Joseph is the Director of the Gizhiigin Arts Incubator in Mahnomen, MN—a project of the White Earth Nation’s Economic Development division. Gizhiigin assists artists in achieving their artistic and entrepreneurial goals. Allen is a photographer with over three decades of experience in creating, exhibiting, and selling his art. Born in Eagle Butte, SD, Joseph is a citizen of the Sicangu Lakota Oyate and currently lives in the rural Sugarbush Township in the White Earth Nation.