On self-acceptance and lack of federal tribal recognition for the Hia-Ced O’odham

Reader
Ortega, Amber Lee
Tags
indigenous culture, o'odham language, indigenous rights
Reading
The Place Where Clouds Are Formed - April 4, 2024
Su:k Chu:vak Fulwider wears red lipstick, a floral, black lace shirt, and circular earrings. She stands next to her photographs framed on a dark gray wall, one of which features a desert landscape with a white horse, and another with a boy with closed eyes against a blue sky and mesquite leaves.
Su:k Chu:vak Fulwilder
Photographer
Paola Valenzuela
Amber Lee Ortega wears a purple headscarf with a multicolored, floral print, as well as glasses, turquoise earrings, a black printed shirt, and a light blue button-down. She looks at her photographs framed on a dark gray wall, one of which features a desert landscape with saguaro cactus, and another that centers three people in a house.
Su:k Chu:vak Fulwilder
Photographer
Paola Valenzuela
Ofelia Zepeda wears a white collared shirt with beige stripes and a black cardigan. She stands in front of a tree under partial sunlight.
Su:k Chu:vak Fulwilder
Photographer
Paola Valenzuela
Martín Zícari, Gareth Smit, and Ofelia Zepeda stand next to each other for a group photo. Zícari wears a beige and white plaid shirt with a blue, pink, and yellow sewn-on heart patch. Smit wears a blue and white striped button-down. Zepeda wears a white and beige button-down, black cardigan, and a long necklace with a tan circular pendant. They all stand before a gray brick wall.
Su:k Chu:vak Fulwilder
Photographer
Paola Valenzuela

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