Matika Wilbur (born 1984), is a Native American photographer and educator from Washington state.
[1] Wilbur grew up predominantly on the Swinomish reservation in a family of commercial fishermen.
She began traveling across the United States in November of that year; she raised over $35,000 for her expenses in a Kickstarter campaign.
[12] The title of the project refers to the number of Indigenous North American tribes officially recognized by the United States at the time Wilbur began the work.
[14] Wilbur conceived of Project 562 as an answer to Edward Curtis' photographs, a century earlier, of Indigenous Americans.
The interview-based podcast discusses issues facing Native American communities, including indigenous food sovereignty.