Indigenous Peoples? Day
Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day and in addition to sharing resources (below) about better understanding and supporting indigenous communities, I wanted to share one of my favorite photos taken by photographer Matika Wilbur. In 2012 Matika Wilbur sold everything in her apartment and hit the road to create Project 562 , a photography series with the goal […]
Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day and in addition to sharing resources (below) about better understanding and supporting indigenous communities, I wanted to share one of my favorite photos taken by photographer Matika Wilbur. In 2012 Matika Wilbur sold everything in her apartment and hit the road to create Project 562 , a photography series with the goal of developing, “a body of imagery and cultural representations of Native Peoples to counteract the relentlessly insipid, one-dimensional stereotypes circulating in mainstream media, historical textbooks and the culture industry”. In addition to this goal, Matika wanted to highlight and celebrate the next generation of positive indigenous role models and has traveled across the country (and continues to travel) to take portraits and speak about the importance of discussing (and changing) the way we see Native Americans. Matika took this photo (above) of Miss Indian Nations 20, Shannon Hooper (Paiute Shoshone from Fallon, Nevada) and shared a wonderful interview with her about the significance of dance and ceremony, specially the fancy shaw...
Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day and in addition to sharing resources (below) about better understanding and supporting indigenous communities, I wanted to share one of my favorite photos taken by photographer Matika Wilbur. In 2012 Matika Wilbur sold everything in her apartment and hit the road to create Project 562 , a photography series with the goal of developing, “a body of imagery and cultural representations of Native Peoples to counteract the relentlessly insipid, one-dimensional stereotypes circulating in mainstream media, historical textbooks and the culture industry”. In addition to this goal, Matika wanted to highlight and celebrate the next generation of positive indigenous role models and has traveled across the country (and continues to travel) to take portraits and speak about the importance of discussing (and changing) the way we see Native Americans. Matika took this photo (above) of Miss Indian Nations 20, Shannon Hooper (Paiute Shoshone from Fallon, Nevada) and shared a wonderful interview with her about the significance of dance and ceremony, specially the fancy shaw...
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