From The Road: 562 Blog

  1. J.Nicole Hatfield: Coloring Images Past To Decolonize The Lexicon Of Our Future

    This isn’t just an IG filter on your #TBT of Grandma when she was hot. This is coloring the single-dimensional sepia stoicism that determined how millions, and then the generations beyond them, perceived all things native. And that perception changed the color of an entire continent; from this, we learn…

  2. Edward S. Curtis.. Again?

    For the last fifteen years I have been photographing and sharing stories from indigenous communities in the United States. Since 2012, Project 562, has allowed me to do this work with folks from all over Indian Country and so far I’ve been to about 400 tribes. In the next couple…

  3. Dreaming About a Modern World That Doesn’t Erase Its Indigenous Intelligence

    T’igwicid to Yes! Magazine for featuring these words and images in The Decolonize Issue: 14 Indigenous Voices on Power and Resurgence   It is important to understand that decolonization is a physical action and that since the creation of the United Nations, more than 80 countries have decolonized; which is to…

  4. Two Spirit Yup’ik Finds Healing Through Art

    Project 562 has provided space to unpack and discover Indigenous identity. We’ve become familiar with the recurring theme of reconnection, the “coming home” story that so many of us carry. Home both in the sense of the physical spaces we inhabit- our towns, our regions, our waters, our place based…

  5. American Concentration Camps: Unangax Loss and Resurrection

    At times, we are made to feel ashamed of our lack of cultural knowledge. We are challenged with questions about whether we speak our language, sing songs, or offer traditional sacred prayers. It is assumed that our people have always had access to our ways, but this isn’t always the…