Description
This painting is entitled "Buffalo Blessings." It is painted on ledger paper, similar to the paper used by incarcerated Indigenous prisoners to record their lives after being captured and imprisoned by the US government.
Ronald Night Walker Yazzie
Artist Bio
Ronald Night Walker Yazzie (N. Cheyenne, Arapaho, Oglala Lakota, Navajo, Spanish Moor, Pawnee, Zuni, and Irish) is a multimedia Indigenous reservation artist. His Indian name is "Hidahwauhnisto" or Howling Buffalo. He paints from his experience in Indian country, his participation in ceremony, and knowledge of his ancestors and their struggles. He uses what he finds on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation where he lives: wood, stone, downed trees, fence posts, lapidary from the Big Horn Mountains, and bones or whatever he can find to create his masterpieces.
Item Special Note
This artwork is donated from Center Pole's Native Artist Coop, supporting Indigenous artists working on their reservations telling stories that need to be told.