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KB: “Dakota writer Elizabeth Cook-Lynn has said about Native Americans, ‘we’re not just warriors and massacres, we’re more complex than that. How does the Takuwe exhibition help address Ms. CookLynn’s statement?” CH: “I completely agree with that statement, with this orientation that if we look at American Indians as existing only in the past, and almost always male, and fighting, we’re not better than stereotypes and mascots. The first three exhibits focused on traditional narratives and this one, of course, is focused on this massacre. But the artists who are interpreting it are so diverse – they’re in 14 states and two Canadian provinces, they live in cities, in reservations, they’re young and old, highly accomplished artists and up-and-coming artists, including students as young as 10 years old. It’s showing the diversity of Lakotas. And the diversity of their art demonstrates there is no one way 16
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to be Lakota or to represent Lakotas. As with any other nation in the world, Lakotas are diverse and our exhibitions and educational materials should be reflective of that diversity.” KB: “What did you learn as you curated this project?” CH: “Studying the eyewitness accounts and atmospheric conditions from that time, we learn it was unseasonably warm on December 29, 1890. The blizzard didn’t come until New Year’s Eve. The power of this narrative has been there was a blizzard and bitter cold. Thank goodness Charles Eastman thought to go back and look for survivors. They saved 11 persons. And evidence from Black Elk shows he first started encountering bodies three miles from Wounded Knee. The killing lasted many hours. It’s hard to learn these facts, but it’s fascinating and exciting. We have a chance to change how that massacre is written and represented now.”
KB: “Are you still focusing on this exhibition and the educational pieces that go along with it or working on CAIRNS’ next project?” CH: “One aspect we’re working on very hard right now is K-12 curriculum tied to the exhibit. We’re working with a team of Native educators across our state to develop activities teachers can implement in their classrooms. We’re also creating community-based versions of these exhibits, high-quality reproductions for communities, schools, places where they don’t have museums.” Takuwe is at Akta Lakota Museum in Chamberlain through October 22. On November 2, it opens at the South Dakota Art Museum in Brookings. For more information, visit NativeCAIRNS.org. Native America premieres Tuesday, Oct. 23, 8pm (7 MT) on SDPB1.