Matika Lorraine Wilbur was born in 1984, to a Tulalip father and a Swinomish mother.
10 Facts About Matika Wilbur
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Matika Wilbur is a member of both the Tulalip and Swinomish tribes.
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Matika Wilbur traveled to La Conner, Washington to attend high school.
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Matika Wilbur graduated from the Brooks Institute of Photography with a degree in advertising.
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Matika Wilbur worked as a teacher at Tulalip Heritage High School.
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Matika Wilbur started "Project 562" as a photographic series in 2012.
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Matika Wilbur has since traveled 250,000 miles in her work to photograph indigenous people.
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The title of the project refers to the number of Indigenous North American tribes officially recognized by the United States at the time Matika Wilbur began the work.
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Matika Wilbur said her grandmother came to her in a dream suggesting she do this work.
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Matika Wilbur conceived of Project 562 as an answer to Edward Curtis' photographs, a century earlier, of Indigenous Americans.