Kam β¨ππ«
@spacejamkamart
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I'm Kam! Black-Native (Chahta & α£α³α©)Comic artist/Illustrator that mostly draws his ocs?| DC Milestone Initiative Artist| Email: [email protected]
BdeΓ³ta OthΓΊΕwe/Minneapolis,MN
Joined April 2008
Hi! Usually my page is lighthearted, but I do not shy away from discussing injustices and advocacy for peopleβs rights. My name is Kam β¨πIβm a Black and Native (Chahta - α£α³α©) Comic Illustrator and Artist. And I want say Happy Indigenous Peopleβs day to my relatives! π€β€οΈπ€π
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If Indigenous ppl are telling youβ¦That a word used against some of our relatives in our community is a slur and we disapprove of it, and there are articles online saying that the word was used by colonizers as a tool of racismβ¦.Wouldnβt you want to idk believe us???????.
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I may be wrong, but for me, this is the first time I'm seeing an anime acknowledge lighter palms on Black people and dark skin
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Native/Indigenous Films and Shows starring, ran, and written by Natives that you can watch instead π§΅.
The first trailer for Kevin Costnerβs βHORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGAβ has been released. Part 1 releases on June 28, Part 2 releases in August. Both in theaters.
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How do y'all draw so fast, I draw one line and get confused.
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This is what I meant by takin it into my own hands and drawing some of my Native OCS saying it instead lmao, but Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! .#IndigenousPeoplesDay
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Choctaw-Chahta Miku and Cherokee-α£α³α© Megurine Luka
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So hello! Your fellow Black/Native history nerd is gonna show you some cool stuff. This time being a transformation mask.
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To the AsAm community with these scary events, please stay safe, take care of yourselves and your mental health. Everyone, please stand in solidarity and stand with the AsAm community against hate. Linked below are ways you can donate, resources, and ways to spread awareness.
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As someone who loves medical history & science, This thread is horrific because rather than be horrified of this museum holding stolen Black, Indigenous, & Disabled remains, the thread/replies are framing the Museum re-evaluating itβs ethics as βhating the gothsβ.
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raise your hands if you're in the "I pretend to know what I'm doing when drawing/rendering clothes folds" gang ππΎππΎππΎ.
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I got Top Surgery Yesterday (1/28) !!;; I didn't get a chance to post my comic yesterday, due to getting ready for it but, here's a comic I made about all of my personal feelings and journey towards Top Surgery. It's a big step and I'm glad I took it! Part 1/4 of comic thread
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@liminalsnake Willful ignorance is wild. Acting like weβre trying to brainwash you π chill out, dang.
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Literally in my top 5 of artists that inspires my illustrations and work. Absolutely breathtaking.
also: if you're looking for a black artist that draws subjects of color with the same grandeur leyendecker only afforded his white subjects, check out thomas blackshear ii. an all time fave artist of mine
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Nothing blows my mind more than non Black or non dark skinned people having the nerve to come out of no where when Black artists call out colorism in art and go βYou guys just donβt know how lighting works :/β HUH? ON OUR OWN SKIN??? ????? THE ONE WE WERE BORN WITH????.
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I couldn't finish during Native American Heritage Month and have been between sick and busy lately, but here is my piece to add to my NAHM color series! The color is Cheyenne Pink!
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People online now would rather be extremely wrong and look stupid rather than be like βoh my bad, I didnβt know that. Thanks for letting me knowβ. Its that easy. Itβs okay to not know the word was a slur. A lot of people outside of the Native community Donβt know.
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Frybread Face and Me - 2023- Coming of Age Drama . βA DinΓ© boy from San Diego experiences a cultural awakening when he spends summer vacation with his precocious cousin and their relatives on the reservation.β. (I definitely recommend this movie!!)
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Reservation Dogs - 2021-2013 - Comedy/Drama - 3 Seasons . βComedy series about four Native American teenagers growing up on a reservation in eastern Oklahoma.β . (I laughed, cried, and grew with this series fr)
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To see grievances about Native burial grounds in Tampa being dug up and then instantly make it into βOh those silly Natives think that spirits are doing this!β HELLO??? Donβt ever claim that you arenβt Anti-Indigenous, because that is exactly what you are!!.
