Native Max

In a city where Indigenous q***r artists still have to fight for space, Adrian Stevens and Sean Snyder are making that space, one beaded piece at a time. A conversation with the Sweetheart Dancers on protest, preservation, and what it really means to show up: https://nativemaxmagazine.com/were-here-stevens-snyder-on-two-spirit-identity-visibility-and-making-art-as-an-act-of-presence/

Photo: Kelly Holmes

Karuk designer Marcie Bain called it a comeback. Her adult kids, who grew up watching her create, called it a continuation.

This is slow fashion, which Marcie has done before. Check out this throwback of her earliest looks, published in Native Max Magazine almost ten years ago.

One of the beloved stories in the California Indian Dreamin' issue 🌿

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"This is what dreaming looks like when it has roots."

That's the line that wrote this issue.

Every story inside the California Indian Dreamin' issue, every artist, every museum, every garment, every family, came back to this. What does it mean to dream inside a living inheritance?

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Photo: CIMCC Executive Director Nicole Myers-Lim

A mother who taught her daughter. A daughter who curated an exhibition to honor her. 🤍 Intertwined: Returning to Our Roots celebrates master weaver Jennie Wheeler, her students Naawéiyaa, Rochelle Smallwood, Karrina Bell, Janie Jensen, Joshua James, and Jennifer Younger, and 30 years of keeping Tlingit tradition alive. Opens June 5 in Juneau. Read the story → https://nativemaxmagazine.com/intertwined-returning-to-our-roots/

DEADLINE'S TOMORROW! Albuquerque designer The Son of Picasso grew up in the International District, "The Warzone," and now he's bringing city-funded fashion workshops back to the neighborhood that raised him. This fall, his mentees will walk their own original looks at Civic Plaza in front of City Hall. We talked to him about what this milestone means, why denim is his medium, and what he wants young New Mexico creatives to know before CAMP 2.0 applications close tomorrow. Full story: https://nativemaxmagazine.com/your-zip-code-isnt-your-ceiling-benjamin-on-bringing-city-funded-fashion-to-albuquerques-international-district/



Photo: TRAVNOTSCOTT

ABQ designer The Son of Picasso just secured the first city-funded fashion initiative in Albuquerque's history, two runway shows, paid mentorship workshops in the International District, and more. CAMP 2.0 applications close June 3rd. Read the story → https://nativemaxmagazine.com/your-zip-code-isnt-your-ceiling-benjamin-on-bringing-city-funded-fashion-to-albuquerques-international-district/



Photo: TRAVNOTSCOTT

She wore a beaded garment on a stage no one built for her. So she built it herself. 🌿

Shoshoni Hostler's wearable art is in the California Indian Dreamin' issue, and it will change the way you think about fashion, sovereignty, and what it means to dress with intention.

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Model: Jayden Lim; designs by Shoshoni Hostler

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Happy Pride! This month, and every month, we celebrate and uplift our two-spirit relatives near and far. Here are five things to know about two-spirit individuals:

✨ 1. The term "Two-Spirit" emerged in the early 1990s, but the identity itself has been recognized and honored within Indigenous communities for centuries.
✨ 2. Two-spirit is not a single, universal definition; its meaning is nation-specific, rooted in the unique traditions and languages of each community.
✨ 3. Historically, two-spirit people were regarded as sacred and divine, held in deep respect within the nations that recognized them.
✨ 4. Two-spirit individuals often held vital roles in their communities: as matchmakers, medicine people, and warriors on the front lines of battle.
✨ 5. Native Max Magazine is proudly two-spirit and LGBTQIA+ inclusive, in the stories we tell and the people who help us tell them. 🌈

Love and support to all two-spirit and LGBTQIA+ relatives this Pride Month and beyond. 💛

For 30 years, Jennie Wheeler has been weaving tradition into her village of Yakutat, Alaska, and into the hands of her students. Now her daughter, artist and curator Jennifer Younger, and the circle of artists she's inspired are bringing that legacy to Juneau. 🌿 Intertwined: Returning to Our Roots opens June 5 at T&H Áan Hít. Full story: https://nativemaxmagazine.com/intertwined-returning-to-our-roots/

"Your zip code isn't your ceiling." ✂️ Designer Benjamin AKA The Son of Picasso just made history, securing the first City of Albuquerque-funded fashion initiative of its kind: two public runway shows and paid workshops in the International District with students debuting their own looks at Civic Plaza in November. We sat down with him ahead of CAMP 2.0's June 3rd deadline. Read the story here: https://nativemaxmagazine.com/your-zip-code-isnt-your-ceiling-benjamin-on-bringing-city-funded-fashion-to-albuquerques-international-district/



Photo: Erin LaMere/Rezolution Photography