Jessica Metcalfe on “Native American Fashion from the 1940s to the Present, and into the Future”

Jessica Metcalfe on “Native American Fashion from the 1940s to the Present, and into the Future”
Now that Jessica Metcalfe is living back on the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota, the “super important fashion Mecca,” as she puts it, it’s a special treat to see her down in Santa Fe. The School of Advanced Research (SAR) organized her talk at the New Mexico History Museum—their talks have become so popular audiences can no longer squeeze into their auditorium at the SAR campus. Metcalfe earned her PhD in Native American fashion from Arizona State University, and in recent years she has become a force for Native fashion. Metcalfe began with a quick history of Native...