One
Ballardite's journey to photograph all 562 Native American tribes
While
you are out on the trail Mr. Indian (Matika Wilbur) remember the traditional
people you wrote about in 2011?
The
forgotten Indians without the European government approval!
The other 562 tribes!
Save
the Indian and Kill the Man:
New
Photographs by Matika Wilbur
January
10–August 14, 2011
SAM
Third Floor Galleries
From
1880 and into the modern era, the U. S. government forced thousands of Native
children into residential schools under the policy of “Kill the Indian and Save
the Man,” in the mistaken belief that only through assimilation could Native
people survive. Stripped of their languages and traditions, and forced to
endure starvation, disease and abuse, many internalized their ordeal through
alcoholism and suicide, thus creating a cycle of trauma felt by subsequent
generations. In this installation of twelve photographic prints, Matika Wilbur
up-ends the manifesto of cultural genocide in provocative works that lay bare
issues of contemporary “Indian-ness,” and the resolve of a new generation to
express their identities, not by past trauma, but in modern, complex and
surprising ways.
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