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The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, was built on Native land, obscuring what had previously existed on this site. Black and Native narratives have long been erased or buried, as forces of urbanization and gentrification make visible only the top layer of a deep history of Boston and New England. In this conversation, Elizabeth Solomon (Massachusett at Ponkapoag) and Dr. Jean O’Brien (White Earth Ojibwe Nation) explored the ways that this place and the people who have called it home—iespecially those with ancestral connections to the area—have shaped each other.
Speakers:
Elizabeth Solomon (Massachusett at Ponkapoag)
Dr. Jean O’Brien (White Earth Ojibwe Nation)
Moderators:
Martina Tanga, Curatorial Research Associate, Art of the Americas Department
Marina Tyquiengco, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Contemporary Art
Land Acknowledgement: Tess Lukey, Curatorial Research Associate, Art of the Americas Department
May 18, 2021
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, was built on Native land, obscuring what had previously existed on this site. Black and Native narratives have long been erased or buried, as forces of urbanization and gentrification make visible only the top layer of a deep history of Boston and New England. In this conversation, Elizabeth Solomon (Massachusett at Ponkapoag) and Dr. Jean O’Brien (White Earth Ojibwe Nation) explored the ways that this place and the people who have called it home—iespecially those with ancestral connections to the area—have shaped each other.
Speakers:
Elizabeth Solomon (Massachusett at Ponkapoag)
Dr. Jean O’Brien (White Earth Ojibwe Nation)
Moderators:
Martina Tanga, Curatorial Research Associate, Art of the Americas Department
Marina Tyquiengco, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Contemporary Art
Land Acknowledgement: Tess Lukey, Curatorial Research Associate, Art of the Americas Department
May 18, 2021
