Anishnabe Treaty Hat - Michigan Treaties

2017

Kelly Church Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi; Grand Traverse Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians (Descent), born 1967

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About the Artwork

This basket-shaped hat by artist Kelly Church takes as its subject the nineteenth-century treaty negotiations of her Anishinaabe ancestors. The birch bark circles that dot the hat’s crown refer to the six treaties the Anishinaabe entered into with the United States and the state of Michigan. Through them, Anishinaabe leaders protected their sovereignty and natural resources as the newly formed United States violently pushed westward. But, in exchange, they were forced to give up millions of acres of land, partially represented by the rolled map at top. Thanks to her ancestors’ hard-won negotiations, Church can harvest each material used here, black ash, maple sugar, wild rice, etc. Taken as a whole, Treaty Hat is a testament to enduring Anishinaabe traditions tied to land in Michigan.

Title Anishnabe Treaty Hat - Michigan Treaties

Artwork Date 2017

Artist Kelly Church

Life Dates born 1967

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Ottawa; potawatomi

Medium Black ash, sweetgrass, white cedar bark, birch bark, wild rice, maple sugar, water, black ash seed, tobacco, buckskin, copper

Dimensions Overall: 7 3/4 × 8 × 7 1/4 inches (19.7 × 20.3 × 18.4 cm)

Classification Baskets

Department Indigenous Americas

Credit Gift of Ellen Taubman in honor of William Taubman

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2019.156

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Ellen Taubman (New York, New York, USA);
2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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"Detroit Institute of Arts adds works to Native American collection, new works by women artists." Artdaily. https://artdaily.cc/news/131545/Detroit-Institute-of-Arts-adds-works-to-Native-American-collection--new-works-by-women-artists#.YYQ0NWDMKUm. (Accessed on November 4, 2021)

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Kelly Church, Anishnabe Treaty Hat - Michigan Treaties, 2017, black ash, sweetgrass, white cedar bark, birch bark, wild rice, maple sugar, water, black ash seed, tobacco, buckskin, copper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Ellen Taubman in honor of William Taubman, 2019.156.