Project 562: Photographing Beyond Stereotypes

Three years ago, photographer Matika Wilbur set out on an ambitious undertaking, traveling across America to photograph members of all 562 of America's federally-recognized tribes. Through her project, Wilbur has sought to address the problematic and romanticized depiction of Native Americans in the majority of images featuring them. Herself a member of Native-American tribes, Wilbur asks, "How can we be seen as modern, successful people if we are continually represented as the leathered and feathered vanishing race?" Read on to view some of Wilbur's photographs, and to find out more about the motivations that guide her to use art to challenge stereotypes.

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