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Mike Pinay Qu’Appelle Indian Residential School 1953-1963
Exhibition
Daniella Zalcman. Signs of your Identity
12 Dec 2016 – 25 Jan 2017
Regular hours
- Tuesday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 19:00
- Sunday
- 11:00 – 18:00
Address
- 143 Ludlow Street
- New York
New York - 10002
- United States
Anastasia Photo is pleased to present Daniella Zalcman’s first exhibition at the gallery. Signs of Your Identity showcases multiple exposure portraits of survivors of cultural genocide in Canada and the United States’ indigenous communities.
About
Across Canada and the United States, various iterations of Indian boarding schools were established in the 1800s to force the assimilation of indigenous children into Western culture. Children as young as two years old were taken from their homes and enrolled in compulsory education programs. Many would not reunite with their families for more than a decade; others would never see them again. Students were punished for speaking their native languages or observing indigenous traditions, routinely sexually and physically assaulted, and in some cases, subjected to medical experimentation and sterilization.
While the last residential school in Canada closed in 1996, 59 Indian boarding schools remain in the United States today. The recent history of these schools has left behind a series of lost generations. Zalcman has documented this legacy and its aftermath through the voices of survivors who only recently have begun to share their stories.
Signs of Your Identity reveals portraits of indigenous survivors fighting to overcome their past residential school experiences. The environmental overlays reflect the locations and memories that continue to echo their traumas and pathways to healing.
