Kanyon CoyoteWoman shares recent projects and effortsThank you, Marc Isaac Potter and Eme O. Akpabio for helping make this happen.
Kanyon Sayers-Roods of the Indian Canyon Mutsun Band of Costanoan Ohlone people, explains Coyote Woman Namesake
Interview Touches topics of:
- Indigenous Philosophy
- Coyote Story and Insight
- ReGenCon – http://regenecon.net/
- #IndigenizeTheBay
- Indigenize | Decolonize Efforts
Kanyon made SOCAP17 Best Dressed
She talks about Anti-Columbusing | Indigenizing these spaces
8Minutes In:
Recognized Indigenous People
Define Indigenous Protocol
Indigenous Resilience
13Minutes In:
Practicing Indigenous Protocol
Familiarize myself with native nations of the territory
#honorNativeLand usdac.us/nativeland
15Minutes In:
Recognition and Respect
16Minutes In:
Repatriations Ceremony of TePapa Maori Community of New Zealand
18Minutes In:
Calm – Diplomatic Energy
People don’t know – or understand – they are absent minded of the sacred
20Minutes In:
People of this world
People of this Community
Respect and Appreciate
23Minutes In:
Progressive Energy
Witnessing the Shift
24Minutes In:
What to let the community know?
Honor Truth In History
We are responsible for our own education.
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Kanyon CoyoteWoman – Bio/Links of 2018
Artist of Woven Media
I am Ohlone & Chumash – California Native Woman. I am a creative artist ever inspired by nature and the natural world, Catalyst of decolonizing conversations. Contemp/Traditional Artist, Native Representative, Consultant, Advocate of Truth in History, Multimedia Artist, “Coyote”, T.E.K educator, and much more – Let’s Talk
Introduction Bio:
Kanyon Sayers-Roods is Costanoan Ohlone-Mutsun and Chumash; she also goes by her given Native name, “Coyote Woman”. She is proud of her heritage and her native name (though it comes with its own back story), and is very active in the Native Community. She is an Artist, Poet, Published Author, Activist, Student and Teacher. The daughter of Ann-Marie Sayers, she was raised in Indian Canyon, trust land of her family, which currently is one of the few spaces in Central California available for the Indigenous community for ceremony. Kanyon’s art has been featured at the De Young Museum, The Somarts Gallery, Gathering Tribes, Snag Magazine, and numerous Powwows and Indigenous Gatherings. She is a recent graduate of the Art Institute of California, Sunnyvale, obtaining her Associate and Bachelor of Science degrees in Web Design and Interactive Media. She is motivated to learn, teach, start conversations around decolonization and reinidgenization, permaculture and to continue doing what she loves, Art.
“I am a creative artist ever inspired by nature and the natural world. I make a difference in the lives of others by sharing my life experiences and knowledge about California Native Americans. I have the gift of communication, starting conversations around decolonization and indigenization, and challenge myself to utilize this gift to deliver powerfully effective messages for others. My personal mission, which I intend to carry out in my career, is to contribute toward the goal of global education with emphasis on promoting understanding of the relationship between humanity and the natural world.”
Artist Statement: Costanoan Ohlone Mutsun and Chumash Native American Kanyon Sayers-Roods’ (Hahashkani-Coyote Woman) art is a sincere expression of her Native heritage. Kanyon’s visual descriptions are always based on nature and the natural world. Dedicated and active in the Native Community, Kanyon provides leadership, serving as an artist, poet, activist, student and teacher for up and coming scholars ready to challenge their creative paths and remind people what it means to decolonized. Kanyon’s lifelong artistic vision is to convey principal ideas of Native culture through visual means. Offering her voice and her art to remind our community that Indigenous perspectives and cultural continuity is ever present and prevalent.
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