"Distant Journeys of Cultural Exchange" Exhibit on display at the Trickster Cultural Center in Chicago, Illinois

Anthonie Laurence Tumpag facilitated this exhibit at the Trickster Cultural Center.

 

For the month of July 2021, the Trickster Cultural Center in Chicago, Illinois will be displaying photos and artifacts relating to the ongoing cultural exchanges between the Native Americans of Washington State and the indigenous tribes of Taiwan. These cultural exchanges have been happening through the annual Tribal Canoe Journeys since 2017. The ATAYAL Organization has been facilitating these cultural exchanges through its Indigenous Bridges Youth Ambassador Program (IBYAP).

 

Anthonie experienced Taiwanese indigenous culture during a visit to Taiwan in 2012.
 

The exhibit includes Taiwanese indigenous artifacts and art provided by Anthonie's private collection. It also showcases photos and links to videos about the experiences of the Taiwanese indigenous cultural exchange participants in the 2018 and 2019 Tribal Canoe Journeys. These experiences were facilitated by their host, Hanford McCloud, of the Nisqually Tribe and Gary Smoke, Deputy Director of the ATAYAL Organization.

The exhibit will run through the entire month of July.

This exhibit in the Trickster Gallery is titled, Distant Journeys of Cultural Exchange. The facilitator of this exhibit is ATAYAL Director of Digital Media, Anthonie Laurance Tumpag, who was also a previous curator for Trickster Cultural Center.

 


 

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