PHNX created this work as a reflection on Afro-Indigenous identity, belonging, and wholeness. It speaks to the deep knowledge carried through our lineages and the reality that our DNA does not separate, even when colonial systems attempt to divide or other us. For many Afro-Indigenous people navigating diaspora and recognition, belonging can feel contested or conditional. This piece affirms that we already belong and that unity must be cultivated not only in community, but within ourselves.

“I call you my relative, a sage of the plains.

For together, we are woven through roots

Where all that is sacred remains.”

INDIGENOUS LED was born at a breakfast table in Missoula, Montana in the winter of 2022…