Ndaki-ña

Hannah Traore Gallery is pleased to present Ndaki-ña, "Original" in Mixteco Bajo. The first all-Indigenous jewelry exhibition during New York City Jewelry Week, Ndaki-ña is curated by Omar Monroy (Ña'ha Savi) and features 20 Indigenous jewelry designers from Abya Yala to Turtle Island, South to North America. For decades Indigenous jewelry makers have been overlooked for their preservation of cultural techniques and innovation in jewelry and adornment. This exhibition was created to increase visibility and to push against the trope that Native jewelry is “a thing of the past”, which makes it easier for non-Native people to "discover" their unique styles and motifs, diluting them into terms like "southwestern," "boho," "tribal," and "mesoamerican." 20 designers, 2 continents, all under one roof, paying homage to the way our ancestors used to migrate and travel across these lands without borders! We acknowledge that this exhibition is taking place on Lenapehoking, the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territory of the Lenape (Munsee and Unami) peoples, who have been stewards of these lands long before this city was founded. We also recognize that this land has been historically inhabited and used by other Indigenous peoples, including the Wecquaesgeek, Wappinger, Siwanoy, and other Munsee-speaking bands. We pay respect to past, present, and future generations of these Native Nations, and honor the enduring relationships they maintain with this land.

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