We dive into a (very) brief history of Indigenous people in the United States and Canada in order to place contemporary Indigenous artists in context.

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How most museums treat Indigenous art

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

A history of residential schools in Canada

The Sixties Scoop & Aboriginal child welfare

The Numbered Treaties (1871-1921)

NAGPRA

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Met Museum Appoints First Curator of Native American Art