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Thank you to everyone who joined us in person and in cyberspace for the 2009 Fellowship Symposium.1:02 PM Nov 14thfrom TweetDeck
Wendy Red Star: Blood quantum systems can contribute to erasure of Native peoples.12:43 PM Nov 14thfrom TweetDeck
Jeffrey Gibson: Systems of blood quantum are manufactured. Realities have moved past the system.12:42 PM Nov 14thfrom TweetDeck
2007 Fellow Will Wilson asks: How should we negotiate Indian Identity? In US, tribes decide. In Canada, identity is self determined.12:40 PM Nov 14thfrom TweetDeck
Jim Denomie: Photographer Edward Curtis, famous for documenting "authentic" Native life, purposely omitted evidence of the modern.12:31 PM Nov 14thfrom TweetDeck
Faye HeavyShield: You are always going to face labeling of your work and who you are.12:24 PM Nov 14thfrom TweetDeck
Jeffrey Gibson: I am not "post-Indian." I wake up in this skin every day.12:23 PM Nov 14thfrom TweetDeck
Question from Mario Caro: Would you (the panel) consider yourselves post-Indian artists?12:22 PM Nov 14thfrom TweetDeck
Edward Poitras: Native American art is art created by an Indian person...and then you need to define "Indian."12:16 PM Nov 14thfrom TweetDeck
Jeffrey Gibson: Perhaps we (those on panel) have put the question of "what is Native art" behind us?12:15 PM Nov 14thfrom TweetDeck
Wendy Red Star: It's hard to define Native art in a way that can't be contradicted.12:15 PM Nov 14thfrom TweetDeck
Question at symposium from 2007 Fellow Larry McNeil: What is Native American art?12:13 PM Nov 14thfrom TweetDeck
Question at symposium: What museums other than Eiteljorg and @pequotmuseum are incorporating Native contemporary art into collections?12:12 PM Nov 14thfrom TweetDeck