Eufaula Girls

Cara Romero

Cultural affiliations: enrolled citizen of the Chemehuevi Tribe

born 1977

Eufaula Girls, 2015

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: Epson Legacy Platine paper; inkjet print

Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 111.9 x 110.4 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 101.7 x 100.3 cm

Credit line: Museum purchase: Peter T. Bohan Art Acquisition Fund

Accession number: T2023.027.02

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Bold Women

This photograph by Cara Romero offers an Indigenous perspective on the manmade flooding of Native lands such as the Chemehuevi Valley, where Romero’s tribe lived. Evoking the Indigenous sacredness of water, the beauty of these two figures counters narratives that justify manipulating lakes and rivers to extract resources and assert domination over the landscape and its displaced Native occupants. Referring also to floods in Eufaula, Oklahoma, this work visualizes the Chemehuevi belief in the innate strength of Indigenous women.