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Oil on Masterpiece Elite Belgian Linen Fished Edges Wored to Hang Broken Treaties Broken Treaties is historic and modern-day. For centuries treaties have defined the relationship between Native American people, their nations and the United States. Over 500 treaties were made with American Indian Tribes, primarily for land acquisitions, and 500 treaties were also broken, changed, or nullified when it served the government’s interest. This work depicts the land runs that revoked Native American territory given to them by the U.S. government after they were forced from their ancestral homelands. The “land rush” opened tribal lands for settlers to homestead based on a first arrival basis. The composition of Broken Treaties contains six horses charging and four figures invaded. They are splintered by themselves, the stampede and one another. The work’s four figures embody a Witness, a Refugee, a Demonstrator and a Deity. The Witness arises in the upper left corner perched above the incident; shoulder to hand elevated. The Refugee evacuates mid composition looking back at her intruder as she sprints forward. The Demonstrator; a male figure, squats at the bottom of the work. Eyes up, he extends one arm and hand with pointer finger ascending. His other hand treads downward to fist. Potently he proclaims the injustice. The Deity; their Great Spirit, surges from the scene in serenity and grace. Her face identifiable and lovely. She envelops the pilfering and enfolds the chaos within her limbs. Broken Treaties is pertinent now. Modern nations are calling for the elimination and restriction of immigration and refugees. At this same moment political groups, movements and governments are coming to cause the flight of populations from their native and ancestral lands. Broken Treaties recounts the first immigrants and refugees in the United States; the “colonists”, whom themselves escaped tyranny and religious persecution crudely to impose it on Native American tribes and nations. Repeatedly posing and rescinding treaties usurping native’s land, destroying their lives, resources and culture.
Oil on Masterpiece Elite Belgian Linen Fished Edges Wored to Hang Broken Treaties Broken Treaties is historic and modern-day. For centuries treaties have defined the relationship between Native American people, their nations and the United States. Over 500 treaties were made with American Indian Tribes, primarily for land acquisitions, and 500 treaties were also broken, changed, or nullified when it served the government’s interest. This work depicts the land runs that revoked Native American territory given to them by the U.S. government after they were forced from their ancestral homelands. The “land rush” opened tribal lands for settlers to homestead based on a first arrival basis. The composition of Broken Treaties contains six horses charging and four figures invaded. They are splintered by themselves, the stampede and one another. The work’s four figures embody a Witness, a Refugee, a Demonstrator and a Deity. The Witness arises in the upper left corner perched above the incident; shoulder to hand elevated. The Refugee evacuates mid composition looking back at her intruder as she sprints forward. The Demonstrator; a male figure, squats at the bottom of the work. Eyes up, he extends one arm and hand with pointer finger ascending. His other hand treads downward to fist. Potently he proclaims the injustice. The Deity; their Great Spirit, surges from the scene in serenity and grace. Her face identifiable and lovely. She envelops the pilfering and enfolds the chaos within her limbs. Broken Treaties is pertinent now. Modern nations are calling for the elimination and restriction of immigration and refugees. At this same moment political groups, movements and governments are coming to cause the flight of populations from their native and ancestral lands. Broken Treaties recounts the first immigrants and refugees in the United States; the “colonists”, whom themselves escaped tyranny and religious persecution crudely to impose it on Native American tribes and nations. Repeatedly posing and rescinding treaties usurping native’s land, destroying their lives, resources and culture.
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Michele Utley Voigt

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Oil on Masterpiece Elite Belgian Linen Fished Edges Wored to Hang Broken Treaties Broken Treaties is historic and modern-day. For centuries treaties have defined the relationship between Native American people, their nations and the United States. Over 500 treaties were made with American Indian Tribes, primarily for land acquisitions, and 500 treaties were also broken, changed, or nullified when it served the government’s interest. This work depicts the land runs that revoked Native American territory given to them by the U.S. government after they were forced from their ancestral homelands. The “land rush” opened tribal lands for settlers to homestead based on a first arrival basis. The composition of Broken Treaties contains six horses charging and four figures invaded. They are splintered by themselves, the stampede and one another. The work’s four figures embody a Witness, a Refugee, a Demonstrator and a Deity. The Witness arises in the upper left corner perched above the incident; shoulder to hand elevated. The Refugee evacuates mid composition looking back at her intruder as she sprints forward. The Demonstrator; a male figure, squats at the bottom of the work. Eyes up, he extends one arm and hand with pointer finger ascending. His other hand treads downward to fist. Potently he proclaims the injustice. The Deity; their Great Spirit, surges from the scene in serenity and grace. Her face identifiable and lovely. She envelops the pilfering and enfolds the chaos within her limbs. Broken Treaties is pertinent now. Modern nations are calling for the elimination and restriction of immigration and refugees. At this same moment political groups, movements and governments are coming to cause the flight of populations from their native and ancestral lands. Broken Treaties recounts the first immigrants and refugees in the United States; the “colonists”, whom themselves escaped tyranny and religious persecution crudely to impose it on Native American tribes and nations. Repeatedly posing and rescinding treaties usurping native’s land, destroying their lives, resources and culture.

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