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Remembering in America

  • Artwork acquisition: Event

Remembering in America [1]

image/jpeg iconSource: Urbanshaman (2008). Archives. (http://www.urbanshaman.org/gallery/archive/Edgar_Heap_of_Birds/page1.htm) [2]
Location:
corner of Ellice and Smith streets, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s): 
Heap of Birds, Edgar
Text author(s): 
Jefferson, Thomas
Installation year: 
2006
Description: 

Image in a billboard

Text of the artwork: 

Excerpt from : The Declaration of Independance.

United States of America, July 4, 1776.

We hold these truths to be self evident.

Insurrections have endeavored to bring on the merciless Indian Savages whose rule of warfare is a

destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

All men are created equal they are endowed with undeniable rights, life, liberty and the pursuit of

happiness.

 

Remembering in America HOCK E AYE VI EDGAR HEAP OF BIRDS 2006.

Text theme: 
Human rights, freedom
Artwork theme: 
Injustice to Native America, colonialism, history
History: 
Event: Edgar Heap of Birds, Remembering in America, organized by the Urban Shaman Gallery, Winnipeg, MB. Date: May 22 - June 19, 2006 (billboard), May 18 - June 24, 2006 (entire exhibition).
Event date(s): 
2006
Artist's biography: 
Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds [3]
Author's biography: 
Jefferson, Thomas [4]
Source: 
1. Urban Shaman Inc. (galerie d’art) 203-290 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg MB Canada R3B 0T2 tel: 204.942.2674 email: inquiries@urbanshaman.org
Document(s): 
Getting the Word Out (All My Relations)
Stevens, Laura (2006).  Getting the Word Out (All My Relations). Windspeaker. vol. 24, no. 3, p. ss14
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Links:
[1] http://plepuc.org/en/artwork/remembering-in-america
[2] http://plepuc.org/sites/plepuc.org/files/images/Manitoba_remembering_in_america.jpg
[3] http://www.heapofbirds.com/hachivi_edgar_heap_of_birds.htm
[4] http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/63233
[5] http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php
[6] http://plepuc.org/en/print/1341
[7] http://plepuc.org/fr/oeuvre/remembering-in-america