Joey Montoya

In this interview, conducted during the workshop by one of the young participants, Joey Montoya was asked about his role and current challenges in his community and what it means for him to be indigenous and the main message he takes away from his participation in the workshop.

This interview has been transcribed and subtitled in its original language. To that end, you have to click on the 'CC' button at the bottom, right hand side of the video. You can also activate subtitles in another language, by going into the settings of the video, then clicking on the subtitles section, then choosing the option 'auto-translate' and finally the language of your choice.

Joseph Angel "Joey" Montoya is a young entrepreneur who was born and raised in San Francisco, CA. He is a descendent of the Lipan Apache Band of Texas and Indigenous Salvadorian.

He is an indigenous multimedia artist, clothing designer and entrepreneur whose work is aimed at increasing the visibility and resiliency of indigenous peoples so they may create and fuel positive social change.

Joey started his own brand, Urban Native Era (UNE), during his first year of college in 2014. Urban Native Era is a company whose goal is to build a platform showcasing the diversity and strength of indigenous nations across the globe while spreading awareness about the challenges we face today. Through the power of storytelling, Urban Native Era uses design, film, and photography to empower collective change. Urban Native Era was born in response to indigenous-led social movements as a way to reclaim the narrative of being indigenous in everyday modern contexts.

All the items documented at the 2015 South Dakota Workshop related to this profile are available at the bottom of this page.

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En esta entrevista, realizada durante el taller por uno de los jóvenes participantes, se le pregunta a Joey Montoya sobre su papel y los desafíos actuales en su comunidad y lo que significa para el ser indígena y el mensaje principal que extrae de su participación en el taller.

Esta entrevista fue transcrita y subtitulada en su idioma original. Con este fin, tienen que hacer clic en el botón 'CC' que se encuentra en la parte de abajo, derecha del video. También pueden activar los subtítulos en otro idioma, y tienen que hacer clic en las opciones del video, después seleccionar la parte de los subtítulos, más adelante escoger la opción de 'traducir automáticamente' y finalmente elegir el idioma de su elección.

Todos los documentos archivados del Taller en Dakota del Sur de 2015 relacionados con este perfil están disponibles al final de esta página.