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What does genocide look like?
(Much of this work is found in ethnographic and natural-history museums and libraries.)
One was made by Nokkoist (Bears Heart) when he was 25.
(He died at 31 from tuberculosis contracted probably from colonists.)
In another drawing, the forts interior is seen from a Gods-eye view.
There are dozens of uniformed men, most Native American prisoners whose hair has been shorn.
We see them marching two by two in the yard.
There are also visions of the past.
The format is formal, the figures flat, with subtle shifts between the foreground and background.
Each horse is labeled, simply, horse a word written by artists learning to communicate in English.
They ask you to open your eyes as they did so that you might see.
