Our Medicine, 2022, by Dustin Newman.
GOOD MEDICINE
On view March 21, 2023 through March 19, 2024
Art of the North Galleries, Third Floor, East Wing
Good Medicine鈥痓rings together Indigenous healers and medicine people to collectively create, share knowledge, and practice in community. Unfolding over the course of a year with the work of different Alaska Native healers, this multi-disciplinary exhibition offers diverse opportunities for gathering and exchange.
Colonialism has attacked and suppressed medicine people and Indigenous knowledge systems for hundreds of years. This exhibition addresses harmful legacies and shows how the revitalization of healing practices and traditions provides ways of being in alignment with oneself, with community, and with our planet.听听
Curated by Tlingit traditional healer鈥疢eda DeWitt,鈥�Good Medicine鈥痚mphasizes spiritual renewal, cultural renascence, and the importance of co-creating futures where nature can thrive.听
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In the Curator's Words
Traditional Healer Meda DeWit
Meda DeWitt鈥檚 Tlingit names are T艣a Ts茅e Naakw, Khaat k艂aat, adopted I帽upiaq name is Tigigalook, and adopted Cree name is Boss Eagle Spirit Woman 鈥淏oss.鈥� Her clan is Naanyaa.aay铆, and she is a child of the Kaach.aadi. Her family comes from Shtux茅en kwaan (now referred to as Wrangell, Alaska). DeWitt鈥檚 lineage also comes from Oregon, Washington, and the BC/Yukon Territories. She lives on Dena鈥檌na lands in 果冻传煤, Alaska with her family. Her credo is 鈥淟eave a world that can support life and a culture worth living for.鈥澨�
Objects On View
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Inupiat Mukluks
Mary Sears
Tlingit Button Blanket
Natalee Wigen
Tlingit Octopus Bag
Ruby Soboleff
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In 果冻传煤
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Janelle Marie Baker
This collection takes a holistic view of well-being, seeking complementarities between Indigenous approaches to healing and Western biomedicine. Throughout, the voices of Elders, healers, physicians, and scholars are in dialogue to promote Indigenous community well-being through collaboration.听
$ 35 (10% discount for museum members)