Nahua Mexika

Ximena is a Nahua Mexika autonomous activist and artist. She is a member of Semillas Collective and Sexta Grietas del Norte. Her frontline work entails investigative journalism and community organizing work. She facilitates knowledge exchange spaces for food sovereignty, political discourse, and Indigenous culture. Advocating for Indigenous Sovereignty and environmental justice informs her art practice and vision for the future of our planet.

Northern Cheyenne & Ho-Chunk Nation (he/him)

Kunu Bearchum (Northern Cheyenne & Ho-Chunk Nation). Based in Oregon, recently producing award-winning documentaries for native-owned non-profit Wisdom of the Elders and releasing his debut Hip-Hop Album titled "Through The Battle Smoke" with local & regional mainstays in the music scene. Kunu creates his work as a tribute to traditional Native American storytelling but with a contemporary lens and toolkit.

Matao / CHamoru (Guiya / yo'ña)

Born and Raised throughout Coast Salish Territory, Dakota Camacho’s work activates a Matao/CHamoru worldview to make offerings towards inafa’maolek (Balance and harmony with all of life). Weaving through languages of altar-making, movement, film, music, and prayer, guiya (they) generate moments of encounter with self, each other, spirit, and the natural world.

Unenrolled Mohave, Shasta (he/they)

Timothy White Eagle is a mixed race artist. The roots of his work rise from a 30 year exploration of traditional ritual and embodiment practices. He creates experiences, installed spaces and objects in service to community and global healing. He has toured internationally with Macarthur “Genius” Taylor Mac on his Pulitzer Prize finalist “ A 24 Decade History…”. His work has been displayed in the ruins of an ancient Roman bath, a palace in Vienna and on a fence in the park.

He is a 2018 WAA/AIP Launch Pad Fellow.

Non-enrolled Cherokee / Mattamuskeet (she/her)

Maura García is a dancer, choreographer and erotic artist. Her vibrant creations channel the sensual rhythms of the natural world and inspire people to liberate themselves. She makes original work and collaborates with other creatives and clients to produce: new dance works, music videos, theatre productions, fashion shows, sex shows, live music shows, private performances and erotic print art. At the root, Maura's luscious work is powered by a desire to bring ancestral wisdom to life, to respect the living earth and to bring happiness to people.

Diné, mixed (any/name)

Kevin Holden is an artist, composer, and Administrative Steward for Emily Johnson / Catalyst. They are based on the traditional lands of the Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Clackamas, Cowlitz, Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde, and Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.

Aquinnah Wampanoag

Performing songwriter Thea Hopkins calls her music - Red Roots Americana. A member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Martha’s Vineyard, her EP, “Love Come Down” was nominated for a 2019 Indigenous Music Award. Her program, “In The Roundhouse”, celebrates traditional and contemporary Indigenous music. The Washington Post has described her as a “standout writer”. www.theahopkins.com

Enrolled Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Confederated Tribes of Siletz descendant (they/them)

ANTHONY HUDSON (Confederated Tribes Grand Ronde, Siletz) is multidisciplinary artist perhaps best known as Portland’s premier drag clown Carla Rossi. Together they’ve performed in Looking for Tiger Lily, Clown Down, and Queer Horror—the only LGBTQ+ horror film screening series in the United States, presented at Portland’s historic Hollywood Theatre.

Citizen of the Cherokee Nation (he/him)

Joseph M. Pierce (Cherokee Nation) is Associate Professor at Stony Brook University and co-curator (with SJ Norman) of the performance series Knowledge of Wounds.

Quita Sullivan, JD (she/her/they/them) (Montaukett/Shinnecock) is the Senior Program Director for Theater at New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) where she leads the National Theater Project, supporting the creation and touring of devised, ensemble-based theater. She is a Board Member of Grantmakers in the Arts and a frequent speaker on supporting Indigenous Artists.

Duckwater Shoshone, Pyramid Lake Paiute, Southern Ute (she/her)

Tanaya Winder is an author, singer/songwriter, and motivational speaker. She comes from an intertribal lineage of Southern Ute, Pyramid Lake Paiute, and Duckwater Shoshone Nations where she is an enrolled citizen. Tanaya blends storytelling, singing, and spoken word to teach about different expressions of love. Her specialties include youth empowerment and healing trauma through art.

Navajo Nation Dine' (she/her)

Rhiana Yazzie is a 2021 Lanford Wilson and 2020 Steinberg Award winning playwright, a director, a filmmaker, and the Artistic Director of New Native Theatre (Mpls/St. Paul). She’s seen her plays on stages from Alaska to Mexico including in Carnegie Hall’s collaboration with American Indian Community House & Eagle Project. Her first feature film, A Winter Love, (writer/dir/prod/actor) will premiere at festivals in 2021/22.