#kaya'aton'my

[5hensandacockatiel]

I feel like we all can agree that Kaya is one of the most underrated American Girls.

[indigenous-character-tournament]

Inkarmat and Tanigaki Genjirō are both canonically Indigenous. Inkarmat is Ainu. Tanigaki is Ani Matagi.

Kaya'aton'my is canonically Nimíipuu.

[pancreasnostalgia]

Did any of you participate in Hallmark’s Circle of Smiles promotion back in 2003? I’m surprised that I didn’t know about it back then, but I’m having fun collecting the merch now.

Sixteen charms. Half with the characters and half with their favorite animals. Kaya’s character charm is on the bracelet.

Two bracelets, portrait pins, and a necklace. (I already purchased the necklace a few months ago so the duplicate will be going on Mercari).

Activity booklet, certificate of participation (whited out by previous owner) and autograph book with stationary supplies.

Two cookie tins. The round one was empty when I got it. The rectangular one contains cookie cutters and recipes. (All of the recipes except for Kaya’s can be found in the cookbooks).

[gamercats-fight]

Kaya'aton'my from American Girl Doll vs Edward Teach from Our Flag Means Death. Vote for your fav!!

[fuckthispost-andhappybirthday]

August 15: Happy Birthday Kaya'aton'my (American Girl)!!!!

She was born in 1755, which would make her 268 years old today!

[high-quality-tiktoks]

I saw Maryellen with the devil!!!

[americangirlstar]

American Girl + Percy Jackson PicCrew (1/?)

Kaya'aton'my Fischer, daughter of Nike

Felicity Merriman, daughter of Ares

Elizabeth Cole, daughter of Athena

Caroline Abbott, daughter of Poseidon

Josefina Montoya, daughter of Apollo

Marie-Grace Gardner, daughter of Apollo

Cécile Rey, daughter of Aphrodite

Kirsten Larson, daughter of Demeter

Aduke "Addy" Walker, daughter of Zeus

[nicki-flemings-curls]

I’ve been waiting to post pictures of Kaya until I could take her and steps high outside. But meet one of the newest additions to my collection!

[in-pleasant-company]

American Girl recently made the decision to add the Kaya face mold to the Create Your Own doll line. This decision has been criticized by collectors and fans.

At first it appeared that the Kaya face mold would only be available paired with new short haired options. Similar to the design of Logan, the first American Boy doll, these options appeared to be meant to represent boys. (Short hair is nearly always a male gender signifier with American Girl dolls.)

I don't understand why American Girl chose to use the Kaya face mold for Logan, but it did. It was a harmful choice. Firstly, the Kaya face mold was created to represent a Nez Perce girl. What made her face more masculine than the face of another doll?

Additionally, intentionally or not, this choice played into harmful stereotypes of Native American women being less feminine than women of European descent. The Logan doll also had thick eyebrows similar to Kaya's. Delicate eyebrows are not inherently more or less feminine than thick eyebrows. They are simply a modern, Eurocentric beauty standard. (Among American Boy dolls, their gender is indicated with thicker eyebrows and a closed mouth, similar to Kaya's.)

Ironically, the limited option to pair the Kaya mold with short hair, placed limits on the creation of male Native American characters. For boys and men from many Native American nations, long hair is an expression of their heritage and sometimes their religion. To be forced to cut it is inherently colonizing, and reawakens generational trauma, especially that associated with Native American boarding schools.

Thankfully it appears that the hair options have been expanded to include choices for long hair. However, I wish that American Girl would keep in mind that choices like using Kaya's face mold for Logan are upsetting, harmful, and racist, and to make decisions more carefully in the future.

[lunarhobbits]

using the tiermakers made by @americangirlstar and coming up with some interesting metrics for how the girls' collections are distributed. Samantha has the biggest one, despite currently being cubed (T_T), with Molly as a close second, partially due to all the reprints and re-releases she's had. Poor Claudie has the smallest collection by far.

even MORE info/observations under the cut:

i accidentally put caroline's cow under outfits instead of accessories, o o p s

Rebecca's last category is supposed to say "Somehow both clothes and furniture/accessories" - Rebecca's Costume Chest and Rebecca's School Play Set were both available at one point or another with the furniture/accessories as separate components and at a different point bundled together like in the pictures, and her Seashore Set always came with the chair.

