The Filipino Rough Riders

A collaboration between Yumi Janairo Roth and Emmanuel David.

We Are Coming

We Are Coming - MCA Denver

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Nandito Na Kami

FILIPINO ROUGH RIDERS PROJECT

PRESS COVERAGE, INTERVIEWS, & ARTIST TALKS

1. “The Short List.” By Mike Prevatt, Nevada Public Radio, November 3, 2025.

2. “Yumi Roth and Emmanuel David on Filipino Rough Riders in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West.” Podcast Interview with Rahne Alexander, Hopkins Press Podcast 4.9, October 29, 2025.

3. “In ‘Living Here,’ 26 Artists Refuse to Be Your Model Minority.” By Matthew Wexler. 1-Minute Critic, October 25, 2025.

4. “Filipino Rough Riders and the Wild West: Discover a Hidden Chapter of American History,” Kollective Hustle blog, October 8, 2025.

5. “Ano ang kaugnayan ng Filipino Rough Riders sa St. Louis World’s Fair?” (“What the relationship between the Filipino Rough Riders and the St. Louis World’s Fair?). YouTube Digital Documentary, GMA News (Philippines), April 24, 2025.

6. “Jeepney Sign Painting ng Pinoy, Nakaabot sa America!” (“Filipino Jeepney Sign Paintings Reach America!”). YouTube Digital Documentary, GMA News (Philippines), April 23, 2025.

7. “Playing Cowboy at the Amon Carter.” By Gene Fowler, Glasstire: Texas Visual Arts, March 15, 2025.

8. “Artist Talk: Cowboy.” Amon Carter Museum of American Art YouTube Channel, Recorded February 1, 2025/Posted March 23, 2025.

9. “Rounding Up the Story of Buffalo Bill's Filipino Roughriders for Exhibit at David B. Smith Gallery.” Westword, January 30, 2025.

10. “Tribute to Filipino Wild West Show performers comes to Greenville.” The Herald Banner, January 29, 2025.

11. “Exhibit in Denver Tells Story of Filipino Cowboys Part of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West.” By Brian Flores, CBS News Colorado, January 27, 2025.

12. “New Exhibit in downtown Denver Helps Tell the Story of Filipino Rough Riders.” CBS News Colorado YouTube Channel. January 27, 2025.

13. “Denver’s Best Gallery Openings at RedLine, BMoCA, Art Gym and More.” By Susan Froyd. Westword, January 23, 2025.

14. “ANCESTRAL TIES – Say My Name: The Accidental Archive of ‘We Are Coming.’” By Robb Hernandez, Asian American X LatinX Critical & Digital Studies, December 31, 2024.

15. “The Filipino Rough Riders – Mga unang Pilipinong artista sa Amerika.” (“The Filipino Rough Riders – The First Filipino Performers in America.”). YouTube Digital Documentary, GMA News (Philippines), December 19, 2024.

16. “Cowboy.” ArtsyScoop, Museum Exhibitions, October 11, 2024.

17. “Mythic Chaps.” By Carolina Miranda, The New York Review of Books, October 2024.

18. “Marquee project honors the forgotten Filipino actors of ‘Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.’” Bangor Daily News, January 17, 2024.

19. “We Are Coming Art Action.” Westword, December 14, 2023.

20. “Discovering Filipino Rough Riders of the American West | In The Studio with Yumi Roth Emmanuel David.” MCA Denver YouTube Channel. November 28, 2023.

21. “We are coming: A collaborative project gives voice to the past and draws researchers closer in the present.” The Ampersand, podcast interview, September 2023.

22. “A Denver museum exhibit explores cowboy culture, the archetypal and the authentic.” Colorado Sun, September 26, 2023.

23. “Bucking the Myth of the American Cowboy.” W Magazine, Fall 2023 issue.

24. “The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver Questions the Cowboy.” 5280, Sep. 2023.

25. “‘We are coming,’ highlights Filipinos in the American West.” Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine, October 20, 2022.

26. “Past, present come together: Marquee project recognizes Rough Riders.” Cody Enterprise, September 28, 2022.

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