[Native Americans]

Why Should an Indian Woman Have to Bleach Her Hair to Be Accepted? [caption title]

Rooseveltown, N.Y. Akwesasne Notes, [1970s]. 22.5 x 17.5 inches. On golden stock, printed in sepia. Minor wear. Near fine. Item #6328

Handsome Native rights poster produced by the newspaper Akwesasne Notes, a publication of the Mohawk Nation. The paper reproduced several of its centerfold pieces as separate posters in the 1970s. The work pairs a photographic image of an older woman with a quote by Buffy Ste. Marie. The caption notes, "Our grandmother shown here is Betty Hunter, of the Stoney Nation of Southern Alberta, taken about 1900."

Price: $250.00