12, Piro/Manso/Tiwa Indian Tribe, Pueblo San Juan De Guadalupe My art piece is of my tribe’s dress. I wanted all the features of the dress and face paint to stand out so the face is darker. Art lets me be close to my tribe even though I don”t live in Las Cruces. It is a […]
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9, Navajo My art is about family and relationships. I need my family to encourage, love and support me in everything I do. I need my family to teach me about my culture and language and how to respect others who are unique like me. I also want the Earth to be cared for by […]
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17, Northern Cheyenne/ Dine/ Crow This compilation piece represents my connection to my family and relatives, Ese’he (the Sun), Taaa-ese’he (the Moon), Hetaa’oma’0’eho’e (the Earth), Mahpe (Water) and Ma’heo’o (Great Spirit). My family worships in the Peyote Way, so there is an image that represents that. I’ve grown up in the wide open plains of […]
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20, Ho-Chunk, Oneida For this piece, I choose to make a drawing with graphite on paper. To me, identity is experiences, culture, and family. So, to answer the prompt “Identity,” I wanted to focus on creating a record of myself and my sisters attending a pow-wow as children. On the left is my sister wearing […]
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