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Indian Country 52
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Indian Country 52 is a weekly series of artworks by Ihanktonwan Dakota artist David Bernie that promotes issues and stories in Native American and First Nations communities.
Indian Country 52 #30 – Pushed Out (Education)
Articles “In her new piece for The Nation, “How America is Failing Native American Students,” writer Rebecca Clarren…
Indian Country 52 #29 – Hard Reset (MMIW)
Articles ““We have lost confidence in the national inquiry,” Hilda Anderson-Pryz, whose sister Dawn died under mysterious circumstances…
Indian Country 52 #28 – Counterfeit Art
Articles “Native American artists are requesting the federal government strengthen a 1990 law that prohibits the sale of…
Indian Country 52 #27 – 150 (Canada)
Articles “The milestone is being commemorated across the country this year. But as maple leaf-adorned paraphernalia flies off…
Indian Country 52 #26 – Jimmie Durham
Articles “Right after local Native tribes protested at the Walker Art Center over Sam Durant’s controversial sculpture, a…
Indian Country 52 #25 – State of Emergency
Articles “A remote First Nation community in northwestern Ontario has been devastated following the deaths of at least…
Indian Country 52 #24 – Female Homicides
Articles “The homicide rate for Indigenous females between 2001 and 2015 was nearly six times higher than that…
Indian Country 52 #23 – Systemic Racism
Articles “Two sisters from Vancouver Island say their First Nations heritage led to them feeling alienated in the…
Indian Country 52 #22 – Open to all Genocide$
Articles “The sculpture prompted calls for its removal before its official unveiling in June. Reviews poured in on…
Indian Country 52 #21 – Reject Kinder Morgan
Articles “Along the proposed route of the pipeline expansion, which stretches almost 1,000 kilometres from northern Alberta to…
Indian Country 52 #19 – PTSD Epidemic
Articles “In 2008, Good Feather founded the Lakota Way Healing Center to combat PTSD, addiction, and depression through…
Indian Country 52 #18 – State of Emergency
Articles “First Nations leaders in British Columbia say they suspect fentanyl is having a disproportionate impact on their…
Indian Country 52 #17 – Story Pole (Playing Indian)
Articles “After a recent surge of criticism, a Native American-style totem pole will not be installed at the…
Indian Country 52 #16 – Killing in the Name of…
Articles “Generations ago, the American Indian Osage tribe was compelled to move. Not for the first time, white…
Indian Country 52 #15 – Tokenized
Articles “American Indian tribes protesting oil and gas pipelines are worried environmentalists are co-opting them in an overarching…