Defiance in Native Arts & Representation

Schedule

Thu Oct 16 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Museum of Boulder at Tebo Center | Boulder, CO

Advertisement
Join us for a vital conversation about the resilience, innovation, and enduring impact of Native arts.
About this Event

How has art served as a powerful act of defiance for Native peoples over the past 500 years? This insightful panel brings together contemporary Native artists and art experts to discuss the ways their work (and other native artists’ work too!) confronts historical injustices, reclaims Indigenous narratives, and shapes a future of self-representation. Engage in a vital conversation about the resilience, innovation, and enduring impact of Native arts.


Final panel to confirm. Currently confirmed panelists:

is a native artist who moved to Boulder in 2019. He is Haudenosaunee (what your people called the Iroquois) on his father’s side, and Ngäbe-Bugle (the Meso-American tribe that ended Columbus’ fourth voyage to the New World) on his mother’s side. He is a self-taught artist who works in acrylics, pastels, pencils, and digital mediums.


is Seneca and enrolled Northern Arapaho. Raised on the Cattaraugus territory of the Seneca Nation of Indians in Western New York, he is an accomplished artist, public speaker, performer, and is currently the Assistant Director of Development at the Native American Rights Fund (NARF). Dallin has a B.A. degree in Philosophy, as well as a Juris Doctorate from the Sandra Day O’Conner College of Law with an emphasis in Federal Indian Law. As an artist, his work can be found in private collections and museums across the country; including the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, the Autry Museum, the Heard Museum, and the Portland Art Museum. He has won numerous awards including Best of Show at the prestigious Santa Fe Indian Market (2007), the Cherokee Art Market (2020), the Hodinohso:ni’ Art Show (2021), and Tesoro Indian Market (2021).

is a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana and has worked with Indigenous art and artists over the past forty years. She is the current owner of Eagle Plume’s, a historic trading post at the base of Long’s Peak near Allenspark, Colorado. She has also worked as a beadworker, an appraiser, and a consultant of Native art, worked with museums, operated galleries, and has been in the art business all her life. She is also the descendant of Sand Creek Massacre survivors and is truly home in Colorado.


Event Photos

Tom Myer's notes on the featured image: I love this image, even though it was made by a non-indigenous artist. Could be a kickoff point to discuss a few things. It is called The M**der of White’s Assistant and was drawn in the 1880s and supposedly depicts Mr White’s assistant (Mr White was a cartographer) being shot full of arrows by indians just outside the Roanoke colony. The artist is unknown. The representation here is fairly one-sided, down to the title, but the composition is dramatic and quite telling - natives sneaking around in the tall dark grass, shooting arrows at the hapless target in the foreground, but to me obviously a moment of defiance in the face of encroaching colonization. Print from Cassell's History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume I, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880.

Advertisement

Where is it happening?

Museum of Boulder at Tebo Center, 2205 Broadway, Boulder, United States

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

Tickets

USD 10.38 to USD 12.51

Museum of Boulder

Host or Publisher Museum of Boulder

It's more fun with friends. Share with friends

Discover More Events in Boulder

Women in Quantum:   Networking While Female
Thu, 16 Oct at 04:00 pm Women in Quantum: Networking While Female

5555 Central Ave

Stop Light Observations
Thu, 16 Oct at 05:00 pm Stop Light Observations

Fox Theatre - Boulder

ART THEATRE
No Man's Land Film Festival
Thu, 16 Oct at 05:00 pm No Man's Land Film Festival

939 Pearl St

ENTERTAINMENT FESTIVALS
Fall Bird Walk at Walden Ponds with Front Range Birding
Thu, 16 Oct at 05:30 pm Fall Bird Walk at Walden Ponds with Front Range Birding

Walden Ponds, Boulder, CO 80301, United States

Quantum Light Breath Work-Two Evenings
Thu, 16 Oct at 06:30 pm Quantum Light Breath Work-Two Evenings

1025 Rosewood Avenue, Suite 107, Boulder, CO, United States, Colorado 80304

WORKSHOPS
Elizabeth J. Meyer -- "Queer Justice at School"
Thu, 16 Oct at 06:30 pm Elizabeth J. Meyer -- "Queer Justice at School"

Boulder Book Store

ART LITERARY-ART
Wine, Art & Cheese Night
Thu, 16 Oct at 06:30 pm Wine, Art & Cheese Night

Network Wellness Center

ART HEALTH-WELLNESS
Sleeping With Sirens: Don't Let The Party Die Tour | Boulder Theater
Thu, 16 Oct at 07:00 pm Sleeping With Sirens: Don't Let The Party Die Tour | Boulder Theater

Boulder Theater

MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Startups Fund Raising Program
Sat, 19 Sep at 11:00 am Startups Fund Raising Program

Boulder

BUSINESS WORKSHOPS
Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Made Easy \u2013 Boulder, CO Workshop
Sat, 23 Aug at 09:00 am Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Made Easy – Boulder, CO Workshop

1434 Spruce St suite 100

WORKSHOPS CONTESTS
Regenerative Leadership for Social Change
Sat, 27 Sep at 09:30 am Regenerative Leadership for Social Change

Naropa University Nalanda Campus

WORKSHOPS CONTESTS
Voices of Care 2025
Sat, 27 Sep at 10:00 am Voices of Care 2025

Main Library - Boulder Public Library District

PHOTOGRAPHY HEALTH-WELLNESS
TedxBoulder - Dreams and Reality at Chautauqua Auditorium
Sun, 28 Sep at 02:00 pm TedxBoulder - Dreams and Reality at Chautauqua Auditorium

Chautauqua Auditorium

TRIPS-ADVENTURES
World Literature Lecture Series
Mon, 29 Sep at 06:30 pm World Literature Lecture Series

Boulder Book Store

ART LITERARY-ART
Casual Board Game Night
Tue, 30 Sep at 06:30 pm Casual Board Game Night

3550 Frontier Ave Unit A, Boulder, CO, United States, Colorado 80301

BUSINESS MEETUPS
Aging Well Partners Kickoff
Wed, 01 Oct at 04:00 pm Aging Well Partners Kickoff

4909 Pearl E Cir 2nd floor

MEETUPS
Fri, 03 Oct at 05:15 pm Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference 2025

University of Colorado at Boulder

BUSINESS CONFERENCES
HKSNA Regional Conference at CU Boulder College of Music
Sat, 04 Oct at 10:00 am HKSNA Regional Conference at CU Boulder College of Music

CU Boulder College of Music

MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
HKSNA Regional Conference Young Talent Recital: Wesley Leffingwell, fortepiano
Sat, 04 Oct at 05:00 pm HKSNA Regional Conference Young Talent Recital: Wesley Leffingwell, fortepiano

Chamber Hall (S102), Imig Music Building, 1020 18th St, Boulder, CO 80302

BUSINESS CONFERENCES
CU Boulder HKSNA Regional Conference Keynote Recital: Bertrand Cuiller, harpsichord
Sat, 04 Oct at 07:30 pm CU Boulder HKSNA Regional Conference Keynote Recital: Bertrand Cuiller, harpsichord

Chamber Hall (S102), Imig Music Building, 1020 18th St, Boulder, CO 80302

BUSINESS CONFERENCES

What's Happening Next in Boulder?

Discover Boulder Events