Our Side: Elisa Harkins, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Marianne Nicolson, and Tanis S'eiltin

MAM invited artist and curator Wendy Red Star to assemble an exhibition meditating on the groundbreaking 1985 exhibition, Women of Sweetgrass, Cedar and Sage, curated by Harmony Hammond and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. Red Star’s response is Our Side, a reexamination of land, body, language, and history from the perspective of four contemporary indigenous American and First Nations artists—Elisa Harkins, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Marianne Nicolson, and Tanis S’eiltin.

The exhibition upholds MAM’s commitment to the expression of Native women’s voices in contemporary art and continues Red Star’s dedication to redefine archival and historical norms through the lens of new historical, social, and cultural dynamics, both within and outside of contemporary indigenous realities.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website