Cheyanne Brown Armstrong (née Connell) (they/she) is an indigi-queer scholar and artist + maker, with Indigenous lineage and membership with West Moberly First Nations (Dunne-Za Cree). Currently, they divide their time between their Doctoral program and research in Socio-Cultural and Indigenous Anthropology at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and designing + making beaded artwork for their brand millaaʔ [mee-lah], a jewelry line created as part of their many artsy explorations under Kinepikw [kih-ne-pih-kw'] Designs.

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