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Forging is a digital-first journal for critically imagining Native futures. Its editors and contributors are deeply committed to changing the way we study and interpret Indigenous survivance in the face of settler colonialism, with a focus on engaging, highlighting, and learning from Native voices.

Essay, Fashion

‘It’s a way to connect with them’: Dene Couture’s Tishna Marlowe on the past and future of Indigenous fashion

Sháńdíín Brown

May 1, 2026

For Łutsël K'é Dene First Nation fashion designer Tishna Marlowe, independent couture isn’t just about Indigenous self-expression in an increasingly corporate industry, it has become a way of connecting to her ancestors and preserving a strong Dënesųłı̨né matrilineal line.

Review, Criticism

Island Enterprises

Connor Arakaki

Apr 10, 2026

In his latest project, World Enterprises (2026), Anthony Banua-Simon recomposes a 1940 film subscription program screened for sugar plantation workers in Kaua‘i into an ecocritical and eccentric short film.

Essay, Cohort 2025

Wearing Culture: Rotuman Tofua

Dorell Ben

Dec 12, 2025

For Rotumans in diaspora, as with many Oceanic peoples, wearing traditional cultural dress is a way to maintain connections to their island identities. In this essay, Dorell Ben traces the journey of the tofua, from its beginnings as attire only worn by chiefs and royalty to the ways modern Rotuman weavers are trying to keep the tradition alive.

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