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Native America Calling: The 2023 Indigenous MacArthur Fellows
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
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Extraordinary: 2023 Indigenous MacArthur Fellows
This year’s class of MacArthur Fellows includes three creative leaders from Native America. Tune into Native America Calling to visit with a couple of this year’s MacArthur Fellows and learn more about their work.

Dyani White Hawk | 2023 MacArthur Fellow
Dyani White Hawk | 2023 MacArthur Fellow

Dyani White Hawk is a multidisciplinary artist and 2023 MacArthur Fellow revealing the enduring presence and influence of Indigenous artistic practices withi…
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Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota) draws community and family together through contemporary and abstract multidisciplinary art. The Haskell Indian Nations University alumni has showed her work at myriad galleries including The Whitney Biennial in New York City.

Patrick Makuakane | 2023 MacArthur Fellow
Patrick Makuakane | 2023 MacArthur Fellow

Patrick Makuakāne is a kumu hula, cultural preservationist, and 2023 MacArthur Fellow blending traditional hula with contemporary music and movements to forg…
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Patrick Makuakāne (Kanaka Maoli) is the founder and director of Nā Lei Hulu i ka Wēkiu, a hula company and cultural organization. Makuakāne is a kumu hula, a master teacher of hula, who’s work connects and promotes contemporary Hawaiian hula, music, and culture while challenging stereotypes and taking back Hawaiian narratives.

Raven Chacon | 2023 MacArthur Fellow
Raven Chacon | 2023 MacArthur Fellow

Raven Chacon is a composer, artist, and 2023 MacArthur Fellow creating scores and spaces of performance where the histories of the lands encroached upon by t…
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And Raven Chacon (Diné), Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, who, as an artist, explores the relationships between people, space, and sound by examining the history and theft of land.

Raven Chacon, Dyani White Hawk and Patrick Makuakāne
From left: Raven Chacon, Dyani White Hawk and Patrick Makuakāne are part of the 2023 class of MacArthur Fellows. All photos by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

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