With the tradition of visual storytelling in mind, we embraced an unusual medium: the graphic novel. The story of the Nizhóní Girls is a contemporary story, one common to Indian Country though overlooked by non-Indigenous reporters. This is the story’s strength: It is the record of a moment and reflects the values and priorities of one group of Native artists at one point in our collective history. See additional media, including a photo essay, related to this story here.
Jason Asenap is a Comanche and Muscogee Creek writer and director (and an occasional actor) based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Weshoyot Alvitre is a Tongva/Scots-Gaelic artist from California.
This story was funded with reader donations to the High Country News Research Fund.
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Nizhóní Girls.
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