policymic: “ This is what American Indians really look like “ ”Where’s your horse? Would you bless me? I’ve always wanted to be blessed by an Indian.” These are the types of questions photographer Matika Wilbur, a member of the Swinomish and Tulalip...
policymic: “ This is what American Indians really look like “ ”Where’s your horse? Would you bless me? I’ve always wanted to be blessed by an Indian.” These are the types of questions photographer Matika Wilbur, a member of the Swinomish and Tulalip...
policymic: “ This is what American Indians really look like “ ”Where’s your horse? Would you bless me? I’ve always wanted to be blessed by an Indian.” These are the types of questions photographer Matika Wilbur, a member of the Swinomish and Tulalip...
policymic: “ This is what American Indians really look like “ ”Where’s your horse? Would you bless me? I’ve always wanted to be blessed by an Indian.” These are the types of questions photographer Matika Wilbur, a member of the Swinomish and Tulalip...
policymic: “ This is what American Indians really look like “ ”Where’s your horse? Would you bless me? I’ve always wanted to be blessed by an Indian.” These are the types of questions photographer Matika Wilbur, a member of the Swinomish and Tulalip...
policymic: “ This is what American Indians really look like “ ”Where’s your horse? Would you bless me? I’ve always wanted to be blessed by an Indian.” These are the types of questions photographer Matika Wilbur, a member of the Swinomish and Tulalip...
policymic: “ This is what American Indians really look like “ ”Where’s your horse? Would you bless me? I’ve always wanted to be blessed by an Indian.” These are the types of questions photographer Matika Wilbur, a member of the Swinomish and Tulalip...
policymic: “ This is what American Indians really look like “ ”Where’s your horse? Would you bless me? I’ve always wanted to be blessed by an Indian.” These are the types of questions photographer Matika Wilbur, a member of the Swinomish and Tulalip...
policymic: “ This is what American Indians really look like “ ”Where’s your horse? Would you bless me? I’ve always wanted to be blessed by an Indian.” These are the types of questions photographer Matika Wilbur, a member of the Swinomish and Tulalip...
policymic: “ This is what American Indians really look like “ ”Where’s your horse? Would you bless me? I’ve always wanted to be blessed by an Indian.” These are the types of questions photographer Matika Wilbur, a member of the Swinomish and Tulalip...

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This is what American Indians really look like

 ”Where’s your horse? Would you bless me? I’ve always wanted to be blessed by an Indian.”

These are the types of questions photographer Matika Wilbur, a member of the Swinomish and Tulalip tribes, has encountered when meeting non-Native people. Such experiences have largely prompted her latest endeavor, Project 562. Wilbur, whose name means “messenger,” wants to use her photography to deliver a powerful message about what it means to be Indian.

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