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Erin Genia is a member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Oyate and descended from the Little River Band of Odawa. As a graduate researcher in the Art, Culture, and Technology program at MIT, she has focused on creating a powerful presence of Indigenous epistemologies in the arts, science, and technology with a goal of fostering an evolution of thought and practice in societal instruments that are aligned with the cycles of the natural world and the potential of humanity. She has also worked as a community organizer and cultural worker in her communities. Her work has received attention from diverse audiences, and been exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, and the Museum of Northwest Art. Genia was awarded the AAF/Seebacher Prize for Fine Arts in 2018 and received her first public art commission for Resilience: Anpa O Wicahnpi from the City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture.