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Met Stories: Being Seen

Jodi Archambault shares her Met Story about how the display of Native American art in museums affects how visible she feels as an Indigenous woman in America.

Watch episode three of Met Stories in which Jodi Archambault, artist and former policy advisor to President Obama, speaks about how the display of Native American art in museums affects how visible she feels as an Indigenous woman in America.

Made for The Met's 150th anniversary, Met Stories is an award-winning video series and year-long social media initiative that shared unexpected and compelling stories gathered from the many people who visit The Met, whether artists, teachers, curators, actors, Museum staff, designers, thought-leaders, or public figures.

Do you have a Met Story? Share it with us.


Contributors

Jodi Archambault
Artist and former policy advisor to President Obama

Composite image of Michael Zacchea siting in the Greek and Roman galleries at The Met, flanked by two Greek and Roman statues to either side; the text "Met Stories" appears in the center of the image
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Michael Zacchea processes his post-traumatic stress in the ancient Greek and Roman art galleries after returning home from the Iraq War.
Michael Zacchea
April 30, 2020
Composite image of Daniel-Bergmann seated in Astor Court framed on either side by paintings of koi fish; the text "Met Stories" appears in the center of the image
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Daniel Bergmann tells the story of how childhood visits to The Met’s koi pond led to the most important breakthrough in his life.
Daniel Bergmann
July 16, 2020
Video
Angela Reynolds, Gretchen Rubin, and Hai-Hsin share their Met Stories.
Angela Reynolds, Gretchen Rubin, and Hai-Hsin Huang
August 20, 2020

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Woman’s Dress and Accessories, Jodi Archambault  American, Tanned and commercial leather, glass and metal beads, cotton, silk, dentalium shell, metal cones, horsehair, plastic, bone, brass bells, porcupine quills, coins, Hunkpapa Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Jodi Archambault
2005
Hiawatha, Augustus Saint-Gaudens  American, Marble, American
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
1871–72, carved 1874