"NEW ERA"
by Alizée Pichot, Nikki Kuentzle, Ankhone, and Natasha
"Once upon a time, in a faraway time all of us were equal but somehow came the day when women went to far ...Asking for their rights." — @Alizee.Pichot
Mary Two-Axe Earley (1911–1996), a Mohawk from the Kahnawake reserve in Quebec, created the "Equal Rights for Native Women" association and used her voice to speak out against the gender discrimination policies in the 1876 Indian Act. After 20 years of activism by Earley Canada finally changed the law in 1985. In 2019 multidisciplinary writer/artist Alizée Pichot provided the words above and led a group of artists including Nikki Kuentzle, Ankhone, and Natasha creating this work on Rue Sainte-Elisabeth at Sainte Catherine St for Montreal's Under Pressure Festival. The wall has framed a changing cast of activist women's portraits also including Viviane Michel, currently serving as president of Quebec Native Women. @alizee.pichot/ @nikki.kuentzle/ @ankh_one/ @ravensorcrows/ @UP_mtl/