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Ray Sheckler | “Save Her”

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The image is solid red. In the negative space it reads "She had some horses who tried to SAVE her, who climbed in her bed at night and". Between the words there is an image of prayer hands. The bottom text reads, "PRAYED AS THEY RAPED HER".

Ray Sheckler, "Save Her," 2020, linocut with ink on paper, 8" x 10"

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TW: sexual assault. This is a broadside that features a quote from the poem "She Had Some Horses" by Joy Harjo. It links religious trauma to sexual assault. It shows that the effects of religious colonization are still felt in indigenous communities today.

A print in black, gray, red, and white, with a woman wearing a red hood in the foreground, looking over her shoulder to see a large wolf behind her. In the background is a dark forest.

Rebecca Kelley | “Solo Travel”

In red ink, broadside features an image of a woman wearing traditional Plains Cree clothing dancing. Half of the image is solid red, and in the negative space it reads, "She had some horses who said they weren't afraid". On the other side of the woman, in red ink, it reads, "She had some horses who lied".

Ray Sheckler | “Afraid”