Beware shadow presented as light. Darkness isn't sin. The lie is.

Accessibility is more than ramps—it's empathy in action. Mask? Mobility aids? Comfort items? Running late? Cancel last min? Show grace and competence not judgment. #AccessibilityMatters #ChronicIllnessAwareness #DisabilityInclusion

✨ Ready to align with your deepest rhythm this August? 🌀 I am so excited to introduce my newest offering: Your Rooted Ritual Alignment™— Creating Rhythms for Healing & Balance 👉🏼 Sign up now for EARLY BIRD access and perks when YRRA opens August 1: ddayehunter.com/rituals .

Repealing birth right citizenship when your ancestors illegally seized and colonized this land is crazy business. It’s projection in its finest form. Don’t get me started on censoring LGBTQIA stories in schools. The Supreme Court is on one today.

💖 My work is featured in the upcoming Beyond the Glittering World anthology! These are stories of Indigenous feminisms and futurisms. Preorders open now: www.torreyhouse.org/product-page... 🌿✨ #BeyondTheGlitteringWorld #IndigenousFeminisms #PreorderNow

Want real relationships with Indigenous and Afro-Indigenous communities? Stop with the optics. Do the work: learn, show up without strings, listen hard, and respect our pace.

A love note to the aunties, the moms, the caregivers, the cycle-breakers, the medicine carriers:
 You’ve held so much.
Now it’s your turn to be held. Let this be your reminder:
Eat the berries.
Take the nap. Have a “look at the moon!” moment.
Be whoever you need to be.

I never stopped wanting to eat the berries 🍓 That’s why I wrote Hasi Čhigǫ:yǫ (Sweet Berry)—a children’s book in the Yesáh language to help our babies (& inner kids) feel seen, heard, & powerful in their joy and culture. Wanna read it or gift it? It’s waiting for you at ddayehunter.com/shop.

🌱 “These stories and poems got MY ancestors excited.” — Butterfly From ancestral healing to collective liberation, your words remind me why I wrote Seeds in the first place. 📚 Haven’t read Seeds yet? Now’s your moment 🫴🏽 ddayehunter.com/seeds

Sooner or later all those cross burnings were bound to catch up. #NottowayPlantation #Amerikkka

This is also what we mean when we say “cultural burns.” #NottowayPlantation #CulturalBurns

Two things you don’t play with: fire and our ancestors. #NottowayPlantation #LetItBurn

Stay tuned for the Poetry Stroll Reader’s Choice Award announcement—fingers crossed we brought it home! 💫 Thank you to everyone who voted and supported this journey. ✨ #PoetryStroll #AlamanceCounty #PoetryCommunity #StorytellingMatters

The Mayor of Mebane calls Indigenous Peoples Liars. 🖊️ Sign the petition: lnkd.in/efERZMQu 🔴 Read the article: lnkd.in/ewCh-7cj #LandBack #ProtectTheSacred #GreatTradingPath #BuceesControversy

Poem “Grounded” from Seeds: Stories of Afro-Indigenous Resilience. Thinking of doing more poetry readings. What do y’all think? 🌾📖 Get your copy at ddayehunter.com/books ✨🌹 #PoemsForYou #DDayeHunter #SeedsStoriesofAfroIndigenousResilience #BooksThatMadeMeCry

🌟 Bi:se Daybreak Star Radio for having me! Dominique Daye Hunter on her new children’s book Hasi Čhigǫ:yǫ (Sweet Berry), and the revitalization of Yesa:sahį. 🌟 Join us for a virtual reading for Native families and individuals next Tuesday, April 1st, from 6-7pm (ET)! tinyurl.com/89rfwzdb

It was an honor to plan and coordinate the unveiling event as well as co-create the monument at the 2025 Yesáh Art Monument Unveiling. Bisé:huk: the biggest thank you is to our ancestors and to everyone who made this day possible! 🦬 🥘 🌽 🌬️🌲

Thank you @doublethebooksmagazine for choosing me as the 2nd place winner for my poem “Raven’s Flame, Winter’s Blade” in the Fireside Stories in Snowfall Writing Contest & interviewing me about my work! ❄️🐦‍⬛🐻🪶🖤 #LiteraryRecognition #PoetryCommunity #AfroIndigenous #Storyteller #HonoringOurAncestors

⚜️This International Women’s Day I am resting from capitalism and internalized intergenerational trauma that tells me I must break myself to make sure I have enough. I am dispelling the deep rooted lie that I don’t deserve rest, kindness, or compassion. photography: @hannahmanuelitophoto

