Center for Native Futures' Mound Summit Symposium is a biennial event that brings together Native artists, curators, poets, and thinkers to imagine ourselves and our futures richly from atop a metaphoric effigy mound.In this year's Symposium, we highlighted Native-led arts spaces from across the country and Canada.
Featuring:
Candice Hopkins from Forge Project
Angela Two Stars from All My Relations Arts
Clementine Bordeaux and mary v. bordeaux from Racing Magpie
Emma Robbins and Jana Schmieding from The Chapter House
Hannah Claus from daphne
Special guests: Nancy Marie Mithlo, Kalyn Fay Barnoski, Haley Greenfeather English, and DJ Toyacoyah
The Center for Native Futures is an epicenter of Native art & creativity based in Potawatomi, Odawa, and Ojibwe homelands. Funding from Terra Foundation,the Joyce Foundation and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
Poster artwork by @katahtu.ntha
Our 2025 Mound Summit image was created by CfNF artist Camille "Katahtu'ntha" Billie. It is a white tailed hare with Maryland cypress, both changing their forms for the winter and storytelling season.
Learn more about Camille Billie here
