Happening Soon

August 25, 2025 – January 3, 2026

Since 2013, The Red Road Project, founded by Danielle SeeWalker (Húŋkpapȟa Lakota) and Carlotta Cardana (Italian), has traversed the country to photograph and gather stories from Indigenous individuals and communities. It has provided a platform for Native Americans to share their unique stories challenging historical accounts that often overlook and misrepresent their culture, values, and experiences.

The Re-Discovering Native America: Stories in Motion with The Red Road Project exhibition features nearly 100 landscape and portrait photographs highlighting inspiring Indigenous individuals and communities. Detailed texts of resilience offering the perspectives of those who walk “the red road,” a symbolic expression in many Native communities for living purposefully on a path of positive change, accompany the photographs. The exhibition explores eleven subject areas that address an array of topics – from reservation life to life in the city, deep connections with the land and traditions, political and environmental activism, and much more – all highlighting diverse Native nations and Tribes that share a common bond as Indigenous Americans.

Re-Discovering Native America: Stories in Motion with The Red Road Project is organized by Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA.