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Waawaate Fobister

November-December 2009

Turning the lens on Aboriginal urbanites with “Concrete Indians”

Lisa CharleyboyWebsite

Nadya Kwandibens stepped off a Greyhound bus from Phoenix, Arizona, in Kenora, Ontario, in November 2006 with only her camera and her computer. During the two-and-a-half-day trip, her suitcase, containing all her belongings, had been misplaced at a transfer point in Omaha. She lost her clothing, her native powwow jingle dress, and sacred ceremonial items, […] More »