I became a photographer in 2008 because I was sick of seeing the same imagery representing my home and people. Accessible images at that time were predominately 100 years old, a stereotype, and/or shot by a non-Native. I wanted to tell Our Story. I knew the joy and laughter of our community. I wanted that resilience to become the visible narrative. One of my life-long teachers once told me to “start at home” at that is what I did. Home on the land that made me. But also Home within myself.

This gallery represents the early years of unlocking that healing and medicine within myself.