{"id":2810,"date":"2021-03-01T14:54:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T22:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/?p=2810"},"modified":"2021-03-01T14:55:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T22:55:11","slug":"recast-announcing-keynote-matika-wilbur-at-equity-symposium-wade-in-the-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/2021\/03\/recast-announcing-keynote-matika-wilbur-at-equity-symposium-wade-in-the-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Recast | Announcing Keynote Matika Wilbur at Equity Symposium: Wade in the Water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From: <\/strong><\/a>“Longaker, Jacob” <Jacob.Longaker@evergreen.edu>
Date: <\/strong>Monday, March 1, 2021 at 2:49 PM
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Dear\nEvergreen Community,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\nam pleased to announce that acclaimed photographer and visual storyteller\nMatika Wilbur (Swinomish & Tulalip) will deliver our opening keynote\naddress on Tuesday, April 13, from 4:00 – 5:00 pm (Zoom). A short biography\nfrom Matika’s website can be found below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Register now to participate in the week’s\nevents!<\/a> Stay tuned for more\nupdates on our Equity Symposium webpage<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matika Wilbur, a\nvisual storyteller from the Swinomish and Tulalip peoples of coastal\nWashington, for the past five years has been traveling and photographing Indian\nCountry in pursuit of one goal: To Change the Way We See Native America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matika\nbegan her career in fashion and commercial work in Los Angeles after completing\nthe prestigious Brooks Institute of Photography. Though in high demand\nprofessionally, Matika realized that she wanted a different path as a\nphotographer: to create portrait art that deeply communicated people\u2019s lives\nand experiences.  She was especially drawn to remarkable personalities\nfrom the nation\u2019s indigenous communities, who typically in massive media and\nthe popular consciousness have been grossly neglected or stereotyped. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matika chose to\ndevote herself to photography as a creator and messenger, soon producing\nmultiple acclaimed exhibitions in leading museums and other venues of her\nstriking portraits of Pacific Northwest and other Native peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\nalso began offering Native youth of her own community training and inspiration\nto explore and create visual art as a certified k-12 teacher; but she found\nthat the representation of First Peoples in traditional curricula and the media\nas “leathered and feathered”, dying races undermined her students\u2019\nsense of identity and potential. Thus began Project 562\u2019s mission to photograph\nand collect stories of Native Americans from each federally-recognized Indian\ntribe in the United States to create comprehensive visual curricula and\npublications representing contemporary Native America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matika\nhas in this endeavor visited members of over 300 sovereign nations throughout\n40 states, from Tlingits in Alaska to the Pima in Arizona, Pomos in California\nto Wampanoags on Cape Cod. Through her lens, we are able to see the diversity,\nvibrancy and realness of Indian Country, and in seeing, challenge and surpass\nstereotypical representations and refresh the national conversation about\ncontemporary Native America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacob R. Longaker\n(he\/him\/his)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associate Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Peoples\nMulticultural, Trans, and Queer Support Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Evergreen State\nCollege<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read my latest work at\nPolitics, Groups, and Identities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contending and\nnegotiating identity: trans activism within the Brazilian LGBT movement<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read my chapter for\nOxford’s LGBT Politics and Policy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brazil’s\nLGBT Movement<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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