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Johnnie Jae
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Founder of Red Pop! News | Indigenous Journalist & Speaker | Disability & Media Advocate | Workshops on Indigenous storytelling, justice, and mental health

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · Jun 27
As for tees, July is #DisabiltyPride Month and I just added two new tees, Accessibility is Traditional and Accessibility is Love in Action Tees, and revamped my Disabled is Not a Dirty Word tee. I also have my lupus awareness tees and more available as well at www.johnniejaedesigns.store
A royal blue tee on a white background featuring a Native woman hoop dancing in a wheelchair against a circular geometric design in various shades of blue with White text reading Accessibility is Traditional A light yellow tee on a white background featuring a bright pastel multicolor design with the symbols for various disabilities circling bold font reading Accessibility is Love in Action A black tee on a white background with outdated and offensive words for disabled people crossed out with the word Disabled in bold yellow lettering to send the message that Disabled is not a dirty word. A dark purple tee on a white background with A pastel colored floral mandala in yellow, seafoam green, sky blue and lavender with a dark purple butterfly with a lupus awareness ribbon as its body to raise Lupus awareness.
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It's Native American Heritage Month & I was talking about supporting Natives this month. I started this Ko-Fi at the end of June because this year has not been kind to me healthwise and these last few months have been really rough.

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Support Johnnie Jae ❤️
Indigenous stories, media, and art by Johnnie Jae! Your support helps share Native perspectives with the world and keeps the lights on at home.
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November 2, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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Happy Native American Heritage Month, relatives. Today, I want to kick off this month by talking about accountability. After the year we’ve had, nobody gets to pretend colonialism is just a history lesson.
November 1, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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For Native American Heritage Month, I chose 20 essential nonfiction books for folks looking to learn more about NDN Country. I chose these books because they're a good place to start learning about the vast realities and histories of Native communities.

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From Wounded Knee to Chuck E. Cheese, 20 Essential Reads for Native American Heritage Month
Native American Heritage Month is here, and so is your reading list. I've spent a lot of time thinking about what books I would suggest to people looking to learn more about NDN Country, especially no...
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November 1, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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Kick off #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth by watching People of the West on FNX! The 10-part docuseries traces California’s history from creation stories to the tribes caring for their homelands today.

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FNX Opens Native American Heritage Month With People of the West on Nov. 1
A Native-made series that tears down the myths of California history premieres Nov. 1 on FNX, the country's only national TV network for Native programs. People of the West, from Pechanga Studios, tel...
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November 1, 2026 at 6:55 AM
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Interesting…
October 31, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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Nice! Watching this tonight!
October 31, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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October 31, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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What a cool Halloween surprise this was!
October 31, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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I’ve never watched any of the IT franchises and am not a horror fan but Cherie Dimaline tempts me to watch this…
October 31, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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Natives and Horror fans got an extra treat this Halloween. At midnight on Saturday, HBO Max dropped "A Story of Derry". Don't bother looking for Pennywise. The episode follows the Native community that first faced the evil lurking under Derry.

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HBO Max Surprises Fans With a Native-Led "Welcome to Derry" Standalone Episode Set Centuries Before Pennywise
Natives and Horror fans got an extra treat this Halloween. At midnight on Saturday, HBO Max dropped "A Story of Derry," a surprise special from IT: Welcome to Derry. Don't bother looking for Pennywise...
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October 31, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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For nearly two centuries, Native artists have used posters to speak for themselves. About 100 of those works now hang in “Designed to Be Red,” an exhibition at Poster House in New York City that runs through February 21, 2027.

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“Designed to Be Red” Brings Nearly 200 Years of Native Posters to Poster House
For nearly two centuries, Native artists have used posters to speak for themselves. About 100 of those works now hang in "Designed to Be Red," an exhibition at Poster House in New York City that runs ...
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October 31, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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and #ICYMI, I also have a list of Indigenous Horror shorts making waves on the festival circuit!

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13 Indigenous Horror Shorts Conquering the Festival Circuit, One Scream at a Time
Indigenous Horror is finally getting the shine it deserves, and some amazing Horror shorts are turning up all over the festival circuit this year. imagineNATIVE in Toronto ran a dedicated Indigenous H...
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October 25, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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Horror has always had a place in Indigenous storytelling. Our stories carried warnings about dangerous spirits and unexplained forces.

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7 Dark and Unsettling Indigenous Horror Films You Won’t Soon Forget
Horror has always had a place in Indigenous storytelling. Our stories carried warnings about dangerous spirits and unexplained forces. From a Māori woman uncovering her family's dark past in Victorian...
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October 25, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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I rounded up 13 bone-chilling Indigenous horror reads that’ll crawl under your skin and into your dreams. Stephen Graham Jones is back with Off the Reservation, Never Whistle at Night returns for blood, and writers from Alaska to Aotearoa are bringing the scares.

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13 Bone-Chilling Indigenous Horror Reads That Will Crawl Under Your Skin and Into Your Dreams
Indigenous people have been telling scary stories for thousands of years. For most of modern horror's history, though, we showed up as the curse instead of the storytellers. Think of the Overlook Hote...
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October 27, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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Lexus Redthunder & LeRoy Staples-Fairbanks IV play college basketball on the site of a former Indian boarding school. Their story is the heart of Medicine Ball, a new documentary premiering on PBS during Native American Heritage Month. It airs Nov. 9, at 8pm CST.