📚 You can now borrow a copy of Seeds at the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation’s Little Free Library! Plus, there’s a copy in the tribal office waiting room. Bi:sé @obsn for hosting Seeds! 📕 Want your own copy? The next 3 will be signed by the author ✍🏽 ➡️ ddayehunter.com/shop

🌱✨ Exciting News!: I've been booked solid, but starting April 22nd 🌎, I’ll be available for new projects including: 💡 Speaking engagements 📖 Book readings + signings 📊 Consulting & workshops 🎨 Logos + web design Let’s co-create something powerful! ➡️Secure your spot at ddayehunter.com/services

📚 The 2025 “They Look Like Me” Children’s Book Fair was a success! The overflow of joy and community was truly beautiful to witness. Even got to see the gida at the Occaneechi Saponi cultural table! 🌻✨ #ChildrensBooks #BookFair #BIPOCAuthors

I am so very excited and honored to be a part of this!: Meet the panelists for Land Sovereignty and Indigenous Foodways- scheduled on March 7, 2025 12:30-1:30pm. Register and use the app to read more about our inspiring speakers! ➡️ Register: 7directionsofservice.com/events

Great Granddaddy Percy and Great Grandma Dulcy are unamused by your anti-Blackness and anti-Indigeneity. The Daye family: been #AfroIndigenous , #triracial, and thriving against all the odds since 1671 🏹🪶🖤 #Yesáh #Saponi #BlackHistory #IndigenousTikTok #NorthCarolina

An honest conversation about colorism. I help teams have enlightening, empowering, and transformative conversations on intersectionality and cultural competency. Need coaching or workshops for your team? Reach out at ddayehunter.com/connect. #Intersectionality #AfroIndigenous #DEI #Consultant

I can hardly wait to see you at this year’s They Look Like Me! Book Fair! I’ll be set up with my book Seeds and an exclusive sneak peek at a special project—never before released—for the community to experience first! ✨📚 #BookFair #ChildrensBooks #SupportBIPOCAuthors #RepresentationMatters

✨Thank you for having me & amplifying my story and the stories of so many powerful women, Harness! Article: www.harnessmagazine.com/dominique-daye-hunter/ Photography: @hannahmanuelitophoto #DominiqueDayeHunter #Storytelling #Impact #SafeSpaces #Healing #AfroIndigenous #AmplifyBIPOCVoices

🔥 In a burning world, 🌿 I create safe spaces for healing & empowerment—helping folks reclaim their voices & embody their full, authentic selves. ♥️ Feeling this energy? Join the soft space where Kindred Spirits find deeper connection. Let’s build, heal, and rise together.👉🏽 ddayehunter.com/subscribe

Thank your airplane cabin crew. They exist first and foremost, for our safety. And DEI is why we can travel in their care.

I spy with my little eye… a Seed. 📕 Grateful to donate my book Seeds: Stories of Afro-Indigenous to the Sanford Community Library’s Indigenous People’s section at Pfizer! It also belongs on the “Global Black Community” shelf. Bí:wa! 😌📕 #WeBecameOnePeople #AfroIndigenous #BIPOCauthor #LocalLibrary

☕️ In other (better) news: I have a Buy Me A Coffee Link! ☕ You can Buy Me A Coffee here: buymeacoffee.com/ddayehunter 🗓️ + schedule a call with me here: calendly.com/ddayehunter #DominiqueDayeHunter #DDayeHunter #SupportCreators #AfroIndigenousVoices #WorkWithMe #BuyMeACoffee #EntrepreneurLife

Dear Readers, I highly encourage you to NOT purchase my book Seeds from @amazonwalmart.bsky.social Amazon, Walmart, + Target until they decide to reinvest in & treat #DEI as mandatory & not a trend. You can support a #BIPOCAuthor + #SmallBusiness, by purchasing my book directly: DDAYEHUNTER.com.

