Indigenous Arts Collective (“IAC”)

The Indigenous Arts Collective succeeds in gathering people with the sole purpose of putting into action the reclamation, preservation and revitalization of endangered Indigenous art forms and makers; this work directly translates into the retention of cultural knowledge. They are propelled by the Haudenosaunee Seventh Generation Principle that teaches the importance of understanding one’s decisions, and that the work one does today should result in a sustainable knowledge base that will benefit all peoples seven generations into the future.

The IAC calls on the knowledge of the ancestors to [re]connect and deliver cultural wisdom to women, youth and children in order to rise and protect our innate connections to each other and the natural world to which we are family. Their work moves people forward in such a self sustaining way that we see a future where our children will no longer need to heal and where blood memory can be embraced as an empowering resource.