The exhibit at the Newberry Library has everything from “Star Wars” clips to Polaroid pictures, showing through pop culture how Native stories are still being created.

“I’vebeenan environmental activist my entire life,” says Native American photographer Cara Romero, who recalls growing up in the ’80s on theChemehuevi reservation in the Mojave Desert of California.

Native American photographers are pushing back against ... Photo illustration by CARA ROMERO Tribal affiliation: Chemehuevi In this staged photograph, Cara Romero has added red lighting and ...