IAIA ledger art
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IAIA student Whisper Crow Dog & IAIA alumni on Terran Last Gun on ledger art
Institute of American Indian Art student Whisper Crow Dog and IAIA graduate Terran Last Gun on ledger art. Bonus video from the WEST episode.
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IAIA ledger art
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Institute of American Indian Art student Whisper Crow Dog and IAIA graduate Terran Last Gun on ledger art. Bonus video from the WEST episode.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipMy exhibition is called the University of the#Universe and it's an exploration of spirituality, cultural heritage and personal growth through my# Lakota Sundance philosophy.
Within the exhibition is a series of seven ledger art paintings.
Each#painting is supposed to represent my perspectives as a supporter, a sun dancer, and a cedar girl.
Ledger art is a way of storytelling and a way of record keeping.
During the 19th century, indigenous#people we were forced out of our lands and with that majority of our traditions were taken away#from us.
So in a way ledger art was a way how we adapted.
Prior to paper, our foundation to draw#on was hides, bison hides, elk hides, deer hides.
Once the bison were nearly eradicated, our#hunting grounds were no longer accessible and paper was the new form of recording.
A lot of#the ledger paper comes from these old books.
You know, it's linen ledger, so it's a little bit#higher for its time quality paper.
These are from 1913.
So 1913, what was happening for the Black#Feet people?
A lot of hardships, all of these atrocities that we were going through and you#know a hundred years later, I this native person, Piikani person has this paper now from that time#period and giving it new life.
The ledger paper they were using in 1860 was blank.
It wasn't these# documents, you know.
So, in what I'm doing, there are these different layers, not only for Native#people, but the larger country we have here and so, that's what I think is great about ledger#art is that you're seeing multiple histories.
This to me, it's about history.
It's about culture# and really sharing that there were all of these creative acts happening in North America and#this is just another form and document of that.
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