Settle Down
Deer hide, plastic toys
2014

Plastic figurines are sewn into a full-sized deer hide. The toys recall innocent childhood play, and the skin subsequently questions the ethics of the Indian and cowboy toys.

The skin is the terrain, the land, on which the figures battle. This symbolizes the land as a being, not simply property. The deerskin hills also speak to the land claim settlements and treaties that are a weight even on younger generations.