When asked what Indians called North America before Columbus arrived, noted scholar Vine Deloria, Jr., simply replied, "Ours." (Truer, 2012. p. 7)
Images in the order that they appear:
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=3914
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=3922
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=3928
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=3972
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=3980
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=4011
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=4048
Works Cited:
Treuer, Anton. Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2012.
HI Josh!
ReplyDeleteGreat quote to choose and wonderful artwork as well. How fitting that the Indigenous people called this land "ours." I feel it certainly was theirs.