Quannah Rose Chasinghorse, a model and activist who advocates for concerns of Indigenous peoples, raises her fist to honor “the resistance and fight of my ancestors who survived genocide and have persevered.” Thanks to them, she says, “we are still here.” Chasinghorse stands in front of West Mitten Butte, in Tse’Bii’Ndzisgaii (Monument Valley), a park that the Diné (Navajo) administer. A Hän Gwich’in and Sičangu/Oglala Lakota born on Diné land in Arizona, she feels strongly that “our voices, experiences, stories, cultures, and traditions aren’t recognized the way they should be. We carry so much knowledge, strength, and power, not just trauma and pain.”…
