Global First Nations Performance Network Expands Opportunities for Indigenous Performers
On September 14-18, 2019, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) Director of National Artist Fellowships, Reuben Roqueñi, participated in…
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The arts and cultures of the diverse indigenous people in this country are powerful, beautiful, and growing, and offer perspectives that inspire creative solutions to some of our nation’s most difficult collective challenges.
“I was taught that our arts carry the spirit of the people. It is through art that we know ourselves. It’s through art into the world and it is through art cultures will be remembered.”
— Joy Harjo (Mvskoke), Poet and Musician
We are forever grateful to the Native nations and tribes, foundations, nonprofits, businesses, and individuals who have so generously enabled the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation to provide the following assistance as of June 30, 2019:
$0
Total program support
1
Total awards
1
Native artists and organizations
1
Different states and the District of Columbia
Upholding our Values through Arts and Cultures
The work of NACF continues to be incredibly significant to creating true equity for Native artists. The organization values not just the work of Native Artists, but their sense of community and approaches to gathering and art making. The transformative, lasting impact of NACF’s work is difficult to measure, as the catalysts are true catalysts for many things to come.
— Christopher K. Morgan, Native Hawaiian, National Artist Fellow
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Burns Paiute Tribe Oral History Project Brings Language to Life
The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation (NACF) partnered with the Burns Paiute Tribe over the past year to fund the…
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“YOU ARE ON INDIGENOUS LAND: places/displaces” exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum
Ancestral land holds meaning to Native peoples that is linked to identity, culture, history, and sovereignty. The exhibition YOU ARE…
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