a: "dad": rectangular textile with back ground; 8 horizontal rectangular shapes, top two are white, bottom six are red; gold warp b: "me": rectangular textile with back ground; 8 horizontal rectangular shapes, top five are white, bottom three are red; gold warp c: "mom": rectangular textile with back ground; 8 horizontal rectangular shapes, all are white; gold warp

%C2%A9 2012 Maggie Thompson

Family Portrait, 2012

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Family Portrait represents blood quantum, the percentage of Indian blood, of my parents and myself. My dad is mostly Native American and my mom is Irish and German. Even though I am mostly “white” I still identify myself as being Native American, but why' In this piece I am exploring and questioning ideas and systems of “authenticity.” —Maggie Thompson

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Title
Family Portrait
Artist Life
(Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa), born 1989
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2015.61a-c
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a: "dad": rectangular textile with back ground; 8 horizontal rectangular shapes, top two are white, bottom six are red; gold warp b: "me": rectangular textile with back ground; 8 horizontal rectangular shapes, top five are white, bottom three are red; gold warp c: "mom": rectangular textile with back ground; 8 horizontal rectangular shapes, all are white; gold warp

© 2012 Maggie Thompson

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