Wicaŋhpi Oyate by Sanheshke Wakinyan (Peruvian Highland Wool) NFS

Inspired by the poem: Wicaŋhpi Heciya Taŋhaŋ Uŋhipi [We Come from the Stars] by Gwen Nell Westerman

Sanheshke Wakinyan’s artist statement: Indigenous art in North America has been marginalized and relegated to feathers, beads, and buckskin. We exist beyond those confines. Our methods of storytelling are as diverse as we are as people. Allow me to take you on a visual journey, reading and internalizing stories that go beyond language.