Made by Indigenous Artists Across Turtle Island
Graphics by Justin David Romero | Original Post and Photo credit: Kooteen Creations
In case you missed it (ICYMI), in 2020 Indigenous Artists from all over the United States and Canada collaborated on this beaded map. Simply gorgeous! View the list of contributing artists HERE.
Bead Your State – New York: Carol Armstrong, Seneca. Armstrong is Seneca and grew up in Western New York around Cattaraugus where her father is from, but has been living in Washington state for the last five years.
“New York is always going to be home for me,” she said.
Her design included the purple and white Hiawatha belt that represents the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois, Confederacy that includes the Seneca, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga and Mohawk nations whose traditional territory spans New York state. She added a strawberry in raised beadwork to represent Cattaraugus territory.
“We’re still here and I’m going to bead something that shows we’re still here,” she said.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indigenous-bead-provinces-states-1.5649097
