Thread by @lulex

She was called America before America as a nation existed. The Porcelaine piece is from 1743.

The metal sculpture of America is part of a series of the four continents commissioned from Lorenzo Vaccaro in 1692 by the Count of Santo Stephano given to the Cathedral of Toledo by the King of Spain Charles II in 1695. She is often portrayed with the Crocodiles.

In the church of St.Paul and St. Louis in Paris it features a sculpture of winged man beating on a devil or satyr that is over top a bust of an individual with the same style head dress as America.

The satyre is often paired with Baccante and it reflects a judgemental age where people didn’t like to see interracial relationships.

The person above the bust of America had pointy ears but not the legs of Satyre. Is this to be construed perhaps as Métis?

I also saw a lot of corn on churches and art. At Chartres Cathedral they had stained glass of corn and what looks to be Acadians with the cart and barrels and boats. Built around 1022 ad long before Columbus.

The statue of Mary had a cloak but the cloak was removed in postcards. The gates around here had the curls of the Mi’kmaw design. It is often seen in the Peaked caps. Also the baby’s dress is important!

I am of the line of Mi’kmaw and Acadians. The curled clouds inspired our clothing. It forms along the valleys around Wolfsville to Halifax. The miners deposit on the rocks inspired our Ribbon skirt patterns.

We still let nature inspire our home decorations. My mom used her favourite rock to inspire her kitchen. I have sea shells and rocks all around my own house too. It’s a thing we always did.

At the Louvre Corn showed up in the works of Dutch artists around 1600-1700’s.

The statue called PAIX (French word for Peace) has a crown of corn and wheat.

In 1662 artists were painting hockey game players. This painting is at the Louvre.

Meanwhile in 1553 we have this sketch of hockey sticks. My grandfathers made them for centuries from ash trees that grew along the edge of cliffs that had the angle. He found the wood for the ships he built with the same curves. Much bigger trees for that. Photos from a book.

At St.Paul & St.Louis church we have Jesus in the middle and two sides which I suspect is Protestant to the left and Roman Catholic to the Right. I am Acadian and we were placed with Indigenous people because we are a Metis people.

The bent reaching arms of the Indigenous guy match that of the sailor’s shrine at St.Pauls & St.Louis church in Paris. Same arms as a sculpture at the Louvre named Distressed Genius made in 1768 not long after the deportation went from Acadia to Standing Rock.

Deportation went from Acadia to Standing Rock with Jeffrey Amherst. Acadians, Lakota and Dakota, Huron-Wendat, Mississauga of Credit displaced. Mohawks moved north of Great Lakes from NY state after land grant. We are all survivors of this shared history.

Frans Franken the Younger painted the Allegory on the Abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels. That woman with the lobster is of my Acadian family. There is a Black Madonna and America and a fourth woman all giving tribute to Charles V. rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/…

The Neptune reference in Frans Franken the Younger’s work refers to November 14, 1606, presentation of the play “Le Théâtre de Neptune en la Nouvelle-France” written and directed by Marc Lescarbot. It was the first play in North America in ACADIA.

Vatican Concordat was ratified in 1610. Henri Membertou was baptised. That land was and still is called Acadia according to Lescarbot. The line that sealed the deal is house of Tomasso Di Savoie of Portugal via Francis Savoie who married Angelique of Membertou’s line: My family.

Acadia still exists. This is the affidavit that got the Queen Elizabeth apology. It is law in US, Canada, recognized by UK and Vatican and UN etc. I am of Henri Membertou’s family. We are of laws no government can undo.

The Vatican Concordat made the First Roman Catholic Nation in North America in 1610 with Henri Membertou. The Wampum is at the Vatican and the UN. Using Jersey law we retained our right to be Roman Catholic. We were kin to Britain’s Crown before the schism:

The Vatican still recognizes the Vatican Concordat.

The deportation was an illegal kin on kin was. The Queen apologized. Their system of commerce was monetary, ours was trade. We have co existed with Canada and Mi’kmaw for ages. We never took a penny for the Queens Apology.

Before she died, Queen Elizabeth called Warren Perrin to say thanks. It was a good healing thing to do for everyone. theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/…

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