Becoming Mary Sully: Toward an American Indian Abstract education pain and forgiveness it takes

pain and forgiveness it takes to hold a family together

Cree Thunderboy and Lucas Smoke end up on paths where their biggest challenge is staying true to themselves

Denise Lajimodiere opens a door into the lives of Native girls and women

honest and propulsive—all the while telling a story that needs to be told by a person who needs to be telling it

Drawing from written and oral sources

Becoming Mary Sully: Toward an American Indian Abstract education pain and forgiveness it takesDakota Sioux artist Mary Sully was the great granddaughter of respected nineteenth century portraitist Thomas Sully, who captured the personalities of America's first generation of celebrities (including the figure of Andrew Jackson immortalized on the twenty dollar bill). Born on the Standing Rock reservation in South Dakota in 1896, she was largely self taught. Steeped in the visual traditions of beadwork, quilling, and hide painting, she also