Dear Eve Ensler,
I want to start off by saying thank you. I appreciate the time you took to reach out to me, because I know you’re incredibly busy. I know there are much more important people in this world than myself, so I appreciate you engaging in dialogue with me and my colleague Kelleigh…
This is spectacular.
What went wrong in the relationship between Aboriginal people and other Canadians? Hear Wab Kinew run down 500 years of history in 2 minutes.
I love Wab Kinew.
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This is a piece I did for the Native show at Emily Carr.
The names written on my body are actual names for “sexy indian” costumes that can be bought online.
This piece is a visual response to when Halloween comes around again, and people feel it right to dress up as my culture in horrible old stereotypes and pass it as honouring our culture. But it doesn’t. It only adds to more to poorly represented image of Native Americans, and objectifies Native women.I am a real Native Women and this my body and my culture. And I have a voice
aii look folks from my uni actually doing things worth seeing~~
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“For every 1,000 indigenous women in a district, 330 of them will be assaulted.
1 in 3 will be raped.
2 in 5 will experience domestic violence.
3 in 5 will be physically assaulted.
Ceremonial Dress of the Kwakiutl and Nootka Tribes of British Columbia, 1917
- Man 1: Koskimo as Hami (“dangerous thing”) during the Numhlim ceremony.
- Man 2: Ceremonial mask worn by a dancer portraying the hunter in Bella Bella mythology who killed the giant man-eating octopus.
- Man 3: Kwakiutl wearing an oversize mask and hands representing a forest spirit, Nuhlimkilaka, (“bringer of confusion”)
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TW: RAPE
Download These Slides and Take Your Picture with Them To Help Raise Awareness
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Skeena Reece. “Raven: On the Colonial Fleet”, 2008.
One of the most striking works in the exhibition is the clothing and regalia worn by Reece in her persona as Raven on the Colonial Fleet. It’s comprised of a curvaceous bustier covered in vertical Northwest coast designs and an apron with figures whose outstretched arms are reaching above their heads for AK-47 machine guns. Her traditional button blanket has a surprise on the back: a grenade made out of silver sequins.
Skeena Reece is multi-disciplinary artist based on Vancouver Island and performance work may include, music, spoken word and videography. Founder of the Native Youth Artists Collective, she has worked in Arts Administration since 2005. A self-named ‘Sacred Clown’ influenced by her ancestors she is a storyteller. Her work has extended overseas at the 2010 Sydney Biennale: Festival of Contemporary Art in Australia and at the Bbeyond Gallery in Belfast, Ireland. Performing at community art shows, the main stage or at a cabaret look for her inaugural music cd in Winter 2010.
Love that silhouette
that ratio is golden
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