Greater Prairie-chicken
- ink on tyvek
- Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez
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Not For Sale
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Tympanuchus cupido (Linnaeus)
Šiyóka (Lakȟóta)
The importance of Native tribes’ co-evolution with other animals on the Great Plains may well be epitomized by their relationship with the Greater Prairie-Chicken, whose courtship dance (and that of its close relative, the Sharp-tailed Grouse) was influential upon many Plains Indian dances, which are replete with many feathers aflutter and ritualized strutting gestures in imitation of the birds’ dancing. The bird species is also endangered, having been extirpated from much of its range due to habitat loss.
For this collection, the artist would like to acknowledge the following people:
Thomas Gannon, Associate Professor, English and Ethnnic Studies, UNL for writing the accompanying texts. Sofía F. Echeverry for her work as studio assistant.
Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez is a Colombo-American, mid-career artist with an interdisciplinary practice. She grew up in Colombia as the child of a Colombian and a United States citizen and migrated to the US as an adult. Her art is about the curious and intense experience of having physically migrated, yet still having a piece of herself rooted in Colombia. She is creating an intersectional feminist visual novel that is a multifaceted project comprised of paintings, sculptures, objects, and mixed media that together—and in different voices—weave a synchronicity of dialogues, passages, and punctuations about hybridity and cultural ownership.
- Created: June 2021
- Inventory Number: 20V.748.2021
- Current Location: University of Nebraska Lincoln - Enterprise Technology at Nebraska Hall - 1400 R St Lincoln, NE 68588 (google map)
- Collections: 1. New Acquisitions, University of Nebraska Lincoln