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Cougar Spirit II

Marlena Myles — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:44:37 +0000

Ihmú Tháŋka Naǧí

~Cougar Spirit II~
Program: Adobe Illustrator CC

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Fox Spirit III

Marlena Myles — Sat, 15 Feb 2020 13:57:16 +0000

Šuŋǧídaŋ Naǧí III

~Fox Spirit~
Program: Adobe Illustrator CC

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Buffalo Spirit III

Marlena Myles — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 11:56:14 +0000

Tatáŋka Naǧí

~Buffalo Spirit~
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Porcupine Spirit

Marlena Myles — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 03:04:13 +0000

Phahíŋ Naǧí

~Porcupine Spirit~
Program: Adobe Illustrator CC

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Magpie Spirit

Marlena Myles — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 01:27:58 +0000

Uŋkčékhiȟa Naǧí

~Magpie Spirit~
Program: Adobe Illustrator CC

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Deer Spirit

Marlena Myles — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 10:46:22 +0000

Tháȟča Naǧi

~Deer Spirit~
Program: Adobe Illustrator CC

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Siŋtéȟda (Rattlesnake), protector of medicines

Marlena Myles — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 22:21:16 +0000

Siŋtéȟda (Rattlesnake), protector of medicines

Siŋtéhda (Rattlesnake), protector of medicines

Created as part of the exhibition “If This Bluff Could Talk” which narrates the story of Ȟemníčhaŋ (Barn Bluff) in Ȟemníčhaŋ Othúŋwe Wašté (Red Wing, Minnesota). On view: October 12-13, 2019 @ Red Wing Arts Festival, booth 95.

Siŋtéȟda (Rattlesnake) helps maintain the balance of life and is considered especially wakháŋ (sacred) because of its ability to detect bad medicine and those who carry it. During prayer, a gourd or rattle is shaken, which imitates the sound of Siŋtéȟda’s tail and indicates someone who possesses good medicine is sending the message. It is said Wakíŋyaŋ, the Thunder Being sought out Siŋtéȟda’s assistance to save the last Khéya (turtle) egg from the destructive jealousy of the water spirits, so sometimes a rattle made from turtle shell is used in prayer.

They say that Siŋtéȟda protects both the ancient burial mounds and sacred medicine plants that are located on the bluffs along the Wakpá Tháŋka (Mississippi River); thus, there are many burial mounds in the shape of rattlesnakes located in the region, including just a few miles outside of Red Wing near Spring Creek. In the Red Wing area as well as the Wisconsin Dells area, Dakota and Hochunk people would have inter-tribal ceremonies in the Spring to honor the dead as well as make offerings to the Siŋtéȟda of the bluffs for continued protection — it is said no Dakota person has ever been bitten by one. For a rite of passage ceremony of the Medicine Lodge, young men and women would climb Ȟemníčhaŋ to seek one that would sacrifice its life to become the serpent staff. Many tribes in the area have spiritual connections to Siŋtéȟda.

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Bear Spirit

Marlena Myles — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 09:43:00 +0000

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Mahtó Naǧí

~Bear Spirit~
Program: Adobe Illustrator CC

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Bumblebee Spirit

Marlena Myles — Sun, 13 May 2018 03:05:49 +0000

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Wičháyažipa Hiŋšmá Naǧi

~Bumblebee Spirit~
Program: Adobe Illustrator CC

I created this piece to give native pollinators a little more (much needed) attention. It features ‘bombus terricola’, the yellow-banded bumblebee.

Native pollinators have been pollinating plants long before honey bees arrived with the European colonizers — honeybees are not native to North America. In fact, native pollinators are much better than honeybees at pollinating indigenous plants like potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, pumpkins/squash, blueberries, cranberries and many more edible plants that are not mainstream fruit; some of which are not pollinated at all by honeybees.

A lot of the “save the bees!” campaigns focus mainly on honeybees, but native bees need protection too. The loss of native prairies is one of the biggest threats to the pollinators. And when these ecosystems are lost as farmland, scientists and farmers don’t even know what the lethal dose of pesticide is to these native bees. If you have a garden, please plant native flowers and pick a variety that blooms at different times to maintain a constant source of food for the native pollinators.

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Cat Spirit

Marlena Myles — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 03:14:47 +0000

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Ihmú Naǧí, 2018

~Cat Spirit~
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