Raven Tells His Story in the Fog

Zoë Marieh Urness, Tlingit people, Native American

2013

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Vertical monoprint with red ground has phrase U.S. DO NOT FORGET WASHITA INDIAN DEATHS in white letters.
Chief's Blanket (First Phase style), Diné (Navajo) people, Southwestern Region, Native American, wool with cochineal and vegetal dyes
Vertical woven paper basket with round mouth and square bottom, in Cherokee water pattern; paper dyed shades of blue, lavender, and black. Photograph of Tuckasegee River in central band; text written on paper weaving strips drawn from David Archambault's speech to United Nations in response to Dakota Access Pipeline on Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.
The carved arm of the halibut hook is 10" alder (?) and represents a side view of a heron with neck folded. The vendor stated it was a cormorant, but I doubt this. The barb arm is 10". No barb.