There is a widespread misconception that Native Americans and other indigenous people and cultures are relics of the past. While colonialism and other forms of oppression deeply impacted indigenous people, Native people and culture still thrive today.
About Unlearning Indigenous People Are Extinct
Holli with an i is the creative way I grew up introducing myself!
Born and raised in West Seattle, I have always found inspiration in both nature and art from museum galleries to street art to the fine art my mother or other relatives have created.
I love history and our family stories. I remember being mesmerized by family stories shared by my Aunts, Uncles and Grandparents. Part of my role in my extended family has been the archivist of very old family photographs. This is on my Native American family side. I also have Norwegian and Croatian as well as other European ancestors.
It's through seeing my ancestors in photography, especially of my Great-Grandfather, an Eastern Shawnee Tribal member, that I see just how much a photograph adds to our histories. My Grandpa Nichols was a photographer himself, and it is his camera, one of them, that I used started my journey using 35mm film. I still have it and sometimes use it for special projects. It feels like an honor to be able to use it.
I believe photographs can help us connect. They help us connect with our loved ones, our history, our story. In business, photographs can help us connect to our ideal clients.
My vision is to support your journey and create space for you to have a photography experience that's pain-free and fun! It's my mission to help you shine.
Holli Margell
Panelist
Kathy A. Pierre-MPA, Lummi/Haida. She brings with her over years of Tribal administration,
community development, policy and governance. Kathy honors and values the contribution of
diverse perspectives and recognizes that solutions are often found by being challenged from multiple perspectives.
Kathy is dedicated to lifelong learning in the journey to dismantle systemic racism and building a more and just and equitable world. She brings lived experience from a diverse culture and
economic background and carries the teachings of her elders in care of our future generations.
Kathy A. Pierre
Panelist
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