Photographer and printmaker Martin Akwiranoron Loft was born in Kahnawà:ke, Mohawk Territory, in 1960. He was a founding member of the Native Indian/Inuit Photographers’ Association (1985–2000), an influential Indigenous artists’ organization that presented the first international Indigenous photography exhibition. Martin has exhibited his photography and prints nationally and internationally at such venues as at the National Museum of the American Indian (New York City), Musée de la civilisation (Québec City), the Iroquois Indian Museum (Howes Cave, NY), the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center (Ledyard, CT), the McCord Stewart Museum (Montréal), and the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bonn). Martin has a strong interest in Kanien'kéha (Mohawk) language and is a graduate of the Ratiwennahní:rats Mohawk Immersion.

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Kahnawà:ke