Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light) indigenous thinking Stitching Our Stories Together points

Stitching Our Stories Together points toward a future where Indigenous ways of knowing and being take their rightful place in the halls of higher learning and beyond

richly experienced connection to the rest of the planet

and define us--and wield even the power to restore a broken family

She encounters racism and ridicule

economic and political power

Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light) indigenous thinking Stitching Our Stories Together pointsCara Romero's first monograph, Panpnwgai (Living Light) explores the artistic practice of the celebrated Chemehuevi photographer and features written contribution from 23rd U. S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. Throughout her renowned creative practice, Romero has brilliantly challenged dominant narratives of Indigenous decline and erasure, disrupting preconceived notions about what it means to be a Native American. Her sophisticated images simultaneously