Indigenous Peoples' Day
In recognition of Indigenous Peoples' Day, we are highlighting Speaking with Light (Radius Books and Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 2022) curated by Will Wilson and John Rohrbach. It accompanies an exhibition of the same name held at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art from October 30, 2022, to January 22, 2023.
This insightful volume brings together contemporary Indigenous photographers who are redefining how their cultures, histories, and communities are seen. Centered on the themes of Survivance, Nation, and Indigenous Visualities, the book illustrates how artists are reclaiming representation and shifting the focus from colonial viewpoints to Indigenous perspectives grounded in community, identity, and connection to the land.
Through striking images and thoughtful essays by leading Indigenous scholars, Speaking with Light explores how photography can express resilience, cultural continuity, and the interdependence between people and the earth. Together, these works reflect the creativity and strength of Indigenous voices in shaping conversations about art, belonging, and the future.
-View more from our Native American Literature Collection
-View previous Indigenous Peoples Day posts
---Melissa (Mohican Nation Stockbridge-Munsee Band), Distinctive Collections Library Assistant
We acknowledge that in Milwaukee we live and work on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk, and Menominee homelands along the southwest shores of Michigami, part of North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee, and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida, and Mohican nations remain present.