Twitter debuts new emojis for National Indigenous History Month and Pride Month

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In honour of both National Indigenous History Month and Pride Month, Twitter Canada has a couple of new sets of emojis for you to use. This year marks the fifth consecutive year that Twitter has worked with an Indigenous artist to create a custom emoji for the month.  

This year, Twitter Canada worked with Jaalen Edenshaw, Ts'aahl (Eagle) from Masset, Haida Gwaii, where he makes his home today. Jaalen's work is inspired by the old Haida stories, delving into the stories before he carves out the narrative. He and his brother co-founded K'alts'ida K'ah (Laughing Crow), a collective to tell Haida stories and promote the Haida language through art.

The 2022 emoji he designed is called Naxiin, which is named after the type of imagery found in traditional textiles from the Tlingit people of the Chilkat (Jilkháat) region.

These are the nine bilingual hashtags that will unlock Twitter's custom National Indigenous History Month hashtag this June.

#IndigenousHistoryMonth

#MoisHistoireAutochtone

#IndigenousPeoplesDay 

#JournéeNationalePeuplesAutochtones

#NIHM22

#IPD22 

#JPA22

#IPDCanada

#JPACanada

For Pride Month, the site's Pride Month emojis are back. Some of the key emoji hashtags include the following: 

#WeBelong

#Pride2022

#Pride

#LoveIsLove

#GlobalPride

#GlobalPride2022

And if you want to join conversations and see content about inclusivity and belonging, check out the @TwitterOpen account.