Avery Underwood

23, Comanche Nation, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Chickasaw Nation I wanted to celebrate queer indigeneity. As a person who is transgender, the legitimacy of my identity has always been put into question. Before contact Indigenous peoples had many different forms of gender and sexual expression that fell outside the norms of colonial society. This piece […]

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Oscar L.

10, Grand Ronde My 🖼 art is about the things I like and who I am I love sports and I am proud of my culture.

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Daleen Osceola

18, Seminole Tribe of Florida I decided to draw a Seminole youth dressed in traditional regalia. Being indigenous to me is no matter how disconnected you may look you will always have that common blood and relation that your ancestors had.

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Harmony W.

7, Fort Belknap Indian Community Creative means that I get to do a lot of fun crafts, like painting and drawing. My painting shows me in my jingle dress with my horse Marcus by my side. This year I got to participate in my very first powwow at my homelands in Hays, MT.

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