Emerging Indigenous Women artists showcase their work at North Boulder Library – KUNC
June 29, 2026
When you walk in the doors of the North Boulder Library, there are eight pieces of art hanging on display on the first wall to your left. They range from a vibrant red deer woman to traditional braided hair.
Nineteen-year-old Maxx Wapasha Lake, who’s part of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and a descendant of the Navajo Nation, has two of her works up on the wall. One called Partners in the Living Land depicts wildlife in the mountains.
“It’s essentially a love letter to Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the outdoors,” Lake said. “I have my two turkeys in there, which are some of my favorite animals, the black bear, which I did specifically in place of a grizzly, because grizzlies have been hunted out, as well as an elk to signify the fact that we have the largest elk herd in the world.”
