How Indigenous art makes truth visible

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Sep 29, 202600:54:08Society & Culture

“Truth telling is profoundly visual. Art created by Indigenous peoples is not mere expression — it is cognitive, ceremonial, and political," writes Gerald McMaster in Art,Truth and Reconciliation . His book is the first...

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