IN UNION
NATIVE ENGAGEMENTS
A Collaboration of Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds & Keith Christensen
The project includes an exhibition and book about the past, personal and present that is connected to family and the fight for rights. It highlights the Native role in the Minneapolis Truckers Strike of 1934, a union family, and environmental protests.
Open Source Gallery
Brooklyn, NY
February 11-March 24, 2023
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In UNION Exhibition
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Installation photographs
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PRESS
Collective Action By Audra Verona Lambert On Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap Of Birds and Keith Christensen At Open Source Gallery
TEXTE ZUR KUNST (Texts On Art), Berlin, 5/2023
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IN UNION
E-Flux Podcast, Brooklyn, 3/2/23
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IN UNION, The Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 History Discussion
Interview with Keith Christensen
By Becky Fillinger
Mill City Times, Minneapolis, 2/24/2023
Above: IN UNION exhibition at Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, February 2023
Above: slide carousel images from the IN UNION book (see below)
IN UNION Book
The book provides the facts of Native engagement in a historic labor strike, a family’s participation in a union, and an ongoing Indigenous-led environmental movement. The political moment clearly shows the need for collective action in order for all people to survive. In unity. In Union.
Free download of IN UNION book in pdf format
Available through Amazon.com
Front matter, Preface, Acknowledgments, Table of Contents, & Introduction
4 Banners of the project
In Conversation: Open Source Director Monika Wurhür & the Artists
Reflections on a union family
Strike description, Native involvement & reflections
Water Protectors: reflections by participants
Red Threads: Essay on related issues by Yates McKee
Back matter: Contributors, Author Info & Resources