Indigenous Archives - Page 12 of 56

Lisa Bellear

Lisa Bellear’s work as an artist, poet, photographer, broadcaster, activist and academic continues to inspire change and educate.

Violet Hilbert

Activist who worked to preserve the Lushootseed (Puget Sound Salish) language, shared by several Native American tribes from the Puget Sound eastward to the Cascade Mountains.

Lady Gladys Nicholls

Lady Gladys Nicholls was a leading Aboriginal activist whose dedicated community service was an inspiration to many.

An artist accomplished in several media, Emma Amos explored difficult issues concerning politics, gender, race, and cultural history in her work. Her highly expressive visual art combined printmaking, painting, and textiles with photography and collage. She was also known as a teacher, curator, writer, and activist.

Selena Sloan Butler

Selena Sloan Butler organized the first National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers (NCCPT) and cofounded the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, which is now a part of the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA).

Evonne Goolagong Cawley

In the early 1970s, Evonne Goolagong-Cawley was the first Aboriginal woman to represent Australia in world tennis and compete at Wimbledon.

Theresa Secord

A passionate advocate for preserving the ash and sweetgrass basketmaking heritage of the Wabanaki tribes of Maine (Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot tribes), Theresa Secord is a master basketmaker, still using the basket molds that she inherited from her great-grandmother to shape her art.

Teri Rofkar

Teri Rofkar, known also by her Lingít clan name, Cháas’ koowú tláa was a master in the traditional ways of Raven’s Tail weaving and Spruce Root Basketry. She was also an accomplished educator who passed on these traditional Lingít weaving techniques to future generations so that the skills and art of the Lingít people would not be lost.

Sophie George

Yakima-Colville beadworker whose work has been featured in many museum collections and exhibits and who has worked hard to document her tribal heritage and to keep it a part of her people’s cultural future.

TahNibaa Naataanii

Master weaver, whose inspiration and creativity extend far beyond Toadlena, New Mexico. As a relentless culture bearer, her weaving has immeasurably impacted both traditional and contemporary textile arts.