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Two people stand on stage, one facing the other, who faces the audience. Both have microphones in hand, and the one facing the audience raps into it.

Indigenous Hip-Hop and Beyond with Brothers Spencer Battiest and Doc Native

November 19, 2025 | Anna Beth Lee

Any descriptive label intended to encompass the talents of brother duo Spencer Battiest and Doc Native falls short.

A man wearing a black and white woven shawl and a woven brimmed straw hat smiles, holding up a toddler in a similar shawl but with colors and designs of the Philippines flag.

Art & Design, Cultural Transmission, Dance

David A. Boxley Brings Tsimshian Cultural Traditions Back to His People

December 9, 2024 | Anna Beth Lee

By the time Boxley was born, Tsimshian traditions involving song, art, dance, and regalia had been outlawed or almost forgotten for nearly a century.

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