Raven Chacon on the Colonial Pressure to Shapeshift:  Phil Lind Initiative 2025 @UBCsppga
Raven Chacon on the Colonial Pressure to Shapeshift:  Phil Lind Initiative 2025  @UBCsppga
Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Pulitzer Prize-winning Diné composer Raven Chacon speaks at the 2025 Phil Lind Initiative, describing his obligation to “shapeshift” when returning to countries like the U.S. He exposes the intergenerational pressure for Indigenous peoples to concede aspects of their identity in order to protect themselves. 

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Raven Chacon on the Colonial Pressure to "Shapeshift:" Phil Lind Initiative 2025

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