White Cindy illustration by Steph Littlebird.

Transgressors, an all-Indigiqueer art exhibition and follow up to My Father's Father's Sister: Our Ancestor Shimkhin, opens Friday, December 13 at Chachalu Museum in Grand Ronde, Oregon. The opening reception is from 4 to 7 PM with the curators and several artists in attendance.

Inspired by ancestors and transfeminine healers like Shimkhin (Atfalati Kalapuya) and White Cindy (Klamath), Transgressors presents now and future ancestors who move beyond boundaries and limits, including a.c. ramírez de arellaño, Evan Benally Atwood, Geo Soctomah Neptune, Jeffrey Gibson, Lehuauakea, Qahir-beejee Peco, Roin Morigeau, Steph Littlebird, Walter Scott, and co-curators Anthony Hudson and Felix Furby.

White Cindy illustration by Steph Littlebird (2024). White Cindy, or Masksamse Lapli (ca. 1830-1940) was a medicine woman from Klamath Tribes. She was transfeminine and gendered correctly by her community, and she was reported to turn people to frogs and summon lightning. She and Shimkhin are our guiding ancestors in this work. We need their power and resilience more than ever today.

Queer and trans identities are cultural, not criminal.

Transgressors is on view until April 26, 2025, and will feature monthly supporting events and engagements, including the final presentation of Anthony Hudson's Looking for Tiger Lily in April at Chachalu. The exhibition will then tour Oregon through 2026 with support from Chachalu Museum and Cultural Center, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, New Expressive Works, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, and the Oregon Community Foundation. Find out more at chachalu.org.