If You've Ever Felt the Weight of Representing Your Entire Culture, Watch This

About this episode

Eugene Tapahe discusses his experiences growing up on the Navajo Nation and the complexities of representing Native American culture as an artist.

People in this episode

Host: Elleyne Aldine

Guest: Eugene Tapahe

Topics covered

• Native American culture
• art and representation
• personal narrative
• trauma and healing
• cultural identity

Keywords

• Navajo Nation
• Eugene Tapahe
• art
• cultural representation
• Jingle Dress Project
• trauma
• boarding schools

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BYU Museum of Art, Art Heals: Jingle Dress Project

Places: Navajo Nation, Bonneville Salt Flats

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