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Voice Perspective Elizabeth Doxtater Elizabeth Doxtater Shares
her Cornhusk Dolls
Currently, the buzzword is decolonize. Within the healing patterns associated with decolonizing, the focus remains on “them” (the colonizers). Healing is provided to us by “them.” This maintains the understanding that we are passive recipients of healing, we are waiting for healing, and creates the illusion that we are powerless.
(Art of Peace, Doxtater, 2016) The Three Sisters
Figure 53: The Three Sisters, currently among the collection
at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, QC.
Corn husk and mixed media by First Nations artist, Elizabeth Doxtater
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