Evynn Richardson

Ksé:hahiyé, also known by the English name Evynn Richardson, is a proud citizen of the Haliwa-Saponi Tribe of NC (Skarù:rę) and is adopted Kiowa of OK. When it comes to storytelling, Evynn prefers telling them through digital illustrations, acrylic painting and beading. Using these mediums, she runs a business called The Medicine Kid, which focuses on using art for Indigenous empowerment, social justice and community work. This looks like, but is not limited to MMIW art toolkits, scholarships, informational PSAs and community fundraising.

Grandmother Moon represents kinship. Creating Turtle Island as Sky Woman (represented in the skydomes and plotted rows), she helps us to maintain balance with all. Paying attention to her phases guides us in when the women (seen in the corners) should be planting seeds and singing their spirits to us. The basket of dirt represents these ceremonies. The strawberry cycle represents the leader of the berries and when her and Grandmother let us know when to come gather her, rather than cultivate her. The bees help to collect and share medicine so that things can grow in their proper timing.