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Artist Statement:"The Sacredness of Hills series is based upon recurring desecrations of indigenous burial grounds surrounding my tribal community in Southampton, NY which largely bases its economy on real estate and development. On Monday, August…

Artist Statememt:"Part of my 'Circling Picasso' series. This piece is a gathering of various cultural and aesthetic elements symbolic of our creation story and imperative to our ways of life. The form stems from a mergence of both female and male…

Artist Statement: "'Nothing Happened Here' explores the violence/non-violence of postcolonial Native American psychology. My work is a reflection of my experience and observations in my community, the Shinnecock Reservation in Southampton, New York,…

Graduation in Native communities is a family accomplishment—parents, aunties, grandparents, uncles, siblings, nieces, and cousins all encourage and help provide for students to graduate. Graduations are joyous occasions, and all the extended family…

This unique vessel is made of shell-tempered clay and features two human-form effigies on the shoulder. The exterior is decorated with cordmarking and four shell-stamped diamond designs and the interior is heavily channeled. The pot was discovered in…

This vessel is slightly truncated at the bottom, has a flattened lip shape, and flares at its opening. Given its small size, the pot may have been carried between locations as it was used as, evidenced by wear at the bottom.

This vessel is part of the Niantic Punctate vessel tradition that is often associated with coastal Connecticut. The exterior has a smoothed or cord-marked surface treatment. The interior surface is decorated with rows of punctacts closely spaced…

The carefully carved, larger shell beads on this necklace are generally thought to reflect a bird-like form. Examples of these kinds of bird-like shell beads are present in the material culture of Indigenous peoples across what is now New York.

Why would prayer and spiritual beliefs be an act of liberation? In 1978, the passage of the American Indian Freedom of Religious Act (Public Law No. 95-341, 92 Stat. 469) permitted Indigenous people to openly practice their spiritual beliefs. At the…

Martine's work gifts us an intense and vibrant visualization of an Indigenous Sewanhaky past, where daily life and ceremony are freely expressed. Martine's painting interrupts a European art history narrative that attempts to side-step or leave out…