Sioux for Dinner
by Thea Recuerdo
Title
Sioux for Dinner
Artist
Thea Recuerdo
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Vintage photgraph of two Sioux tribal leaders invited by Indian affairs officials for a little sit down dinner: Here is what the Sioux chieftans really think: " Dressed in our tribal finery to impress the white man what good friends we are; the reality is, after you have stolen our native lands, not been faithful with your treaties, killed all our buffalo, polluted our streams and rivers, herded our peoples onto reservations like cattle, your white chiefs have lied and failed to keep their promises, we ask what kind of people, what kind of government does this to fellow human beings. We sit here and eat your food, but you are quite ingenuous, and we know who you really are, history will record your true character. We have spoken. "
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April 2nd, 2012
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