Texts
A Place Called Irony (html)
Originally for an exhibition called Indian Humor, now chapter 15 of the second PCS book
Afterword: End of the Line (html)
The last thing written for Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong.
Luna Remembers (html)
For James Luna’s landmark 2005 Venice project. The title riffs on a famous Rolling Stone magazine cover story about John Lennon, called Lennon Remembers, which I believe was namechecking Khrushchev Remembers, a best-seller of the day. None of which has much to do with Luna.
No Fixed Destination (html)
Essay for Art Quantum, the 2009 Eiteljorg Museum of Western and Native American Art exhibition, featuring work by Edward Poitras, Faye HeavyShield, Jeffrey Gibson, Wendy Red Star, and Jim Denomie.
Money Changes Everything (html) | (pdf)
Title from the Brains song made famous by Cyndi Lauper, the essay written for the Brian Jungen: Strange Comfort exhibition. October 2009.
Monster Love (html)
Essay for Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian. November 2008.
Preface (html)
by Robert Warrior and PCS, for Like a Hurricane: the Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee.
Presenting Evidence (html)
Talk that explains everything about the NMAI’s permanent history exhibition. March 2005.
State of Exception (html)
Maggie Michael is one of the most talented painters in Washington. This essay is for Michael’s Tattoos of Ships exhibition, January 2010.
Wilma Mankiller’s Trail of Triumph
Remembering the Cherokee leader. April 2010.
Who's Afraid of Fritz Scholder? (html)
On Julian Schnabel and Joan Didion. Presentation for NMAI and National Gallery of Art conference, December 2008.