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Mer Young is a descendant of Chichimeca and Apache Tribe (Ndé). A multidisciplinary artist, she is a founder of Mausi Murals public artworks and environmental justice advocate. Young's artworks celebrate Native cultures to bring about change within Brown and Black communities.

About the Artist

Mer Young is a descendant of Chichimeca and Apache Tribe (Ndé). A multidisciplinary artist, she is a founder of Mausi Murals public artworks and environmental justice advocate. Young's artworks celebrate Native cultures to bring about change within Brown and Black communities.

About the Artist

Layqa Nuna Yawar is a public artist and multidisciplinary storyteller based in the unceded lands of the Lenni-Lenape (Newark, NJ). His artwork aims to disrupt established semiotic systems and reimagine them in service of shared liberation and a better future.

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Layqa Nuna Yawar is a public artist and multidisciplinary storyteller based in the unceded lands of the Lenni-Lenape (Newark, NJ). His artwork aims to disrupt established semiotic systems and reimagine them in service of shared liberation and a better future.

About the Artist

Layqa Nuna Yawar is a public artist and multidisciplinary storyteller based in the unceded lands of the Lenni-Lenape (Newark, NJ). His artwork aims to disrupt established semiotic systems and reimagine them in service of shared liberation and a better future.

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Savannah Marijana Quihuis is a Rarámuri/Wixárika artist working towards healing intergenerational and present trauma through creation, education, and relationships. Savannah’s artwork addresses MMIW and gendered violence.

About the Artist

Savannah Marijana Quihuis is a Rarámuri/Wixárika artist working towards healing intergenerational and present trauma through creation, education, and relationships. Savannah’s artwork addresses MMIW and gendered violence.

About the Artist

Savannah Marijana Quihuis is a Rarámuri/Wixárika artist working towards healing intergenerational and present trauma through creation, education, and relationships. Savannah’s artwork addresses MMIW and gendered violence.

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Pachi Muruchu is a Kichwa painter based in the Bronx. His work focuses on animistic storytelling from his ancestral Andean geographies and the Lenape territory where he grew up. His images weave centuries of Indigenous storytelling with contemporary experiences.

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Jennifer Albarracin Moya is a Quechua (Bolivia) multi-disciplinary artist who turns the abstract into digestible visual art. Her specialization in digital media enhances community making, dialogue, and education. Jennifer is the Creative Director of The Quechua Project.

About the Artist

Jennifer Albarracin Moya is a Quechua (Bolivia) multi-disciplinary artist who turns the abstract into digestible visual art. Her specialization in digital media enhances community making, dialogue, and education. Jennifer is the Creative Director of The Quechua Project.

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Tia Blais Billie is from the Seminole Tribe of Florida and holds a BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design. Their work ranges in media with motifs of identity, Seminole culture, and character-driven narratives.

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What is NAGIS?

The Native American and Global Indigenous Studies (NAGIS) project recognizes the need to support and amplify Native American and Indigenous voices across all University of Miami campuses. Our goal is to provide ongoing and varied opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, and the University community at large, to consider the complex histories, lived experiences, and perspectives of Native peoples in relation to diverse areas of knowledge and, more importantly, to their own lives.
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Land Acknowledgement

The University of Miami acknowledges the ancestral and traditional territories of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Council of the Original Miccosukee Simanolee Nation Aboriginal Peoples and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida who are the original owners and custodians of the land upon which we stand and learn.

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