You don't have to travel to the Southwest or other parts of the country to celebrate Native American Heritage Month. Indigenous art will be on full display in the exhibition "Weaving Words, Weaving Worlds: The Power of Indigenous Language in Contemporary Art" at Stony Brook University's Zuccaire Gallery through Nov. 22.

You'll find works by Native American artists from eastern Long Island to Western Los Angeles, using many voices to tell stories of remembrance, resistance and resilience, which is appropriate since this is an exhibition about language — how it's born, evolves, is lost and can be revived. "I wanted the exhibition to highlight how contemporary artists are using language — sometimes directly, sometimes symbolically — as part of their work," noted Shinnecock artist Jeremy Denn

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