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Native Athletes Find Hope and Pride on the Court in New PBS Documentary “Medicine Ball”
Lexus Redthunder and LeRoy Staples-Fairbanks IV play college basketball on the site of a former Indian boarding school. Their story is the heart of Medicine Ball, a new documentary premiering on PBS d...
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October 30, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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Eighth Generation has named the winners of its 2026 Inspired Natives Emerging Artist Award. Hopi and Diné artist Autry Lomahongva takes the $15,000 grand prize, with artists Brittney Walley and Lexis Jacobs taking 2nd and 3rd place honors.

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Autry Lomahongva Takes Top Prize in Eighth Generation’s Inspired Natives Emerging Artist Contest
Three Indigenous artists have won the 2026 Inspired Natives Emerging Artist Award from Eighth Generation, earning cash prizes and opportunities to bring their designs to market.
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October 23, 2026 at 6:32 AM
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Chile’s Muestra Cine+Video Indígena turned 20 in October with five days of Indigenous film at a Santiago museum. The showcase, known as MUCIVI, ran October 20 to 24 at the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino.

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Muestra Cine+Video Indígena Celebrated Its 20th Year at Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, Oct. 20–24
Chile's Muestra Cine+Video Indígena turned 20 in October with five days of Indigenous film at a Santiago museum. The showcase, known as MUCIVI, ran October 20 to 24 at the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino. Nearly 200 works from nine countries responded to the call for entries.
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October 30, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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Gratitude thread: An ugly reality for me as someone is multiply disabled is that I don't always get to write my story the way I want and that used to really destroy me.
October 30, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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Jeffrey Gibson brings his love-filled art to the street where so much was taken from Native nations. His “A Real Love Thing” exhibition fills the Frary Gallery in Washington, D.C., with beads, Marvin Gaye and Native joy.

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Jeffrey Gibson Has “A Real Love Thing” Going in Washington, D.C.
His exhibition, A Real Love Thing, opened October 27 at the Irene and Richard Frary Gallery inside the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. It runs through March 13, 2027. On ...
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October 29, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Before Native American Heritage Month begins, I just want to remind folks that every time Non-Natives follow Lakota Man or use him as a source of information, you not helping NDN Country or being a good ally.

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Who is LakotaMan, the user behind one of the most popular Native American accounts on X?
John Martin, aka Lakotaman, has over 515,000 followers on X, but he is infamous among Native and Indigenous communities.
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October 29, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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I rounded up 13 bone-chilling Indigenous horror reads that’ll crawl under your skin and into your dreams. Stephen Graham Jones is back with Off the Reservation, Never Whistle at Night returns for blood, and writers from Alaska to Aotearoa are bringing the scares.

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13 Bone-Chilling Indigenous Horror Reads That Will Crawl Under Your Skin and Into Your Dreams
Indigenous people have been telling scary stories for thousands of years. For most of modern horror's history, though, we showed up as the curse instead of the storytellers. Think of the Overlook Hote...
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October 28, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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I rounded up 13 bone-chilling Indigenous horror reads that’ll crawl under your skin and into your dreams. Stephen Graham Jones is back with Off the Reservation, Never Whistle at Night returns for blood, and writers from Alaska to Aotearoa are bringing the scares.

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13 Bone-Chilling Indigenous Horror Reads That Will Crawl Under Your Skin and Into Your Dreams
Indigenous people have been telling scary stories for thousands of years. For most of modern horror's history, though, we showed up as the curse instead of the storytellers. Think of the Overlook Hote...
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October 28, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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@wocwriterscircle.org was just looking for some Indigenous reads for November!
johnniejae.bsky.social Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 6d
I rounded up 13 bone-chilling Indigenous horror reads that’ll crawl under your skin and into your dreams. Stephen Graham Jones is back with Off the Reservation, Never Whistle at Night returns for blood, and writers from Alaska to Aotearoa are bringing the scares.

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13 Bone-Chilling Indigenous Horror Reads That Will Crawl Under Your Skin and Into Your Dreams
Indigenous people have been telling scary stories for thousands of years. For most of modern horror's history, though, we showed up as the curse instead of the storytellers. Think of the Overlook Hote...
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October 28, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Tune in to Native America Calling, we'll be discussing some of the creepiest Native Horror Books of this year!

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Tuesday, October 27, 2026 — Native Bookshelf: Spooky books for the season » Native America Calling
A mining company unleashes an evil entity as the Arctic village of Chukchi falls into polar night in “It Looks Like You in the Dark", the debut horror novel from Mathilda Zeller. It’s among several ne...
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October 27, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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Ooh, looking forward to munching my way through these!
💙📚 #horror
johnniejae.bsky.social Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 6d
I rounded up 13 bone-chilling Indigenous horror reads that’ll crawl under your skin and into your dreams. Stephen Graham Jones is back with Off the Reservation, Never Whistle at Night returns for blood, and writers from Alaska to Aotearoa are bringing the scares.

redpopnews.com/13-bone-chil...
13 Bone-Chilling Indigenous Horror Reads That Will Crawl Under Your Skin and Into Your Dreams
Indigenous people have been telling scary stories for thousands of years. For most of modern horror's history, though, we showed up as the curse instead of the storytellers. Think of the Overlook Hote...
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October 27, 2026 at 1:53 PM