Surviving Disappearance, Re-Imagining & Humanizing Native Peoples: Matika Wilbur at TEDxSeattle
Matika Wilbur, one of the Pacific Northwest's leading photographers, has exhibited extensively in regional, national, and international venues such as the Seattle ...
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Translator: Tammy Lynn Pertillar Reviewer: Elisabeth Buffard I am from the Swinomish and Tulalip tribe. I am here today to carry the message from the silenced. To show you some of Native America's beauty. And to encourage our collective consciousness to reimagine the way we see each other. Can we re-learn to see as human beings? Does the photographic image impact our lives and the lives of those around us? If it does, can we use that image to encourage and inspire one another? Do something for me: try to remember the last time that you saw a Native American in massive media. Is this what you saw? If it is, I wouldn't be surprised, because between 1990 and 2000 there were 5,868 blockbuster-released films. Twelve included of American Indians. All of them showed Ind...
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Translator: Tammy Lynn Pertillar Reviewer: Elisabeth Buffard I am from the Swinomish and Tulalip tribe. I am here today to carry the message from the silenced. To show you some of Native America's beauty. And to encourage our collective consciousness to reimagine the way we see each other. Can we re-learn to see as human beings? Does the photographic image impact our lives and the lives of those around us? If it does, can we use that image to encourage and inspire one another? Do something for me: try to remember the last time that you saw a Native American in massive media. Is this what you saw? If it is, I wouldn't be surprised, because between 1990 and 2000 there were 5,868 blockbuster-released films. Twelve included of American Indians. All of them showed Ind...
