Urban Indian: celebrating 30 years of Native American artwork in New York
In a new exhibition, the work of Native American artists in New York is being heralded in opposition to a ‘history of erasure, misrepresentation and appropriation’
In 1987, New York poet Diane Burns made a video of herself walking through the East Village. At one point, she walks up to the camera and asks: “Hey man, can you spare a cigarette? Do you know of a place to sublet?”
“Do you know where I could cash this check?” she continued. “I hate Chevrolet, I hate Norman Bates, I hate the United States.”
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Urban Indian: Native New York Now is showing at the Museum of the City of New York until 8 March
