Object number:
2010.54.10010
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
Our land is more valuable than your money.
Maker:
Akwesasne Notes
Date made:
Circa 1975
Material / Technique:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
H: 22.438 in, W: 17.5 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
Offset lithograph; Poster consists of red-brown print with a green border on white paper.
Content description:
Full page image depicts an elderly man, Chief Curlyhead, of the Blackfeet Nation, wearing a feathered and fur headdress, multiple beaded necklaces, and beaded leather clothing. Text on the left side reads "Our Land is more valuable than your money / It will last forever / As long as the Sun Shines / and the Waters Flow. / this land will be here to give life to men and animals. / Therefore, We Cannot Sell This Land.
Concepts:
headdress; feather; Blackfoot; North American Indian; man; necklace; bead; land
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