Jaida Grey Eagle

Jaida Grey Eagle is an Oglala Lakota freelance documentary photographer currently located in St. Paul, MN.  She is a member of the Women’s Photograph, Indigenous Photograph, and 400 Years Project.

Jaida served as a Report for America Fellow with the Sahan Journal as a photojournalist. Jaida researched Native photography as a Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) Native American Fellow for the upcoming exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts titled In Our Hands: Native Photography From 1890 to Now in which her role evolved to co-curator on the project.

Jaida is a co-producer on the Sisters Rising Documentary, which is the story of six Native American women reclaiming personal and tribal sovereignty in the face of ongoing sexual violence against Indigenous women in the United States and has recently received an Honorable Mention at the Big Sky Doc Festival.

She holds her Bachelor of Fine Arts emphasizing Fine Art Photography from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.