HMM 10 - 09 - 23 The Aunties Dandelion Special Episode
In place of our regular Hudson Mohawk Magazine programing, today we share this episode of The Aunties Dandelion podcast called "Nikaronhya'a Dawn Martin (Kanyen'keh\xe0:ka) Miss Six Nations, Teacher, Two-Spirit Advocate, Farmer" by The Aunties Dandelion." The interviewer is Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore who presented on "Indigenous Lens on Media Making" at The Sanctuary for Independent Media on 10/03/2023. \n\nShow notes from The Aunties Dandelion: \nWa\u2019tkwanonhwer\xe1ton Sewakw\xe9kon. On this edition of The Aunties Dandelion we visit with Emergent Auntie Nikaronhy\xe1\u2019a Dawn Martin who is Kanyen\u2019keh\xe0:ka (or Mohawk) from Six Nations of the Grand River Rotinonhs\xf3n:ni Territory and who recently won the title of Miss Six Nations. Nikaronhy\xe1\u2019a is a two-spirit culture and language carrier, a teacher, and a farmer who honors the foundation of the feminine. NIKARONHYA\u2019A: The way I translate it is\u2026 that\u2019s my power\u2026 that is my power. My mother is my power, my mother is my strength \u2013 that is where I get \u2013 all the will to live comes from her and that could be Mother Earth or my birth mother, right? AUNTIE: During our visit we discuss Nikaronhya\u2019a\u2019s relationship with the beauty and trauma of her community and family and how the power of our Mohawk language - through her father\u2019s influence - has become her support and guide. NIKARONHYA\u2019A: He said it\u2019s about the voices of your ancestors. It\u2019s not even about a word. And that\u2019s what he would talk about is vibration and energy. That that word don\u2019t live on the paper. That word don\u2019t live in the text book. That word only lives with us in our being and our energy and our voice and our breath to make it come into existence. AUNTIE: We are Yethi Nihst\xe9nha ne Tekaronyak\xe1nere \u2013 the Aunties Dandelion. We\u2019re a media collective focused on revitalizing our communities through stories of land, language, and relationships. We are thrilled today to say \u201cny\xe1:wen\u201d which means \u201cthank you\u201d in Mohawk to the our friends at the Indigenous Screen Office of Canada onkak teyonhkiwihstek\xe9nha who are funding our podcast for the coming year. So make some tea, get comfortable and take some time to\u2026 listen to your Aunties.