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8/8/05

NATIVE ART BEGINS FALL SEASON IN SLU'S BRUSH GALLERY

CANTON – Work by Native artists from the local area will be in the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery 
at St. Lawrence University beginning Wednesday, August 17, and continuing through Thursday, 
September 29. 
	"Following in the Footsteps of our Ancestors: An Exhibition of Hotinonshonni Contemporary 
Art" is the result of collaborative efforts among the Salmon River Central School District, 
the Akwesasne Cultural Center on the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation and St. Lawrence University – 
partners in "Teaching American History Through Hotinonshonni Eyes," a three-year program funded 
by the U.S. Department of Education. "Hotinonshonni" is an Onondaga term that refers to the 
Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy. The program allows teachers in New York state schools with 
significant Hotinonshonni populations to explore the ways in which the Hotinonshonni have 
influenced and have been influenced by American history, and how they envision their hopes for 
the future.
	The exhibition is curated by Katsitsionni Fox, a Native studies and Native film teacher at 
Salmon River Central School, and Sue Ellen Herne, program coordinator at the Akwesasne Cultural 
Center. The artists in the exhibition – Brad Bonaparte, Edward J. Burnam Jr., Joe “Ronio” 
David, Fox, Herne, Rick Hill, G. Peter Jemison, Pete Jones, Shelley Niro and Natasha Smoke 
Santiago – were asked to submit works that examine and critique history using the language of 
contemporary art, and to reflect on how they were able to stay true to the path of their 
ancestors.  
	On Thursday, September 15, at 7 p.m., there will be a gallery discussion with Fox and Herne. The event is open to the public, free of charge.
	For more information or to arrange individual or group tours, contact the gallery at 
315-229-5174.

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