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 We Do History Differently

 
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The Warrior Women Project

 

Dr. Elizabeth Castle founded the Warrior Women Project to preserve the stories of Native women activists and shift the ways history is told and legitimized. Through collaborative storytelling and media making, the Warrior Women Project centers Indigenous women as history-makers, knowledge-keepers, and leaders of social movements past and present.


Our Mission:

The Warrior Women Project is dedicated to preserving, amplifying, and sharing the untold stories and ongoing legacy of Indigenous Women’s activism. We blend innovative media, archival digitization, and educational development to transform narratives around Indigenous resistance and matriarchy. Our mission is to empower these warrior women's stories, ensuring their contributions to social justice are both accessible and inspirational for years to come.


Our Vision:

We bridge generations, celebrate Indigenous women's leadership, and use our platform to foster understanding and drive social justice. By empowering youth and elevating grassroots voices, we're committed to shaping a more equitable and informed society, where the stories of Indigenous women are central to our collective future.

 
 
 
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Honoring the Women of Wounded Knee ‘73

Traveling Exhibit

 

HONORING THE WOMEN OF WOUNDED KNEE 50TH ANNIVERSARY TRAVELING EXHIBIT

Warrior Women’s traveling exhibit offers a different approach to understanding the people who were behind the Wounded Knee ‘73 occupation. Visitors hear first-hand from women who were on the ground and organizing behind the scenes. Life size banners, photographs and oral histories create an intimate, immersive learning experience. The first hand community knowledge becomes part of our living history, and we live the truth that storytelling is honoring.

EXHIBIT DETAILS

The exhibit contains 16 retractable banners and media tablets with stands. It was built using decades of oral history interviews done by Beth Castle and the Warrior Women Project. The exhibit's launch in Porcupine, SD as part of the Wounded Knee 50th Anniversary events marked a significant step in preserving and honoring the legacy of these Warrior Women, ensuring their stories continue to inspire and educate future generations.

Please fill out our exhibit inquiry form if your school or organization is interested in hosting the exhibit.

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#FOLLOW THE MATRIARCHS

Matriarch:

a powerful woman in a family or society where power is passed down from mother to daughter;
a woman who is the founder or dominant member of a community or group;
a venerable older woman.

Indigenous matriarchs are on the move! We are a collaborative of matriarchs, historians, community organizers and multimedia storytellers working to bring to light the radical impact of Indigenous women through recent history. We believe the stories of matriarchs should be told in their own words—as organizers, thinkers, relatives, community leaders, and changemakers. Here at Warrior Women Project, we work to illuminate the past in a way that inspires a radical present. 

Our work is the culmination of 25+ years of interviewing, archiving and organizing in the legacy of the Red Power Movement of the 1970s into modern-day struggles rooted in Beth Castle’s doctoral research. Some of that work is showcased in the 2018 critically-acclaimed, Peabody-nominated film Warrior Women, co-directed by Christina D. King and Dr. Beth Castle. The film follows American Indian Movement veteran and Lakota matriarch Madonna Thunder Hawk and her daughter Marcella navigating leadership, motherhood, and community in Indigenous resistance movements from the American Indian Movement, to Standing Rock, to the continued fight against colonial violence today.

It has never been more important to uplift stories of resistance and of matriarchy, and to pass down that knowledge to the changemakers of tomorrow. Join us as we break history out of the academy and #FollowTheMatriarchs to a better future.