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Um, this is dope as hell???? .Finding out about Mardi Gras Natives. When slaves would escape from the city, many would find shelter with Indigenous people. The art of masking in these suits at Carnival is a way to pay respect to the people who looked after escaped slaves.
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Fun fact. If a bunch of Indigenous people call out your work as offensive and fetishizing Indigenous ppl and culture, then I have news for you! Youβre not in the right here! And donβt act slick cause we know some of you love to use βGringosβ for βNative ppl we donβt likeβ.
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Me: $800 for the ps5 lol no.Ps5: we have the miles morales Spider-Man game .Me:
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My skin with lighting versus what they think my skin with lighting looks like
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Tired of this mess and as a result of that, sketched #nessa in fashion I liked .#PokemonSwordShield #pokemon
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Already seeing comments of people calling DβPharoah Woon-A-Taoi trying to be βedgyβ or βattention seekingβ for wearing the red hand print on his face. The red hand print over his mouth is to stand in solidarity with missing and murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit ppl
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Sheβs Black coded and teen Titans cartoon completely redid her character erasing all of that and her story/personality.
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During Native American Heritage monthβ¦. Are you fr????.
be careful native twitter π«‘ . esp during NAHM i know a lot of us are using these phrases right now
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Hi! My zine about my top surgery journey is now available in my store for digital download! I talk about my journey from before top surgery, during the recovery process, after, and things I wished I had known before! I hope you all enjoy reading! Link in next tweet below! β¨π«
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But itβs good to be respectful and educate yourself. The amount of Anti-Indigenous things happening this Native American Heritage month is wild.
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A bit of an emotional piece and I'm not very eloquent. But piece about how in many cultures, Trans individuals were viewed as heavenly and even higher beings, before colonialism erased that. But even today, despite all of this, Trans people are still finding their self love
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Really hate how comic artists will do something accurate or different when drawing women and weirdos will come out the woodwork and go βπ‘ you guys are erasing femininity!!!! Poor women arenβt allowed to be women anymoreπβ when in reality they just want hypersexualized art.
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I saw this character and I ran straight to watching this anime lol
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Rutherford Falls - 2021-2022 - 2 Seasons - Comedy/Sitcom . βTwo lifelong best friends, Nathan Rutherford and Reagan Wells, find themselves at a crossroads -- quite literally -- when their sleepy town gets an unexpected wake-up call.β. (Was gone too soon and I need MORE SEASONS!)
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I'm reminding you all right now to look for and hire Black Artists NOW for Black History Month features & artwork. In my experience and from what I've seen, people have always waited till the last minute and put a lot of stress on the artist. They have also ghosted Black Artists.
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True Detective: Night Country - 2024 - 6 episodes - Drama . (Kali Reis is amazing in this and this brings an awareness to Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls as well as Indigenous mistreatment in our own communities)
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Stop making countries/states into people, especially into stereotypical caricatures π it NEVER works out well, like damn just make an oc.
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Indigenous people: trying to raise awareness on deforestation, land back resources to help the land and stop eco problems, fighting against corporate pipelines and greed contributing to climate change . Ppl: hmm π€ I donβt think they know anything about climate change actually.
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My fav thing is when an artist apologizes for cultural appropriation or how their mistake has hurt a group, and ppl who aren't of that culture assure the artist that it's ok and that the ppl who are affected are wrong/weak. And by fav thing I mean I'm banging my head on the wall.
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Do you guys? Realize how awful you sound?When for YEARS Black ppl, Indigenous ppl, POC, LGBT+, disabled, and other minorities have been in a state of fear at the hands of the US and you're all βteehee!Glad I'm not in America! βΊοΈβ .Youβre not cute at all for this lmao, just sick.
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the answer to my last tweet was Starfire, and me trying to design a Starfire outfit lmao
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Im watching Louder and Prouder and how come no one told me about them π And the fact that one of the characters gave her this book
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Reel Injun - 2009 - Documentary . βCree filmmaker Neil Diamond examines the portrayal of North American Indigenous people throughout a century of cinema.β. (A MUST Watch)
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I'm busy this month π so I'll try to float in and out of Blacktober. But in the meantime, all I could think about was Zagreus so π³.#blacktober #Blacktober2020
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One way you can celebrate Indigenous People's Day is to watch movies! I compiled a list of Native/Indigenous films, documentaries, and shorts telling, teaching, and celebrating our history, stories, and life. So far I have 124 films and will continue to add more.
