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Cheyanne Brown Armstrong (née Connell) (she/xe/they) is a Queer Indigenous scholar and member of West Moberly First Nations (Dunne-Za Cree). They are a Doctoral Student in Socio-Cultural and Indigenous Anthropology at the University of British Columbia (UBC), UBC Public Scholar, and Canada Graduate Scholarship recipient. Currently, their research focuses on their own communities’ processes of Dunne-Za language reclamation and how Indigenous feminism intersects with these processors and history of Dunne-Za language documentation, culture, and use. Their PhD research is inspired by their MA project, which focused on urban and diasporic Indigenous Ainu identity-making in transnational digital spaces, like Instagram and TikTok. They are a frequent collaborator on and advocate for Indigenous-Asian relations related projects and initiatives, along with decolonization efforts in academia. They are also an artist and their practice is largely informed by their research interests, which works to contribute to the increasing realm of contemporary Indigenous expression in digital and global spaces.