Carrie and Mary Dann (Western Shoshone) Indigenous land rights activists

Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie, artist

Cultural affiliations: Taskigi, Diné (Navajo)

born 1954

Carrie and Mary Dann (Western Shoshone) Indigenous land rights activists, 1996

Portfolio/Series title: The Native American and Hawaiian Women of Hope Series

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: gelatin silver print; hand coloring

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 33 x 20.3 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 13 x 8 in
Mount Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 14 x 11 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Peter T. Bohan Art Acquisition Fund

Accession number: 2002.0103.03

On display: Long Ellis Gallery

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Bold Women

Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie met and photographed twelve Native American and Hawaiian Indigenous women who have boldly created social change and transformation. These four portraits from the series feature land rights activists the Dann sisters, 23rd United States Poet Laureate and musician Joy Harjo, Hawaiian dance teacher Pualani Kanahele, and director of the Spiderwoman Theatre Muriel Miguel. The photographs in this series were widely distributed as posters with an accompanying study guide to schools and community centers throughout the United States in 1997.

Exhibition Label:
"American Indian Art at the Spencer Museum," 6-Sep-2003 to 19-Oct-2003, Andrea Norris

The six photographs displayed here are half the works in Tsinhnahjinnie’s Women of Hope: Portraits of Indigenous Women portfolio, which formed the basis for poster sets that were widely distributed, with a study guide, to schools and community centers throughout the United States in 1997. A panel of American Indian scholars and community people chose the subjects. Tsinhnahjinnie spent a year meeting and photographing the women and also documented her photography sessions.