Navajo, 1967-69, Relocation; waiting for the papers to be signed

Marion Palfi, artist

1907–1978

Navajo, 1967-69, Relocation; waiting for the papers to be signed, 1967–1969

Portfolio/Series title: ...First I Liked the Whites, I Gave Them Fruits...

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: gelatin silver print

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 21.8 x 34.4 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 8 9/16 x 13 9/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 x 16 in

Credit line: Gift of Marion Palfi

Accession number: 1973.0190

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Separate and Not Equal: A History of Race and Education in America

By the time the Civil Rights Movement was underway, the boarding school system that characterized Native American education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries had been largely dismantled. Nevertheless, the forced relocation and assimilation practiced by boarding schools persisted. Palfi
addressed the dire living conditions and continued removal of Native Americans from their ancestral lands during the 1960s in her series First I Liked the Whites, I Gave Them Fruits. The title is borrowed from an American Indian prayer that explores the abuse that followed Europeans’ arrival. The project
documents the everyday lives of Hopi, Papago, and Diné (Navajo) communities and the injustices enacted by the U.S. government.