Date on Master's Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation
5-2024
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
M.F.A.
Department
Fine Arts
Degree Program
Studio Art and Design, MFA
Committee Chair
Chan, Ying Kit
Committee Co-Chair (if applicable)
Reitz, Christopher
Committee Member
Reitz, Christopher
Committee Member
Phillips, Selene
Author's Keywords
indigenous; mandan; hidatsa; shoshone; poetry
Abstract
Native American Art resists all attempts by non-Natives to define, restrain, and replicate it. THAT LIMBLESS SIGN is a concrete substantiation of this quality of resistance through the scope of language. Native Art indicates a continuity, not of tradition, but of people. In THAT LIMBLESS SIGN, Native people become signs; that is, inimitable cipher devices of the real, living members of tribes who remain in the United States of America. Language is one of the last refuges of Native existence because it represents the point of power where Native realities cannot be transcribed into a superficial, indelible system such as English.
Recommended Citation
Charging, Donna R., "That limbless sign the thesis document." (2024). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 4348.
https://doi.org/10.18297/etd/4348
