Tribe/Community

Jaune Quick-to-see Smith is a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Nation, Montana. Her work addresses today's tribal politics, human rights and environmental issues with humor and insight. This lithograph compares the authenticity of tribal culture with dominant American commercial culture. The rabbit stands with hands on hips in front of an architectural blueprint, while behind him are images of Indian dancers and hunters.  Mirroring these images at the bottom are commercial advertising graphics-clip art-of hands, buffaloes, travel trunks and models. Tribe/Community, like much of Smith's work, charts the delicate area between that which is sacred and traditional and that which is mundane.