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Project 562 changing the way we see Native America

"In 2012, Matika Wilbur sold everything in her Seattle apartment and set out on a Kickstarter-funded pursuit to visit, engage, and photograph people from what were then the 562 federally recognized Native American Tribal Nations. Over the next decade, she traveled six hundred thousand miles acr...

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Main Author: Wilbur, Matika (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: California ; New York : Ten Speed Press, [2023]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Wilbur, Matika.
Indians of North America > Portraits.
Indians of North America > Social life and customs > Pictorial works.
Indians of North America > Interviews.
Indians of North America > History > Biography.
Portrait photography.
Portraits.
Biographies.
Summary: "In 2012, Matika Wilbur sold everything in her Seattle apartment and set out on a Kickstarter-funded pursuit to visit, engage, and photograph people from what were then the 562 federally recognized Native American Tribal Nations. Over the next decade, she traveled six hundred thousand miles across fifty states--from Seminole country (now known as the Everglades) to Inuit territory (now known as the Bering Sea)--to meet, interview, and photograph hundreds of Indigenous people. The body of work Wilbur created serves to counteract the one-dimensional and archaic stereotypes of Native people in mainstream media and offers justice to the richness, diversity, and lived experiences of Indian Country."--Inside front cover
Item Description: Includes index.
Physical Description: 10 unnumbered pages, 405 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map, portraits ; 26 cm
ISBN: 9781984859525
1984859528
Author Notes: Matika Wilbur is a critically acclaimed social documentarian and photographer from the Swinomish and Tulalip peoples of coastal Washington. Project 562, a crowd-funded initiative to visit, engage, and photograph people from over 562 sovereign Tribal Nations in North America, is her fourth major creative venture elevating Native American identity and culture. She co-hosts the All My Relations podcast with Dr. Adrienne Keene as a platform that invites guests to delve into subjects facing Native peoples today and explore the connections between land, non-human relatives, and one another. She has offered over 300 keynotes at such places as Harvard, Yale, Berkeley, Google, TED Talks, the National Education Association, and National Geographic Explorer , and is a regular contributor to the New York Times .

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