I finally made a letterboxd! And I made a list of films starring, written, or directed by Native/Indigenous people from my recent thread. I'm continually adding and would be happy to add any more recommendations that you haven't seen on the list!
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The new director from what Iβve seen wants to do better in making sure the ethics of the museum are better/ stolen Indigenous bodies are returned. There are literally skulls in there labeled βidiotβ,βimbecileβ & racial slurs from ppl who did not consent to their body being there.
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Part 4/4!! Thank you for reading! β€οΈπ Again this is my personal journey/thoughts and does not reflect how all trans masc/people wanting top surgery feel towards top surgery
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Really sick of people outside of the Indigenous community calling the Osage performance of Wahzhazhe, βJust noiseβ. A literal heartbeat on stage and Native pride and you canβt muster up an ounce to be respectful.
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Iβve been thinking about this recently but are there any other Black/Native fictional characters other than Joshua Sweet and Charles Smith???
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As someone who LOVES Halleβs music and work, bringing awareness to a cultural dress and how it shouldnβt be turned into a costume is not anti-Blackness. And to the ppl who are like βwhat about Natives appropriating Black culture π€¨β YES OF COURSE we should call that out too!!.
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Smoke Signals - 1998 - Comedy/Drama . βArnold rescued Thomas from a fire when he was a child. Thomas thinks of Arnold as a hero, while Arnold's son Victor resents his father's abandonment of his familyβ . (A classic)
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Rather than gawk and get giddy at all these βweird odditiesβ, maybe remember that some of these remains were once from living Individuals, who were treated horribly in life and shouldnβt be disrespected after death like this. Decolonize museums!!!!.
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Prey - 2022 - Horror/Action . βA skilled Comanche warrior protects her tribe from a highly evolved alien predator that hunts humans for sport, fighting against wilderness, dangerous colonisers and this mysterious creature to keep her people safe.β
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Hey! My name's Kam and I'm a Comic Artist/Illustrator currently studying in MN and I really love bright colors!.#drawingwhileblack
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Native superheroes that arenβt horrible stereotypes and are written by actual Native writers please.
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Saw another help post for a missing Black individual and people under it were literally like βhmm I don't know? Still gonna be skeptical now, from this whole Sai thingβ Girl did not care or realize how much this will screw with other Black individuals livelihoods.
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Fancy Dance - 2023 - Drama/Coming of Age . βSince her sister's disappearance, Jax has cared for her niece, Roki, by scraping by on the Seneca-Cayuga reservation in OK. Every spare minute goes into finding her missing sister while also helping Roki prepare for an upcoming pow wowβ
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The way people are so quick to disrespect Indigenous culture and beliefs is egregious. We ask you to be respectful and yet weβre met with disrespect and calling us βdelusionalβ to our faces.
Can yall please name this something else? I'm kinda tired of having to watch out for this name in media. SWs and WDGs are creatures WE DO NOT UTTER THE NAMES OF. We believe it leads them to us/summons them. Idk how many times we gotta tell yall.
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Blood Quantum - 2019 - Horror/Action . βThe dead are coming back to life and almost all of Earth's population are decimated due to a zombie virus, except for the isolated Mi'kmaq reserve of Red Crow, whose indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague.β
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Indigenous peopleβs day prt 2! . If you would like to help me out as Iβve been sick recently and had an ER visit. Due to it I havenβt been able to work as much. I appreciate your love and support! .Yakoke Chito/α©α. Kofi: Store:
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Tw: anti blackness . This goes without saying and feels as if weβve been seeing the same thing over and over. But I really need non-Black artists to think before drawing Black characters in an unintentional racist context.
