Urban Native Collective is a Cincinnati-based organization that serves the broad interests and needs of the Indigenous community within the Tri-State area. Urban Native Collective presents its eighth Indigenous People’s Day Convergence. This four-day celebration, which includes this exhibition, focuses on current issues affecting the Indigenous community, their past, their resilience and their bright future.

The Indigenous Peoples’ Day Convergence exhibition is presented in partnership with the Contemporary Arts Center in The Collective Gallery sponsored by P&G, located in the lower lobby. It brings together contemporary artists to highlight that Indigenous expression is not a recover of what was lost, but an explosive celebration of what has always survived. Moving beyond colonial narratives, the exhibition honors Indigenous life as a living, Sovereign, and evolving force. Grounded in an “Indigenized” punk aesthetic, this multidisciplinary showcase demonstrates that Indigenous presence, creative defiance, and joy are the ultimate forces shaping our shared future.

Artists presented in this exhibition include Jaque Fragua "Mobil Savage" (Pueblo), Robert Franklin (Diné), Steph Littlebird (Grand Ronde), Kobi Morgan (Diné), Cole Reuben (Seneca), Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos), Mariana Varela (Mexican), Hiro Cash (Diné), Jeremy Dennis (Shinnicok), Carlos Ramirez (Mexican), and Solstar (Mayan). Curated by Leonard D. Harmon (Nanticoke).