Photographer Josue Rivas on Indigenous Representation
October 15, 2020
This week on Monday, October 12th, a growing number of states and cities across the country celebrated Indigenous Peoples鈥� Day.
It comes as an important corrective after decades of celebrating the, quote, 鈥渄iscovery鈥� of the Americas by Christopher Columbus each year. We know, of course, that no such discovery happened 鈥� what did happen was colonization and centuries of subjugation, murder, disenfranchisement and displacement of Native Americans. As we reflect on our history and on the stories that have been too often excluded, we consider the importance of not just what stories get told, but of who gets to tell them.
On this episode we are joined by Josu茅 Rivas, who鈥檒l help us think through these questions.
Josu茅 is a visual storyteller, educator, creative director, and self-described 鈥淚ndigenous futurist.鈥� He descended from the Mexica Otomi peoples. He aims 鈥� to challenge the mainstream narrative about Indigenous peoples鈥� and to 鈥渂e a visual messenger for those in the shadows of our society.鈥�
