I killed an Indian Today

I killed an Indian Today:

I killed an indian, he was not so real

I killed him with my brown skinned hands

That indian was never worth a damn

when I killed him you all stopped to stare

I killed an indian to get ahead, its a trash fuck heap of a world he said …

I killed one indian but there’s more I swear

Its viral man they’re everywhere

My grandparents would be so proud, to know I killed one in this crowd

Indigenous to Hollywood, curated culture, lots of books

There was no pride in his death

no ceremonies or sacredness

I thought I told you he’s not real

I killed an Indian to live, to feel.

- Nicholas Galanin 2008

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2 Responses to “I killed an Indian Today”

  1. Charlotte Says:
    May 7th, 2008 at 7:29 pm

    No need to kill him
    Sadness doing job for you
    Soon all Indians gone

  2. Katherine Coons Says:
    May 14th, 2008 at 7:16 am

    I know you are pissed off……..it is quite clear and obvious -
    so I am.

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08.22.08

Upcoming Events

Sept. 24th, 2008 ‘Second Lives’ @ The Art & Design Museum in NYC
Oct. 15th-19th "ImagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival, Toronto.
Nov. 2008 ACC conference, Vancouver BC.
Nov. 4th -19th Shaq’asthut  @ Roundhouse Community Arts Centre, Vancouver, B.C.

Nov.  2008 ‘Identity’ @ The Alaska House in Soho NYC.
Dec. 2008 ‘Twisted Path’ @ the Abbe Museum.
Dec. 2008 […]

05.15.08

”Finding Common Ground in First Nations Art: Bringing Together Cultural Traditions and Creativity.” w/Nicholas Galanin, Nathan Jackson & Marianne Nicholson; moderator: Aldona Jonaitis.

Northwest Coast Artists’ Gathering June 3 - 4 JUNEAU, Alaska - The annual Northwest Coast Artists’ Gathering is June 3 - 4 in the Old Armory. The gathering is sponsored by Artstream Cultural Resources, Juneau Douglas City Museum and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. It coincides with Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Celebration […]

04.21.08

New Mexico w/ Bunky Echo-Hawk & Erica Lord

The Art and Virtual Worlds Class and the Native American
Studies Indigenous Research Group present
three distinguished guest artists:
Bunky Echo-Hawk (Pawnee/Yakama)
http://www.nvisionit.org/
Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit/Aleut)
and
Erica Lord (Athabaskan/Iñupiaq)
http://www.ericalord.com/
UNM High Performance Computing Center
1609 Central Ave. NE (Near the intersection of Central
Ave. and University
Blvd. just of the Parking building)
12:30pm to 1:45pm
Free, open to the public

04.13.08

Peabody Museum recently aquired new work

Peabody Museum has recently acquired
Bear Mask Vol. 9
Paper: 1100 pages, human hair
6’’ x 8’’ x 4”
2006
for there contemporary permanent collection.

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