At the Walker Youngbird Foundation, our mission centers on amplifying Indigenous voices in contemporary art-voices often unheard or overlooked by national institutions, cultural gatekeepers, and even funding systems that claim to support them. But what happens when those systems don't recognize you as Native and American?

In Hodi:nöhšo:nih (People of the Longhouse) culture, our women carry many responsibilities as mothers, makers, and knowledge holders.