What You No Longer Believe
With this piece I am inviting viewers to think about what they no longer believe. In the 1970’s, Encyclopedia Britannica, once accepted as an authority on education, politics and economics, incorrectly predicted the assimilation of Indigenous peoples and the extinction of their Natural Law. My piece, featuring a beaded 1970’s encyclopedia page mounted on a cow skull, is a continuation of with my body of work on counter mapping. I’ve beaded and redacted false information to counter ideas like extinction, assimilation and the abandonment of Indigenous Natural Law (reliance on animals like the buffalo for raw materials). The article asserts that Indigenous worldview and land stewardship were savage and obsolete, the plants and animals on this continent insufficient, and therefore were replaced with settler food, animals like the cow, plants, economics, and ideas. All were imported with the belief that they would improve life for everyone.
Beaded Metis floral work on vintage encyclopedia paper, canvas, acrylic paint. Size is 18”x9”x6.5”. This piece comes with a sturdy wall mount.
With this piece I am inviting viewers to think about what they no longer believe. In the 1970’s, Encyclopedia Britannica, once accepted as an authority on education, politics and economics, incorrectly predicted the assimilation of Indigenous peoples and the extinction of their Natural Law. My piece, featuring a beaded 1970’s encyclopedia page mounted on a cow skull, is a continuation of with my body of work on counter mapping. I’ve beaded and redacted false information to counter ideas like extinction, assimilation and the abandonment of Indigenous Natural Law (reliance on animals like the buffalo for raw materials). The article asserts that Indigenous worldview and land stewardship were savage and obsolete, the plants and animals on this continent insufficient, and therefore were replaced with settler food, animals like the cow, plants, economics, and ideas. All were imported with the belief that they would improve life for everyone.
Beaded Metis floral work on vintage encyclopedia paper, canvas, acrylic paint. Size is 18”x9”x6.5”. This piece comes with a sturdy wall mount.
With this piece I am inviting viewers to think about what they no longer believe. In the 1970’s, Encyclopedia Britannica, once accepted as an authority on education, politics and economics, incorrectly predicted the assimilation of Indigenous peoples and the extinction of their Natural Law. My piece, featuring a beaded 1970’s encyclopedia page mounted on a cow skull, is a continuation of with my body of work on counter mapping. I’ve beaded and redacted false information to counter ideas like extinction, assimilation and the abandonment of Indigenous Natural Law (reliance on animals like the buffalo for raw materials). The article asserts that Indigenous worldview and land stewardship were savage and obsolete, the plants and animals on this continent insufficient, and therefore were replaced with settler food, animals like the cow, plants, economics, and ideas. All were imported with the belief that they would improve life for everyone.
Beaded Metis floral work on vintage encyclopedia paper, canvas, acrylic paint. Size is 18”x9”x6.5”. This piece comes with a sturdy wall mount.
Mediums: Skull, beadwork, vintage encyclopedia paper, canvas, acrylic paint. Size: 18”x7”x6.5”
