Now active in New Mexico, Smith first came to national prominence during the 1970s. They are named for the Native American social models that have imbued indigenous people with resilience in the face of repeated trauma, most notably the forced relocation and mass genocide brought about by the United States’ program of westward expansion from the mid-nineteenth century onward. The prints are titled Wisdom/Knowledge, Humor, Tribe/Community, and Nature/Medicine.
Sheldon Museum of Art recently purchased Survival Suite, a portfolio of four lithographs by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, an enrolled Squelix’u (Salish) member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes in the US state of Montana.
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