"I try to appreciate the past and incorporate it in different ways but I think that people need to recognize that Indigenous people as a changing and dynamic culture, that we can just be ourselves without having to appeal to tropes and stereotypes." -Jeremy Dennis
Photographer Jeremy Dennis explores Indigenous identity, culture, and assimilation through his art work. He also helps other artists to create their own explorations of culture and identity by making space for them in his family home on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Long Island, New York.
"The First Twenty: Ma’s House" explores how Dennis is preserving history by making contemporary art. Now streaming on the PBS Video app. allartstv
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