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2022

Nicholas Galanin

Native American (Tlingit/Unangax̂), born 1979

Full title: Architecture of return, escape (The British Museum)

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léna martinez

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Charles Olson, from The Kingfishers

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petrified wood

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finally had a chance to make my birthday cake!

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Vessel depicting a rain god. Mexico, Mixtec civilization, c. 1100-1400 AD.

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Tiiu Kuik Vogue Italia (2003) ph. Paolo Roversi

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Toyo Miyatake, photographer. Lester Horton in his 1929 work Pueblo Eagle Dance, ca. 1929. Larry Warren Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress

Lester Horton's Pueblo Eagle Dance

California dancer and choreographer, Lester Horton (1906–1953) choreographed works centered on rituals of native peoples in the U.S. and Mexico. He noted: “If dancers would only make an effort, to preserve this beauty which exists literally at our back doors, something magnificent might be born. A dance can be built upon these art forms that would be truly representative of this great country, something new and fundamental.” Horton and Ted Shawn responded to the admiration for the eagle. Frequently performed to guarantee good hunting, these dances portrayed the bird as noble, beautiful, and strong.

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Mali, 1975. Henriette Grindat