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Photo, Print, Drawing Winona Laduke & Faith Spotted Eagle make a stand / Pepion.

[ digital file from original drawing ]

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About this Item

Title

  • Winona Laduke & Faith Spotted Eagle make a stand / Pepion.

Summary

  • Drawing shows two women clothed in traditional American Indian dress, identified by the artist as Winona Laduke and Faith Spotted Eagle, holding signs "Honor the Earth" and "Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline." The drawing is made on the page of a tax ledger "Collected for the Year 1897 Montana." On the back of the drawing the ledger continues "Treasurer's Register of Taxes, Silver Bow County, Assessed Valuation in School District."

Names

  • Pepion, John Isaiah, artist

Created / Published

  • Valier, Montana : John Isaiah Pepion, 2014.

Headings

  • -  LaDuke, Winona
  • -  Spotted Eagle, Faith
  • -  Keystone XL Project
  • -  Demonstrations--North Dakota--2010-2020
  • -  Indians of North America--Political activity--North Dakota--2010-2020
  • -  Women--Political activity--North Dakota--2010-2020

Format Headings

  • Drawings--2010-2020.

Genre

  • Drawings--2010-2020

Notes

  • -  Title from artist.
  • -  John Isaiah Pepion, is a member of the Blackfeet Nation.
  • -  Caption label from exhibit Art in Action Environment: Environmental Activism. John Isaiah Pepion's drawing, made on an 1897 tax ledger sheet, depicts activists Winona LaDuke and Faith Spotted Eagle holding signs that say "Honor the Earth" (also the name of the native-led non-profit organization co-founded by LaDuke) and "Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline." Pepion, a member of Montana's Blackfeet Nation, carries forward the storytelling tradition of ledger art developed by Plains Indian artists in the nineteenth century. He combines contemporary subject matter with the turn-of-the-century practice that evolved in which pages from U.S. government accounting or ledger books were used for drawing paper.
  • -  Title from item.
  • -  Purchase; John Isaiah Pepion; 2017; (DLC/PP-2017:108).
  • -  Exhibited: "Art in Action : Herblock and Fellow Artists Respond to Their Times" in the Graphic Arts Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., January 31 - August 17, 2019.
  • -  Vendor : John Isiah Pepion.

Medium

  • 1 drawing : oil-based color pencil and ink ; sheet 42.4 x 35.2 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2017:108 (B size part) [P&P]

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017659957

Reproduction Number

  • LC-DIG-ppmsca-55795 (digital file from original drawing)

Rights Advisory

Access Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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  • Rights Advisory: Rights status not evaluated. For general information see: "Copyright and Other Restrictions...," https://aj.sunback.homes/rr/print/195_copr.html
  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-55795 (digital file from original drawing)
  • Call Number: Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2017:108 (B size part) [P&P]
  • Access Advisory: Served by appointment (Unprocessed). To make a request, see "Access to Unprocessed Materials," https://aj.sunback.homes/rr/print/info/022_unpr.html

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Chicago citation style:

Pepion, John Isaiah, Artist. Winona Laduke & Faith Spotted Eagle make a stand / Pepion. North Dakota, 2014. Valier, Montana: John Isaiah Pepion. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017659957/.

APA citation style:

Pepion, J. I. (2014) Winona Laduke & Faith Spotted Eagle make a stand / Pepion. North Dakota, 2014. Valier, Montana: John Isaiah Pepion. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017659957/.

MLA citation style:

Pepion, John Isaiah, Artist. Winona Laduke & Faith Spotted Eagle make a stand / Pepion. Valier, Montana: John Isaiah Pepion. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2017659957/>.