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ARTIST’S STATEMENT: This piece not only represents community and land in the context of O’odham him:dag (way of life), but in the context of contemporary living. The composition features land, water, and culture. Svek Duag (Red Mountain) is a sacred mountain to the O’odham of Mid-Central Arizona. The river is a vital element that links the people of the past with the people of the present. The central basket and the social dancing circle on the outside of the basket represent community. In between the basket and social dancers, there are abstract geometric shapes - rectangles - representing contemporary living arrangements in Indigenous nations. This poster is part of a series of original artwork created by Native artists. Each image represents one artist’s vision of what Environmental Health looks like in a Native context, emphasizing the values of Community, Wellness, and Inter-Relationship. For more information, please contact the Native TEACH Project at the UW Center for Ecogenetics & Environmental Health. Email [email protected], or online at www.ecogenetix.org. Supported by the National Institute Of Environmental Health Sciences. Award # P30ES007033. © 2013, University of Washington. — Dwayne Manuel, O’odham Native Environmental Health We Are All Connected H e a l t h y E n v i r o n m e n t • H e a l t h y P e o p l e • H e a l t h y C o m m u n it i e s N a t i v e T E A C H P r o j e c t Tradition, Environment And Community Health
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ARTIST’S STATEMENT: This piece not only represents community and land in the context of O’odham him:dag (way of life), but in the context of contemporary living. The composition features land, water, and culture. Svek Duag (Red Mountain) is a sacred mountain to the O’odham of Mid-Central Arizona. The river is a vital element that links the people of the past with the people of the present. The central basket and the social dancing circle on the outside of the basket represent community. In between the basket and social dancers, there are abstract geometric shapes - rectangles - representing contemporary living arrangements in Indigenous nations.
This poster is part of a series of original artwork created by Native artists. Each image represents one artist’s vision of what Environmental Health looks like in a Native context, emphasizing the values of Community, Wellness, and Inter-Relationship.
For more information, please contact the Native TEACH Project at the UW Center for Ecogenetics & Environmental Health.
Email [email protected], or online at www.ecogenetix.org.
Supported by the National Institute Of Environmental Health Sciences.Award # P30ES007033. © 2013, University of Washington.— Dwayne Manuel, O’odham
Native Environmental Health
We Are All Connected
Healthy Environment•Healthy People•Healthy Communitie
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Tradition, Environment And
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