Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America | |
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Event Type: Adult Age Group(s): Adults Date: 10/17/2017 Start Time: 2:00 PM End Time: 3:00 PM Description: Join us for a discussion as Matika Wilbur presents "Changing The Way We See Native America"; providing remarkable insights into contemporary Native American life, driving the conversation forward to encourage U.S. citizens to evolve beyond the appropriation and neglect of indigenous images and traditions through a new model of awareness, with honest photographic representation and direct narratives of America's first people.
Library: Perry Branch Library location Presenter: Matika Wilbur, an acclaimed photographer from the Tulalip and Swinomish tribes (Washington), is the creator and director of Project 562 and the only Native American photographer and social documentarian to be welcomed into each of the 562+ Native American sovereign territories in the United States. For the past four years, Wilbur has collaborated with scores of tribes to share the images and truths of Native American Peoples. |