"When I first entered the somewhat glamorous world of professional art, I thought I would steer clear of politics . . . Eventually, I realized that Indians are, by definition, political beings . . . I saw the continual exploitation of the Indian art community by museums in the Southwest . . . I witnessed multi-million dollar fraud by pseudo-Indian artists . . . and so began to speak out on what I saw as widespread corruption in the art world."

Rich Hill, Creativity Is Our Tradition. (Santa Fe, New Mexico: The Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development: 1992).

1983, lithograph on paper
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Gift of Mrs. Damaras D. W. Ethridge, acc. 1.84.5

To Native Art

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