Reviving Native American Languages, Song, and Sequential Art Through Comics

Johnny Bear Contreras, Kumeyaay sculptor, culture bearer, and founder of the Eyaay Ahuun Foundation; Elder Sheldon First Rider, Blackfoot, Meestdaak kgee Pbeetdaa (Mountain Eagle) and co-founder of the Indigenous Language Revival; Laurie E. Gonzalez,Payómkawichum, Rincon Band Council Member, Dr. Zulema Reynoso, comic artivist and educator; Nicholas Smith, Kumeyaay linguist; Priscilla Ortiz, Payómkawichum, Community Advocate & Youth Mentor; Matthew Alvarado, Kumeyaay Bird Singer, founder of the Nu Ancients; and Eugene Brave Rock, Canadian Blackfoot actor/stuntman (Wonder Woman, Dark Winds) founder of the Oki Language Project and co-founder of the Indigenous Language Revival, as they explore what this work means and how it carries forward for the next seven generations.  Room: 4