Part 2 ✌🏼: A Prayer to Maní” poetry reading. See part 1 for the meaning behind the artwork of the same name 🌊🐦‍⬛🌧️ #WorldArtDay #Artist #Poetry #DDayeHunter #SeedsStoriesOfAfroIndigenousResilience

Happy world art day! 🙌🏽🌎🌊 Had a couple of brain lapses because my blood sugar was low 😅 But I hope you enjoyed learning more about my process! See you for the poetry reading of “A Prayer to Maní” in part 2! ✌🏼 #WorldArtDay #Artist #Poetry #DDayeHunter #SeedsStoriesOfAfroIndigenousResilience

Get these sweet vinyl stickers at DDAYEHUNTER.com/ 🌷💕 #StickerLife #StickerLove #MutualAid

🐚🧡 You are worthy of love 🧡🐚 #encouragementforyou #loveyourbodyeveryday #lovetheskinyourein #afroindigenous

So very honored to have multiple features on #TheseWomensWords ! Bí:se @shereadenise for having me 🌻 Check out the blog 👉🏽 lnkd.in/g5WDQ9yH #DDayeHunter #WomensHistoryMonth #ThisWomanWords

Bise:huk to the ROAR Women’s Conference for having us. Check out ddayehunter.com/shop to learn more about + grab my poetry book and journals! song by: @king_iiwaa #DDayeHunter #Author #Entrepreneur #ConferenceCircuit

🏔️Bise:huk to my family, community, and all our relatives for planting me to become the person I am. 🏔️ Bise:huk to Darci Palmquist and Forrest King-Cortes for interviewing me for the #SavingLand @ltalliance magazine! #Grateful #DDayeHunter #LandBack

🌿 “Get this glorious book for yourself or a friend. You won’t regret it!” - Taté Walker, Author of THE TRICKSTER RIOTS and badass Indigenous Poet!🕷️ 🌿 Grab your Seeds book at ddayehunter.com/shop 📕 🌿 photo captured by @ochrestar #DDayeHunter #TatéWalker #AuthorsSupportingAuthors #BIPOCAuthors

🌲 Itching to hear the rest of the story? Read “Home” in its entirety & more stories about Black Natives in North Carolina in my book Seeds: Stories of Afro-Indigenous Resilience. Get your copy at DDAYEHUNTER.com. video by @shaibai7 🖤 #DDayeHunter #SeedsStoriesOfAfroIndigenousResilience #StoryTime

🏔️ Bise:huk to Darci Palmquist and Forrest King-Cortes for interviewing me for the “Gaining Ground” 🌱 blog by the Land Trust Alliance! 🏔️ You can read this two-part series at: 1️⃣ landtrustalliance.org/blog/sowing-... 2️⃣ landtrustalliance.org/blog/sowing-... #IndigenousRising #LandBack #GainingGround

📓 LAUNCH DAY 🚀: introducing the revamped and newly designed hardcover journals and notebooks by @ddayehunterdesigns ! 📓 Shop at www.ddayehunter.com/shop #DDayeHunterDesigns #Journaling #Crystals #Manifest

Sisters who read together plant healing seeds together 📚🌽♥️ Join with other sisters reading Seeds at www.ddayehunter.com/ books. Bi:se to @waabishkimakwa @imcasterr and @nisuv !🥰🌻 #DDayeHunter #AfroIndigenous #SeedsStoriesOfAfroIndigenousResilience #BookLover

“Each dream that I dream, each prophecy that’s given, each premonition that’s received: Are the ancestors speaking through me?” - "Ancestral Voice" from 𝑺𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔: 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒐-𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, available at ddayehunter.com/books . 📕 #DDayeHunter #SeedsStoriesOfAfroIndigenousResilience

📍A special shout out and thank you to those who purchased a copy of Seeds in 2023 and so far in 2024! Rep your state by getting your copy at ddayehunter.com/books #DDayeHunter #SeedsStoriesOfAfroIndigenousResilience #AuthorsofBlueSky

Our stories should always be accesible to us. Need more help accessing a Seeds book? DM me and I’ll send you a special code to use. BIPOC only, please. 🪶♥️📖: ddayehunter.com/shop #DDayeHunter #SeedsStoriesOfAfroIndigenousResilience #AuthorsofBlueSky #BooksThatChangedMyLife

📻 Thank you for having me @radioparadisestudio ! You can stream my interview on their website. 📻 Interested in having me on your podcast, radio show, or other segment? Send me an email at [email protected] photography: Travis I. #DDayeHunter #DominiqueDayeHunter #AuthorsofBlueSky #Keynote

So immensely grateful for your kind words and all the support, dear friend! If you’re not already following the ever-talented vocalist and musician IIWAA, get to it! You can get your copy of Seeds 📕 at ddayehunter.com/books 🤲🏽🌻✨ #DDayeHunter #DominiqueDayeHunter #IIWAA #AuthorsofBlueSky

Bi:se Palabras Bilingual Bookstore for having my book Seeds in your shop. You can purchase online at ddayehunter.com/shop #DominiqueDayeHunter #DDayeHunter #SeedsStoriesofAfroIndigenousResilience #AfroIndigenous #Storytelling