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Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Memory Map Exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum

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Walking into the Seattle Art Museum to experience this once in a lifetime retrospective was emotionally gut wrenching. It was hard not to see think "what took so long!" In the 60 years that Jaune Quick to-See has been creating art it took until 2022 for the Whitney to feature the first solo retrospective of a Native artist. That collection eventually made its way to Seattle as a traveling exhibition for an Salish artist that hails from the Flathead reservation in Montana.

Tanis S'eiltin

"Resisting Distillation" courtesy of ArtsWA
Tanis S'eiltin creates artworks that explore her identity as a Tlingit (Native Alaskan) woman living in the 21st century. Combining traditional and contemporary artistic techniques, S'eiltin notes that her work "questions the misrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in Western academia, media, and in the minds of mainstream Americans."

Deanna Lane - About

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Native Arts Collective 2018 Exhibit at Allied Arts
Nana Mattie (Hutchins)
Nana (Alice) Lane
Papa (William) Lane
I pay homage and utmost respect to my grandparents and ancestors along my journey and in embarking on co-creating this site. To my grandmothers who raised me in the matrilineal tradition where women run the show. To Nana Mattie (Tuscarora, Eastern Band of Cherokee), my maternal grandmother, who left her ancestral lands in North Carolina for opportunities in the New York City area--who taught me the importance of being water people through a diet of smoked fish, spiced crab and strong intuition. Nana Lane, of Lenape ancestry, always said "don't let the sun set on hate" and stood up to anybody who dared to direct injustice her way. To my grandfather Papa Lane (Creek/Lenape), who ingrained the power of connection to the land--growing food, hunting the traditional way, and fishing so we always knew where and how our food was sourced.

Dallas Goldtooth

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Dallas Goldworth (Dakota and Dine') co-founded the Indigenous comedy group The 1491s and currently contributes to the series Reservation Dogs. In addition he is an environmental activist and performing artist. Dallas is a Dakota culture and language teacher, as well as, a poet, traditional artist, and powwow emcee.

Joe Feddersen

Sally Bag, Joe Feddersen, Waxed Linen
Joe Feddersen, a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes lives and works in Omak, WA. A faculty member at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA from 1989 until his retirement in 2009, he was awarded Faculty Emeritus Status.
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