Nora Naranjo Morse has said: “’Our Homes, Ourselves’ is the biographical articulation of the profound influence mud (and clay) and the act of creating a home had on me. ‘Our Homes, Ourselves’ is the architecture of my people, the Santa Clara and Tewa Indians of northern New Mexico. For centuries we have built our own homes out of mud and clay indigenous to this area …”


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We returned to the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery so soon after our last visit because I wanted to see an exhibit titled “Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists,” which I must say was outstanding.

From the museum’s website:

“Women have long been the creative force behind Native American art, yet their individual contributions have been largely unrecognized, instead treated as anonymous representations of entire cultures. 'Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists' explores the artistic achievements of Native women and establishes their rightful place in the art world.”

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

‘The Wisdom of the Universe,’ Christi Belcourt (Michif), 2014, posted earlier: