The Indigenous Storytelling Movement.
The Luke Madrigal Indigenous Storytelling Nonprofit is dedicated to uplifting Indigenous voices and stories through art, culture, and advocacy efforts through theater, film, and arts and culture workshops. Indigenous Storytelling was born out of the lack of Native representation in the arts, Native representation being virtually non-existent at less than 0.7% of film. This lack of Native representation goes beyond not just seeing Native faces is the media because our defining stories are also missing from the national narrative. Storytellers hold a great power. Stories shape the identity of a people. They can call up great amount of strength, but they can also be the unwitting tools of oppression. The mainstream narrative is missing a vital piece for the indigenous experience. It is missing our stories. These stories are about the survival of our culture and our people. Revitalizing an Indigenous worldview in Native communities and finding solutions to contemporary struggles can be facilitated through understanding these traditional stories in the context of today. The purpose of The Indigenous Storytelling Nonprofit is to inspire Indigenous youth to tell their stories and uncover these unacknowledged, and vital, narratives.