Analysis: Can art speak the truth about violence against indigenous women?
By Ruth Tam Ruth Tam Bio Follow March 23 at 6:00 AM About US is a new initiative by The Washington Post to cover issues of identity in the United States. Sign up for the newsletter.
U.S. researchers face the same hurdles. In 2016, 5,712 indigenous women were reported missing, but only 116 of those cases were logged in the Justice Department’s federal missing persons database, the Urban Indian Health Institute said. Black, who is descended from Canada’s First Nations people and European settlers, hopes to continue raising the profile of indigenous women through art. She spoke to About US about her inspiration and the conversations she hopes to start.
I feel like I [had] a responsibility to use my gifts to allow others to have their voice heard and to amplify the things that are happening on the ground in communities across Canada. And it was also a search for my own identity in a way.A: The whole process has been extremely organic. Artists have many creative ideas [inspired by] different incidents and conversations. Things with our lives just kind of gel at certain times.
“The REDress Project” runs through March 31 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington. Black said she has exhibited her project across Canada and in more than 30 cities. Q: How are indigenous women in Canada misunderstood today?
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