camp Suds
Hatchet
Axe
Whetstone
large metal coffee percolators (20cup one at Army&Navy is $22)
hand powered food processor (known as Mouli)
solar dehydrator
solar charger for usb devices
Books: permaculture, gardening, plant identification, first aid, bush craft,
indigenous issues, feminism, queer theory, how-to books, carpentry, mechanics,
guitar tabs and song lyrics.
Handheld garden saws and gardening tools
Bicycles and parts
Garden or fishing netting
Tents
Medical sutures and butterfly stitches
Fishing line
Wooden cutting boards
Coffee grinder
Herb plants (especially thyme, rosemary, basil, cilantro)
Fishing floats
Rope and twine
barbwire
xo Wulfgang and Beyon
Seeking Support!
Good Morning Dear Ones,
Our friend Goot-Ges reached out to us last night as she is trying to get her daughter Kwiadda up to the Unist’ot’en Art camp.
Goot-Ges is an incredible land defender, healer, story-teller and Mama
and it would be incredible to get her and her daughter to the camp. (She is also one of the participants in this book and interviews Wulf on the radio!)
We let her know that we would share her request for support, found below.
Please share this with your peeps and send some funds, anything helps, if you can.
Any contributions (or prayers and messages of love) can be made by e-transfer to yakguudang@gmail.com .
Thank you lovelies,
Beyon and Wulfgang
*********
Hello,
My name is Goot-Ges, an independent mother of
three beautiful babies. I am Nisga’a, Tsimshian, and Haida. Came to the
city for some healing, and to have some safety for me and my children.
Had some money saved up to be on this trip,or to secure a new place to
live, but had some unexpected vehicle repairs, which ended up being
double than what I could afford.
My oldest child Kwiadda is trying to make it to the Youth Art Camp at Unistoten, July 18-29th.
We are currently in Vancouver, and are looking to get back to the north
for the camp. I just finished working on a blog to outline what our
journey is, as my big project right now is Yakguudang, this translates
into Respect all life in Haida language. The vision behind Yakguudang is
to keep our coast clean from any potential oil and gas projects.
Healthy environments create healthy communities. And i believe that
social justice and environmental justice are connected.
Our last
project with Yakguudang was stopping Naikun wind farms from developing
in Haida Waters to power WCC lng export facility being proposed for tuck
inlet in unceded Tsimshian land of Prince Rupert. That was a success,
to date no project there. If anyone can help us out in anyway, it would
be greatly appreciated.
Click here to find out how you can get involved
Thank you for your time, and anything will help us. Even a good prayer, or a message of love.
Sincerely,
Goot Ges, aka Fire Woman.
