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Indigenous Retelling & Telling

Kim Shuck: Of Cherokee History, Identity, and Mathematics (1 of 4 )

Kim Shuck talks about her identity as a Euro-Native woman living in San Francisco, in the context of the history of the Cherokee Nation, the settler colonization of the United States, and her paternal Cherokee side’s proclivity for mathematics.

from Fire and October
Indigenous Retelling & Telling

from Fire and October

Sections from a poetry action. I wrote every day in 2023, primarily on subjects involving disenfranchisement and the environment.

Las Mariposas | Oil on Canvas | 48 x 60 inches | 2023
Indigenous Retelling & Telling

Las Mariposas | Oil on Canvas | 48 x 60 inches | 2023

The colossal events of 2020 inspired the series of photos and paintings entitled ‘Las Mariposas.’ They capture the Indigenous roots and formidable power of sisters Mari and Suzy Huerta, descendants of the Rarámuri, Huichol, and Cazcan people of Central America.