NOT adjusted for reprints, re-releases, revamps that change the accessories (i.e. Addy's Kite-Flying Outfit/Flower-Picking Outfit aka Dress and Bouquet/Blue Dress, which are all the same dress but with different accessories) or adjustments under the same name (i.e. the four variations of Molly's dog Bennett)

best friends and their collections are grouped with the main historicals

some of these were kind of hard to determine what was "furniture" vs "accessories", so my general rule of thumb was:

Dolls: if what you purchased would include the doll itself, as well as mini dolls

Outfits: clothes for the doll - had to be composed of at least either a full body outfit OR shirt/pants - shoes/socks/hats/ribbons/etc that came with them are included

Accessories: shoes/socks/hats/ribbons/etc that needed to be purchased SEPARATELY from the doll or an outfit (i.e. Samantha's Elegant Hat and Muff was sold separately from her Plaid Cape and Gaiters despite always being pictured together) OR small handheld items, such as dolls for the dolls and other toys OR pets, as they're clearly meant to compliment the collection.

Furniture: obviously things like tables and chairs, but also big items like trunks or playsets, and small items, like table settings. basically if it could qualify as a household furnishing, it would go here.

Girls + Misc: Clothes or other accessories, life-sized edition.

Books + Misc: books, puzzles, games, you name it, as long as it's printed and for humans to use

??????: stuff that didn't fit anywhere OR i couldn't tell what it was

I couldn't decide where some items belonged - the horses are big and expensive enough that they should qualify as furniture, but theyre yknow. animals. which were all going in accessories otherwise, since they're clearly part of a collection complementing the doll and not just a standalone item.

The funniest case of this is probably Felicty's sister Polly, who could reasonably be categorized as either of those (comes with cradle, which is household furnishings; is clearly meant to compliment Felicity's collection, like the pets) OR a doll (cause she. is one.)

[w3bkinz-t0yb0x]

[indigenous-character-tournament]

Kaya'aton'my is canonically Nimíipuu.

Danielle Moonstar/Mirage is canonically Cheyenne.

[pancreasnostalgia]

I went from only two winter coat sets to having a lot more cold weather wear. Since I sold Samantha's Beforever coat, everything except for Rebecca's outfit is new.

Went with the calico dress for Julie since she wore the casual outfit a few months ago. Also since I had Kaya wearing her winter accessories previously, she gets to wear the fancy shawl this time.

The hardest to dress was Kirsten because her fingers kept catching the sweater. Hardest to pose was Maryellen, whose skates I think have permanently scratched my dresser.

It was a close race between Kirsten’s winter woolens and skating outfit, but Lindsey’s Valentine’s party outfit had a strong lead all the way.

[stingrayextraordinaire]

American Girl Moodboards // Kaya’aton’my

The strength of the fire, the taste of salmon, the trail of the sun, and the life that never goes away: they speak to me, and my heart soars.

[gamercats-fight]

Kaya'aton'my from American Girl Doll vs Miles Morales from Marvel Comics Spider-Man/the Spider-Verse Trilogy. Vote for your fav!!

[theatredollies]

DIY KAYA STUFF

*Note since Kaya is part of the Nimiipuu tribe (Nez Perce) her collection (especially her clothes) have very specific things that would belong to her tribe/culture. I have tried my best to find things that would fit her collection, not just generic Native American things, that look like they were from party city so she might have less stuff (like clothes and stuff). I have tried my best to find DIYS and patterns with tips on making them more accurate (some of them would have absolutely no connection to Kaya if originally done their way. I am not part of the Nimiipuu tribe, and I mean absolutely no disrespect towards them, if anything I’ve included is not accurate or if anyone has any critiques, please tell me so I can fix it ASAP. Also, the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 makes it illegal for someone to sell something, suggesting it was made by Native Americans or specific tribes if they are not part of that culture

Kaya's story Collection

Short Stories

The Silent Stranger (a Kaya Mystery)

Meet outfit

Dress, Hair bands and moccasins 

Moccasins Dimensions

Accessories

Meet accessories

Necklace

Bag use woven fabric and draw on the design, on woven fabric and don’t add the fringe or zipper, 

Winter accessories

Cape Don’t add the ruffles and make it out of white fur-type

Parfleche and hat

Parfleche this is human-sized, scale it down to ⅓ of its size

Food set

Tule mat (make it be 5.25”x8.25” or 13.5*21 cm)

Furniture

Bedroll and shield

Bedding

Bedroll make it be 13”x18”

Sheild

Tipi

Tipi

Fire 

Trading accsories

Twig horses