What Sovereignty Looks Like: Three Designers on Reclaiming, Rebuilding, and Wearing Identity
As America celebrates its 250th year, we asked three Native American designers what sovereignty actually looks like when it’s stitched, carved, and beaded into their work. Their answers had nothing to do with speeches and everything to do with what they choose to make.
Shawnee Kish Is Coming Home: The Mohawk Two-Spirit Artist on Country Music, Identity, and What She Wants Indigenous Kids to Know
Mohawk Two-Spirit singer-songwriter Shawnee Kish has always told honest stories. Now she’s telling them in country music, and she says it feels like the most authentic version of herself yet. We sat down with the award-winning vocalist and advocate to talk about her bold new chapter, her upcoming single “Hold Me,” and why your identity is never something you should have to hide.
The Bead and the Hours Behind It: Inside the Craft of Stevens & Snyder
Supply costs, hand fatigue, and a thousand colors of thread, Indigi-queer artists Adrian Stevens and Sean Snyder break down what beadwork actually demands, and why they consider every piece an heirloom in real time.
The Indigenous Setlist Is the Podcast Series Indigenous Music Has Been Waiting For
Indigenous House and Little Bear Audio are launching The Indigenous Setlist, a new weekly podcast and video series that goes inside the music of today’s most exciting Native and Indigenous artists, from EDM and hip-hop to country reggae, punk, and folk. The series premieres June 22.
Andrea Grant Brings Coast Salish Ancestral Stories Into the Present with Modern Natives
Coast Salish writer and artist Andrea Grant has released Modern Natives: An Illustrated Collection of Reimagined Coast Salish Myths, a collection blending short fiction, poetry, and illustration to carry ancestral teachings into contemporary Indigenous life. Where the spirits never left, they just moved to the city.
Kellen Trenal Brings Indigenous Identity to the Stage in Antíkoni
Designer and artist Kellen Trenal (niimíipuu/Nez Perce) is taking the stage in a whole new way, as costume and properties designer for Antíkoni, the Pacific Northwest premiere of Beth Piatote’s bold reimagining of Sophocles’ Antigone through a Native American lens.
Intertwined: Returning to Our Roots
A mother’s 30-year devotion to Tlingit tradition, a daughter who learned at her side, and the students carrying it all forward; a landmark exhibition in Juneau celebrates the living art of spruce root weaving.
“Your Zip Code Isn’t Your Ceiling”: Designer The Son of Picasso on Bringing City-Funded Fashion to Albuquerque’s International District
With city backing, two public fashion shows, and a mentorship program closing applications June 3rd, designer Benjamin Nelson, best known as The Son of Picasso, is rewriting what’s possible for New Mexico creatives, starting in the neighborhood that raised him.
Native Fashion Roundup: Lindsay King, Isabella Rose Design, and More
Indigenous fashion is on the move this week and here’s what’s landing on our radar right now.
Nike’s New N7 Soccer Collection Puts Indigenous Athletes at the Center of the Game
Nike is back with its latest N7 Collection, and this season it’s bringing Indigenous culture onto the pitch.
