Creating Change Through Fashion
Fashion model, climate justice activist, and Indigenous Land Protector QUANNAH CHASINGHORSE shares her journey from growing up as a fourth-generation land protector of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to walking the runways for global brands, using every opportunity to educate people about her culture, her experiences, and how she is transforming the fashion industry to create representation and change for climate justice.
Native American Heritage Month: Indigenous Representation & Celebration
Model and Indigenous Land Protector QUANNAH CHASINGHORSE upholds the Indigenous ways of life and values she learned growing up. As a fourth-generation land protector, she has used her platform to advocate for climate justice, the MMIWG2S movement, and indigenous rights and sovereignty. She shares her journey and her insights in this riveting talk uplifting and celebrating indigenous representation and culture.
In ‘Walking Two Worlds,’ Quannah Chasinghorse shares her values with an international audience
Model and activist QUANNAH CHASINGHORSE’s ascent to fashion’s upper echelons while boosting visibility for climate activism naturally led to the creation of the documentary Walking Two Worlds, sponsored by the North Face. Chasinghorse was on the street volunteering for get-out-the-vote organizing when she was noticed by a casting agent; she decided to leverage the opportunity to make an impact. Chasinghorse told Outside Magazine, “I want my community to be heard and seen in the right way. Not a stereotype, not a fake version of what this industry wants Natives to look like or be like or sound like.”
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Quannah Chasinghorse makes an impact with Native Youth Outdoors
Model and activist QUANNAH CHASINGHORSE founded Native Youth Outdoors alongside her family to help Indigenous kids connect with nature. The organization helps Indigenous youth get access to outdoor recreation activities like snowboarding, hiking, and more. Making a tangible impact in children’s lives through engagement and mentorship, Chasinghorse proves her commitment to community once again. Reflecting on happy childhood memories with her own mother, Chasinghorse shares that her goal is to help kids “learn to enjoy our way of life while being outside.”
Quannah Chasinghorse, age 19 is from the Han Gwich’in from Eagle Village, Alaska and Sicangu/Oglala Lakota tribes from the Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota. She grew up learning her ways of life and values and continues to uphold them as they are sacred and keeps her grounded. She is an Indigenous land protector for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, protecting those sacred lands from oil development and fighting for climate justice. Quannah’s deep connection to the lands and her people’s way of life guides and informs everything she does and stands for. She is passionate about Indigenous sovereignty/ rights, MMIWG and representation.
She is an avid snowboarder, guitar and ukulele player, and is apprenticing as a traditional Indigenous tattoo artist. Quannah was honored to make the 2020 list of Teen Vogue’s “Top 21 under 21”. An IMG Fashion Model, Quannah currently lives in Los Angeles.
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