Sandhill Crane
- ink on tyvek
- Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez
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Not For Sale
Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis (Linnaeus)
Petʰoⁿ qude (Umónhon)
The Sandhill Crane is one of the main clan animals of the Ojibwe of Minnesota. Ojibwe author Gerald Vizenor’s autobiography is largely the story of being an urban, mixed-up mixed-blood boy, largely divested of his tribal heritage; and yet when the troubled teen retreats under a St. Paul bridge one night, he invokes his family’s clan relationship with the bird: “[t]he tricksters soared in magical flight over the woodland, and the crane must have sounded in my dream that night” (Interior Landscapes). “Cranes are associated with good luck in many Native American tribes. Native fishermen, especially, used to consider it a good omen to see a crane while fishing. In some Native American folklore, Crane plays the role of peacemaker. In others, he is notable for his vanity. To the Ojibwe tribes, cranes represented leadership and skill at speaking, and the Cheyennes associated sandhill cranes with lightning.” (Native American Crane Mythology)
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.
- Edition: Yes
- Created: June 2021
- Inventory Number: 20V.754.2021
- 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