Ńíkiki: Survival of the Indigenous Peoples

Cortes Currents · Oct 20, 2026 · 10m

Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Hollyhock hired an Indigenous woman named Ńíkiki to take pictures of the recent Social Venture Institute. She photographed people at the sessions, the oyster bake and the closing dance party. One day Ńíkiki came as a speaker. Some people may find parts of the interview that follows disturbing. In particular, there have been repeated allegations that colonial authorities used smallpox-infected blankets as a biological weapon to eradicate the First Nations populations of North America. The defenders of Fort Pitt employed this tactic against their Native…