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In place of our regular Hudson Mohawk Magazine programing, today we share this episode of The Aunties Dandelion podcast called "Auntie Katsitsionni Fox (Kanyen'keh\xe0:ka) Filmmaker, Artist, Potter."\n\nShow Notes:\nAUNTIE: Wa\u2019tkwanonhwer\xe1ton. Greetings, love, and respect from me to all of you. On this edition of The Aunties Dandelion we\u2019re visiting with Katsitsionni Fox who is a beloved Bear Clan filmmaker, potter, and artist from our Kanyenkeh\xe0:ka territory of Akwesasne. \n\nAfter decades of teaching Indigenous media and Rotinonhsy\xf3n:ni culture in her community\u2019s schools \u2013 Katsitsionni has become an independent artist and filmmaker after receiving the Nia Tero\u2019s storytelling fellowship in 2021 that unleashed her unique storytelling skills and perspective onto a global stage. She\u2019s created two movies that aired on PBS with another on its way to completion and each film is profoundly tied to our Onkwehonwe teachings and practice.\n\nKATSITSIONNI: I am not telling the story and disappearing. I\u2019m going to be here. People come into the communities and try to harvest our stories and then it is not coming from the inside because they don\u2019t have that connection and respect and that way of being I guess that comes from living in the community. \n\nAUNTIE: Back in the day Katsitsionni trained at the acclaimed Institute for American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and her art installations and films have been featured at the Museum of Art and Design in New York, Mus\xe9e Du Quai Branly in Paris, Everson Museum in Saracusev, the Ganondagan Seneca Museum and beyond.\n\nHer art extends to new variations on traditional Rotinonhsy\xf3n:ni pottery and Katsitsionni attributes her prolific storytelling and art to the relationships she tends to in everything she does. \n\nKATSITSIONNI: Whether its, you know, having a relationship with that clay. It is not something you just grab and slap together. For me I always greet that clay and I say \u201cNy\xe1:wen\u201d to the clay and I put my intention in there. What am I making? I have that intention. I share it with the clay before I start. \n\nAUNTIE: I\u2019m Kahstoserakwathe and we are Y\xe9thi Nihst\xe9nha ne Tekar\xf3nyak\xe9nare. The Aunties Dandelion. We\u2019re focused on revitalizing our communities through stories of land, language, and relationships. And we want to say Ny\xe1:wenk\xf2:wa \u2013 or big thanks \u2013 to Canada\u2019s Indigenous Screen Office \u2013 teyonhkiwihstek\xe9nha \u2013 for making this podcast possible through their New Media fund. \nLearn more about https://www.theauntiesdandelion.com