Haatepah Clearbear and his twin brother, Nyamuull, were adopted at a young age and grew up wanting to learn more about their cultural backgrounds. Now, Haatepah is a full-time model who is using his platform to be an activist 'for his people.'
affecting their community. Now, the spirit has come to the modeling world. Haatepah Clearbear is a full-time model, based in Los Angeles, who is using his platform to uplift his people. The 22-year-old’s personal Instagram page serves as a hub for his activism work, where he highlights everything from climate change to indigenous rights.
Growing up, Clearbear felt disconnected from his indigenous heritage. He and his twin brother, Nyamuull, were adopted at a young age by two white dads, and they spent much of their childhood in the Bay Area wanting to learn more about their cultural backgrounds. “Me and my brother didn’t even know what race we were for a good amount of time,” Clearbear says. “When we turned 18, we contacted our biological family, and figured out who we really are.
Around that time, difficulties at home began to arise for Clearbear, who learned he is Kumeyaay, Pai Pai, and Chichimeca-Guamare. One of his adopted fathers, who was encouraging of Clearbear wanting to explore his heritage, passed away from cancer; afterward, his other dad grew increasingly disapproving of the two brothers whenever they attempted to embrace their identities. “All his prejudice came out times a thousand,” Clearbear says. “So, one day we had it, and we moved out.
At 21, Clearbear and his brother made the move to L.A. “I was homeless for a while,” Clearbear says, adding that he would often stay with his friends or with his brother, who moved in with his girlfriend. He wanted to pursue modeling: He had been discovered on Instagram in San Francisco by the Look Model Agency, and had done a few smaller modeling gigs. Eventually, he caught the eye of the agency Storm L.A., where he’s now been working as a full-time model for about a year now.
As Clearbear’s modeling career has taken off over the past year, however, he has continued to feel that lingering sense of wanting to connect with his people. As a result, Clearbear has begun focusing on his activism work. “I see myself as a model, but I think of myself as an activist, first and foremost, for my people,” he says.
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