Join us for an afternoon of performances, readings, and a festive gathering for SITE SANTA FE's official book launch of Native Visual Sovereignty: A Reader on Art and Performance, the exhibition publication of Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969.

More than an exhibition catalogue, this reader is a compendium of critical texts, newly commissioned essays, oral histories, artist notes, and documents that explore the origins of the Self-Determination Era and its current modes of artistic expression. Edited by Candice Hopkins, curator of Indian Theater, currently on view at SITE SANTA FE through September 7, 2026.

Schedule

11–2 PM — Karma Star Bead Workshop and Radio Free Alcatraz with Tara Evonne Trudell

12:30 PM — Artist Performance: Erica Lord (Iñupiaq/Athabascan) in Artifact Piece, Revisited

1:30 PM — Auditorium doors open

2 PM — Readings & Performances

From contributors to Native Visual Sovereignty, including artists Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota), Kent Monkman (Cree Member of Fisher River Cree Nation in Treaty 5 Territory [Manitoba]), Jolene Rickard (Skarù·ręʔ/Tuscarora Nation, Hodinöhsö:ni Confederacy), Eric-Paul Riege (Diné). With Candice Hopkins (citizen of Carcross/Tagish First Nation), Brandee Caoba, and John G. Hampton.

Eric-Paul Riege performance of olo lol olo lol olo [2]: LINES____góó in the galleries to follow readings

3:30–5 PM — Gathering and Music in the Marlene Nathan Meyerson Auditorium

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Mocktails by Little Happy Hour and food by The Pantry available throughout the event.