Sep

03

Honoring History with Edgar Heap of Birds’s “Building Minnesota”

Dreamcatcher hanging on fence outside a blurred image of "Scaffold" exhibit

Prior to discussions about appropriation art, artist Hock E Aye Vi (Hachivi) Edgar Heap of Birds honored the 40 executed Dakota men in “Building Minnesota.”

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Jan

21

Edgar Heap of Birds: Challenging the Silenced History of Native Americans

Edgar Heap of Birds’ work blends European and Native North American artistic forms, practices, and mediums in order to offer a counter-narrative to many non-Native myths and stereotypes surrounding the history of indigenous American Indians.

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