All My Relations

Description

DNA-All My Relations, 2018
Mallery Quetawki-Zuni Pueblo
16×20 in. Acrylic on Canvas.(original)

This painting depicts a healthy DNA strand with clan symbols from Navajo and Cheyenne River Sioux. The yellow and red rays in the background represent the 12 of the original 13 Crow clans. One clan is depicted in the actual DNA strand. The white tipi structures and the triangular peaks around the rays represent the idea of home and belonging. In combination, this piece translates to Native communities the idea of genetics and heredity. The Native process of kinship is not just through blood but also by clanship and or bands. There is a saying in Indian Country, “All My Relations,” as a way of acknowledging all Indigenous peoples and our interconnectedness.
Clans Included in strand:
• Navajo: Turkey, Rabbit, Arrow, Deer(Big, Little, as well does it represent the Zuni Clan as the style of the deer is a Zuni symbol), Feather, Black Goat, Pumpkin/Squash, Bluebird, Corn, Mountain, Yucca Fruit Strand, and Bear.
• Cheyenne River Sioux: Two Kettle. The two pipes are a Crow representation of unity.

Print is matte
print does not have watermark