Do Pi Ka Project

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Want to know more about “DoPiKa”? City of Topeka produced this wonderful piece on Topeka’s Native roots!

Long before Topeka was mapped or named, this land carried the footsteps, stories, and stewardship of many Indigenous nations. This Indigenous Peoples Month, we honor the tribal nations whose homelands shape our community and highlight important local history, including the contributions of Isaiah Walker and the legacy of the Deed of Wyandotte Float No. 20.

How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution By Ned Blackhawk

Today, we honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day. A time to celebrate and recognize the history, culture, and contributions of Indigenous communities. 🌎✨

Have you been to either of the DoPiKa Project exhibits?? Reinstate at the Mulvane Art Museum, and Camp ToShaKa at NOTO Art Center, happening now!!

Check out this GREAT review of DoPiKa: Reinstate at the Mulvane Art Museum!! You've still got time to visit yourself! And don't forget the other DoPiKa Project event in 2025, the Camp ToShaKa exhibit at NOTO Art Center.

Check out this great review of "DoPiKa: Reinstate" from The Shout! We're open today until 7pm—come see the fantastic art and historical research on view that highlights Native Americans connected to Kansas.

Read the review by Abby Bayani-Heitzman here: https://www.shoutwichita.com/dopika-reinstate-mulvane-art-museum/

First Friday as we open the Camp ToShaKa exhibit, part of the DoPiKa Project 2025, please enjoy some Indigenous foods from Wadulisi’s! Wadulisi’s will be front and center of the Mobile Munch food selections in the Teeter Courtyard surrounding the NOTO Art Center. She’ll be back during next First a Friday, as well, bringing I dive outs food to our camp experience!
Camp To-Sha-Ka is in partnership with Humanities Kansas and the Americans statewide initiative.

It's ON! DoPiKa Project exhibit one of two, DoPiKa: Reinstate at the Mulvane, opens today with the official opening reception being August 1!!

On view in "DoPiKa: Reinstate," a new exhibition that brings together art and historical research to highlight Native Americans connected to Kansas 🎨

"The deconstruction of historical images such as maps and figures allows the art to engage in a reconstructive dialog. This dialog is not complete without the viewer, as it is meant to engage them in a post-colonial conversation about the place."
—Norman Akers

Norman Akers (Osage)
Internalized Stories, 2018
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Image courtesy of the artist