A
photographic exhibit about Native American struggles for
human rights. Sections about the Bigfoot Memorial Ride to Wounded
Knee; Wampanoag Indians on Cape Cod; Paiute lands in Nevada and
the water rights issue at Pyramid Lake; Indian people in Chicago,
Boston, and Juneau, Alaska; homesites of leaders like Chief Joseph
and Chief Seattle; battle sites like the Little Big Horn in Montana;
a peace run across Canada to support Mohawk struggles at Oka,
Quebec; a transcontinental pilgrimage across the United States
in 1992 (the 500th anniversary of the Columbian exploit) honoring
Indian struggles; and an Indian-led observance at Plymouth, Massachusetts
on Thanksgiving Day calling attention to the "National Day
of Mourning." |
Historic photograph from Lakota lands
A Winter Count (compiled by Skip Schiel based on the Lakota Sioux tradtion of visually depicting their history)
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