Nicholas Galanin's Indianland
Clip: Season 12 Episode 4 | 2m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Referencing the Hollywood sign, the artist gives space to the question of land ownership.
Referencing the iconic Hollywood sign, Nicholas Galanin spells out Indianland in 45-foot tall letters, a nod to how a white settler mythology and the landscape was cinematized and the rights due to the land's original Indigenous inhabitants were taken away.
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Nicholas Galanin's Indianland
Clip: Season 12 Episode 4 | 2m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Referencing the iconic Hollywood sign, Nicholas Galanin spells out Indianland in 45-foot tall letters, a nod to how a white settler mythology and the landscape was cinematized and the rights due to the land's original Indigenous inhabitants were taken away.
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