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TALK
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To Talk With Others responds to the minutes of a
meeting in August of 1977 between Prime Minister Pierre
Elliot Trudeau and fi ve Yukon First Nations leaders
regarding the then-approved Mackenzie Pipeline. Held
in the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in archives, this document
illustrates the ongoing dichotomy of two opposing
cultures and ways of understanding economic, social
and cultural development with the land and its
inhabitants. Through a diverse range of media Yukon
artists Ken Anderson (Tlingit/Scandinavian), Lianne
Marie Leda Charlie (Tagé Cho Hudän | Big River People),
Fran Morberg-Green (Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in), Valerie Salez
(1st Generation Canadian), Doug Smarch Jr. (Tlingit),
and Joseph Tisiga (Kaska Dene) activate this archival
document and ultimately continue the conversation
surrounding self-determination in the face of federal
and corporate agendas.
KEN ANDERSON
LIANNE CHARLIE
FRAN MORBERG-GREEN
VALERIE SALEZ
DOUG SMARCH JR.
JOSEPH TISIGA
DÄNOJÀ ZHO CULTURAL
CENTRE, ODD GALLERY
AND YUKON SCHOOL OF
VISUAL ARTS
MAY
23
TO SEPT. 13
2019
2019
OPENING RECEPTION
MAY
30 2019
To Talk With Others
To Talk With Others responds to the minutes of a meeting in August of
1977 between Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau and five Yukon First
Nations leaders regarding the then-approved Mackenzie Pipeline. Held
in the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in archives, this document illustrates the ongoing
dichotomy of two opposing cultures and ways of understanding economic,
social and cultural development with the land and its inhabitants.
Through a diverse range of media Yukon artists Ken Anderson (Tlingit/
Scandinavian), Lianne Charlie (Northern Tutchone), Fran Morberg-Green
(Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in), Valerie Salez (1st Generation Canadian), Doug
Smarch Jr. (Tlingit), and Joseph Tisiga (Kaska Dene) activate this archival
document and ultimately continue the conversation surrounding self-
determination in the face of federal and corporate agendas.
On display in the ODD Gallery (KIAC, 2 nd and Princess), The Dänojà Zho
Cultural Centre (Front St. and York) and the gallery in the Yukon School of
Visual Arts (3 rd and Queen).
Hours
Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre: Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm
Yukon School of Visual Arts: Monday-Thursday 10am -5pm
ODD Gallery: Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 1-4pm