Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians
Climate Resiliency Tattoos
Overview
I developed a collection of 26 original temporary tattoo designs for the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians, created for children attending the Tribe’s 32nd Annual Heart of Tataviam Pow Wow. The designs are connected to the Tribe's Heat Safety and Sikwa’puhawam programs.
The collection was designed to make the Tribe’s environmental programming approachable and engaging for children while creating a visual connection to the land, plants, and animals of Tataviam homelands.
Place-Based Approach
The imagery is grounded in the local landscape and Tataviam cultural context. I incorporated animals culturally relevant to the Tataviam alongside native plants connected to the Tribe’s Sikwa’puhawam program, using the local environment as a foundation for the collection’s visual language.
