In any way, shape, or form seeks to expose federally recognized systems of Ethnocide and Ecocide in the shape of Militaries, Missionaries, and Magnates by pointing to the American Missionary Association archives (housed at the Amistad Research Center in New Orleans) in an effort to bring light to information in relation to the U.S. Department of the Interior Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report, specifically under “The Role of Religious Institutions and Organizations in the Federal Indian Boarding School System”, which states “As part of the Federal Indian boarding school system, the Department contracted with several religious institutions and organizations including the American Missionary Association”.
She Returns, 2023
Image transfer fragments sourced from: AMA (American Missionary Association) archives, Indian Education: A National Tragedy - A National Challenge (Kennedy Report) and U.S. Department of the Interior Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report on canvas remnants, repurposed linens, laser cut and engraved deconstructed books and reclaimed wood fencing, chalk and number 2 pencil rubbings, pins, needles, and found nails on wood panel purchased at an estate sale.
24” x 22” x 2”