Exploring Indigeneity in the 21st Century

The Museum of Natural and Cultural History welcomes artist Cannupa Hanska Luger for a series of events exploring Indigeneity in the twenty-first century. All events are free and open to the public. Luger's ar-ti-fact exhibit will be on view in the museum's Oregon—Where Past Is Present hall through August 2019.

Raised on the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, Luger is a New Mexico-based, multi-disciplinary artist of Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota, Austrian, and Norwegian descent. Interweaving performance, visual arts, and political action, Luger's work invites us all to engage with Indigenous Peoples and values apart from the colonial lens. 

Luger's ar-ti-fact exhibit will be on view in the museum's Oregon—Where Past Is Present hall through August 2019.

All events are free and open to the public. 

Thursday, November 15

5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., William W. Knight Law Center, 1515 Agate Street, Eugene, OR

Join artist Cannupa Hanska Luger for a discussion of social activism, land rights, Tribal sovereignty, and environmentalism—and how they shape his monumental, multidimensional art installations.

Cosponsors of this event include: Native American Law Association, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center, Center for Environmental Futures.

Friday, November 16

6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Museum of Natural and Cultural History Galleria, 1680 E 15th Ave., Eugene, OR

A free screening of “This Is A Stereotype,” a short film by artist Cannupa Hanska Luger in collaboration with Dylan McLaughlin and Ginger Dunnill. The film explores preconceived notions about Native People that have been invented and rooted within the American public's social conscience. A panel discussion with Luger and Talon Claybrook will follow the screening. 

Talon Claybrook is Mvskoke/Seminole from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Finishing his last year as an MFA student in the University of Oregon's Art Department, Talon uses photography, video, and mixed media to insert an indigenous narrative into the American consciousness. His work deals with themes of identity, appropriation, and decolonization.

Saturday, November 17

12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Museum of Natural and Cultural History, 1680 E 15th Ave., Eugene, OR

Luger will lead a drop-in workshop at the UO Craft Center where participants can make native seed bombs for ecological restoration projects around Oregon.