Item 2021-007/035(06) - Text adapted from a speech by Young Chief

1 print : poster ; 44 x 54 cm

Item contains the following text: “I wonder if the ground has anything to say? I wonder if the ground is listening to what is said? I wonder if the ground would come alive to what is on it? Though I hear what the ground says: .... the great spirit placed me here.” and “This poster is from a photograph entitled “Fire carrier bringing the skull’ by E.S. Curtis and originally published in his book, ‘the North American Indian'. The text is adapted from a speech by Young Chief, a Cayuse leader, who spoke in opposition to the Point Elliot Treaty in 1855. It was published in ‘Touch the Earth’ by Teri McLuhan, published in Outerbridge & Dienstfrey. This is one of a series of posters available reprinted on heavy paper in color. Write AKWESASNE NOTES, Mohawk Nation, via Rooseveltown, N.Y. 13683 to order reprints.”