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Robert Enright
Border Crossings, vol. 20, no. 2, May 2001, pp. 38-43
Description
Discusses the work of Paul Yuxweluptun.
A series of paintings and text written by the artist narrate pieces of her father’s story, and through the narrative offer a comparison of Dene and Western world-views and understandings of well-being. Journal has reversed the text of the third and fourth paintings.
Promotes the concept of Storysacks, a technique developed in England, and how First Nations in Canada have adapted it.
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