From The Road: 562 Blog

  1. See What Happens When We Ask Young Native Americans If Racism Affects Them in America

    “What I want to do, I actually want to see an actual racist-free America …” Lavin Reed Project 562 recently attended the Bear Dance at the Unitah & Ooray Nation, commonly known as Northern Ute in Utah. While there we collected stories and images from several people in an attempt…

  2. Finding Light & Hope in Paiute Country

    A few weeks ago, Project 562 journeyed to The Great Basin Desert to learn a few major lessons from the Numu people 1. We learned to see resilience in the desert; desert flowers and medicines are able to flourish, even in the harshest of environments. 2. Despite the greatest odds,…

  3. Our Wounds Can Heal

    I often hear that on the Rez we need to create healing systems to recover from generations of displacement, oppression, and suffering.  We also need systems to withstand ongoing cycles of assault and degradation of all forms This healing force, this light that disrupts abuse, even historical trauma itself, can…

  4. Exhibition Honoring Native Women Opening at Harvard

    I am incredibly excited to announce that I will be opening a new Project 562 exhibtion on my birthday this month, at Harvard University, and I’d love for you to celebrate with me Thursday, April 28, 2016, at 5 PM Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study,…

  5. Our Students Deserve A Better Narrative

    A few weeks ago I was invited into my longtime friend Miss. Ervanna Little-Eagle’s classroom to present Project 562’s message with the delightful Native students of The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Their beautiful smiling faces and extraordinary enthusiasm for Project 562 shook my soul and stretched my heart strings…