True or False

Name/Title

True or False

Entry/Object ID

2022.08.19

Description

Print on cardstock of a scene suggestive of being from a children's book of two white men loading and firing revolvers while behind a wagon. In the bottom right foreground is a caricature of an Native American falling backwards. Beyond the wagon is a Native American riding a horse holding a bow and arrow. In the upper left corner is a caricature of a cowboy holding a revolver. Upper right hand quadrant has a text from describing removal of Native Americans to the "Permanent Indian Territory" as the "Trail of Tears." Below the image states "wagon train was attacked, the wagons formed a . . . everyone fought hard to drive off the Indians." Printed in pencil below this and along edge of page, "True or False," "11/20," "Melanie Yazzie."

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Kathryn Joan Reeves

Made/Created

Artist

Melanie Yazzie

Date made

2016

Edition

Edition

11/20

Edition Size

20

Edition Number

11

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Print

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

11 in

Width

14 in

Color

Blue