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@kianamaiart Hello! My name is Kam! I like to draw a lot of fashion illustrations, comics, and sometimes I actually like doing graphic design π. β¨β¨IG: @ spacejamkamart
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I couldn't help myself, so here are more sketches of my designs of Starfire and Raven πππ
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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner - 2001 - Documentary/Thriller . βA depiction of the Inuit of the Canadian arctic, telling the story of a crime that ruptures the trust within a closely knit group and how justice is achieved and healing begins.β
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Catch of The Fair One - Thriller- 2021 . βWhen a former boxer learns that her younger sister, who disappeared two years ago, may be alive in a trafficking network, she sets out to find her.β. (Another good movie that calls attention to MMIWG2S)
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Wild Indian - 2021 - Thriller . βMakwa, a young Anishinaabe boy, likes to escape his troubled life by playing with his friend Ted-O. One day, Makwa shockingly murders a schoolmate, and the two boys cover it up. Now as adults, the two men must come to terms with what happened.β
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You guys can be βget rid of Texas π€ͺβ all you want, but remember that Texas has a massive Black and Brown population that suffers from this. Again the gerrymandering here is awful and conservatives are trying to make it worse and practically impossible for minorities to vote.
letβs talk about whatβs happening in texas right now, because this is not okay; a thread . i beg you please rt.
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Hey uh, really wished people would stop being like βI wish I knew more about Native tribes :β(β As if weβre extinct. As if thereβs not hundreds of Nations. As if you canβt just GOOGLE or do some simple research.
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Spirit Rangers - 2022 - 3 seasons - For the whole family to enjoy! . βSiblings Kodi, Summer and Eddy are secret Spirit Rangers who help protect the national park they call home.β
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Slash/Back - 2022 - Horror/Action . βMaika and her ragtag group of friends discover an alien invasion in their tiny arctic hamlet, and it's up to them to fight back using makeshift weapons and horror movie knowledge.β
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I didn't get to finish this on time, but this was my attempt at the prompt for Hair during #Nativember .So here's my late self π«
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The way people wanna be evil on here. My family hasn't had gas or electricity for DAYS, along with the roof leaking and flooding. And people wanna be like "that's what Texas gets for being a red state" Do I have to bring up again how HARD voter suppression is down there????.
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another panel in my zine !π³οΈββ§οΈ ππ€ππ€
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Oh this design is so dope.
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I'm tired of seeing people pitting Asian Americans against Black Americans. Bring this solidarity back.
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I need to draw them again and the comic in my head, like itβs driving me mad
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I've been really sick and busy lately, so I haven't been able to work on personal art as much as I want to. This was supposed to be finished in November for NAHM, but I'm glad it's done before the year is πβοΈπ» May you all go into the New Year with light and joy
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Dark Winds - 2022 - Thriller - 2 Seasons . βFilmed on DinΓ© land, the first season focuses on two DinΓ© police officers trying to solve a crime after an elderly man witnesses a crime in the making.β
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Being Thunder - 2021 - Documentary/LGBTQ+ . βA two-spirit teenager from the Narragansett nation in Rhode Island boldly challenges the status quo of what it means to be a queer Indigenous person in a world bound by binary gender roles.β
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Mohawk Girls - 2014 -2017- Comedy/Drama - 5 Seasons . βFour Indigenous women try to find their place in the world and try to find love; but in a small community where friends have dated everyone on the rez, or the hot new guy turns out to be a cousin, it's not that simple.β
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Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay β€οΈπ€ππ€!! Thank you again to PBS for letting me illustrate this for today!.
Today we honor #IndigenousPeoplesDay and in doing so we worked with artist Kameron White (@spacejamkamart) to create a piece of art that represents the resilience and diversity of indigenous peoples. Here's what Kameron had to say about today.
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I had to get this design out of my head and I'm happy with how it turned out. Raven design based on comics/tv design, and especially Earth one comics design. #Nativember
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I finally made a letterboxd! And I made a list of films starring, written, or directed by Native/Indigenous people from my recent thread. I'm continually adding and would be happy to add any more recommendations that you haven't seen on the list!
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So to answer this, Landback doesnβt mean kick everyone off the land in some revenge plot. There are acres of public land and land stolen from treaties.
Here's an example of someone towing the line between a pseudo-materialist explanation, and full-throttle self-justfying Land-back ideology. @spacejamkamart
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Mohawk Girls - 2010 - Documentary . The series above is actually based on Tracy Deerβs documentary! . βDocuments the trials and tribulations of three teenage girls who live on the Kahnawake reserve outside of Montreal.β
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