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National Museum of the American Indian
Unrecognized Stories zine
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.453
- Creators:
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Bvlbancha Public Access
- Dates:
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2021
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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.20 Cubic feet
- Repository:
- Container:
- 1
This collection contains one original
Unrecognized Stories
zine layout and 1 printed copy made for distribution. The zine was created by Bvlbancha Public Access (BPA) in June 2022.Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the one original
Unrecognized Stories
zine layout and one printed copy made for distribution. The zine was created by Bvlbancha Public Access (BPA) as a recap of BPA's 2021 Indigenous Gulf Stream which featured a 24-hour live streamed media art event which celebrated a realistic representation on (and by) contemporary Indigenous communities in the Gulf South through interviews, photography and media art.The project focuses on documenting the voices and experiences of living members of Louisiana's non–federally recognized tribal nations including Houma, Atakapa-Ishak, Avogel, Adai, Clifton Choctaw, Bayou Lacombe Choctaw, Isle de Jean Charles Band, Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb, Pointe-au-Chien. The project celebrates Louisiana Indigenous identity for internal community building and as well as for outsider reading.
The zine includes written word, poetry, pictures, graphic designs, and other artistic contributions.
Unrecognized Stories
interviews were conceptualized by Hali Dardar and Jeffery Darensbourg, and produced by Ida Aronson, Hali Dardar, and PowerShift Network, with writing from Jeffery Darrensbourg. The money and administrative support for this project came from the National Performance Network 2020 Southern Artists for Social Change Grant.List of Unrecognized Stories zine contributors
List of Unrecognized Stories zine contributors
Angela Comeaux (Mvscogee/Cherokee/Choctaw); Ashley DeHart (Sun'aq Tribe of Kodiak); Becky Thomas Meziere (Clifton Choctaw Tribe of Louisiana); Benry Fauna; Brittany Jimenez Verdin (United Houma Nation); Colleen Billiot (United Houma Nation); Colette Pichon Battle (Cane River Creole); Corine Paulk (United Houma Nation); Cougar Goodbear (Canneci Tinné tribe of the Lipan Apache Nation); Daniel Briggs; Donna Pierite (Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana); Elizabeth Pierite (Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana); Fernando Lopez (Mazahua territories); Hali Dardar (United Houma Nation); Houma Language Project (United Houma Nation); Ida Aronson (United Houma Nation); Jay Mercado (Piipaash, Quechan Gila River Community); Jean Luc Pierite (Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana); Jeffery Darensbourg (Atakapa Ishak Tribe of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana); Jenna Mae (Eastern Siouan, Mvskoke, and Cherokee); Jessie Parfait (United Houma Nation); Joey Verret (United Houma Nation); John Mayeaux (Avogel); Joseph Darensbourg (Atakapa Ishak Tribe of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana); Kaliq Sims (United Houma Nation); Kassi Picou (United Houma Nation); Koni Achafa (Monacan, Monacan, Saponi, Lenni Lenape); Mercedes Acosta (Taino); Monique Verdin (United Houma Nation); Neighborhood Story Project; PowerShift Network; Robert Caldwell (Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb); Rochelle Verdin (United Houma Nation); Sam Mingo (Mississippi Choctaw); Sasha Irby (Osage/Lakota/Mvscogee); Scierra Legarde (Bayou Lacombe Choctaw); Studio in the Woods; Tammy Greer (United Houma Nation); Tanner Menard (Atakapa Ishak Tribe of Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana); Teyanna Pierite Simon (Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana); Tunica-Biloxi Language and Cultural Revitalization Program (Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana); WECAN International
Arrangement
Arrangement
Collection arranged in 2 folders in one box.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase from Bvlbancha Public Access, 2024.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Emily Moazami, Head Archivist, 2024.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Conditions Governing Access
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; June 2022; Unrecognized Stories zine, image #, NMAI.AC. 453; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
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