International Women’s Day 2025: L. Frank Manriquez: Two-Spirit Artist and Culture Keeper

In this wide-ranging conversation, Two-Spirit artist L. Frank Manriquez talks about her work as an indigenous culture keeper.  She is a tribal scholar, cartoonist, author, and Native language activist. With a team, she crafted a ti’aat, the first Tongvetam canoe to be built in over 200 years. She talks about her art, humor as survival, her facial tattoos, and the current unstoppable momentum of the revitalizing of Native culture. Producer and Host: Chana Wilson.

This post was originally published on this site be sure to check out more of their content