Indigenous In Plain Sight, Gregg Deal, TEDx Boulder

The indigenous existence in Western and American culture is narrowly viewed and accepted with little to no input from actual Indigenous people. Gregg Deal talks about the use of history as a tool while he navigates the restrictions thrusts upon his work as a contemporary artist while challenging those who hear his words to take responsibility for their knowledge, and create room for this nations First Peoples. Gregg Deal is a husband, father, artist and a member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. As a provocative contemporary artistactivist much of Deals work deals with Indigenous identity and pop culture, touching on issues of race relations, historical consideration and stereotype. With this workincluding paintings, mural work, performance art, filmmaking and spoken wordDeal critically examines issues within Indian country such as decolonization, the Native mascot issue and appropriation. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local communit