Becoming Mary Sully: Toward an American Indian Abstract education Drawing from written and oral

Drawing from written and oral sources

Cree Thunderboy and Lucas Smoke end up on paths where their biggest challenge is staying true to themselves

and the Seven Fires of the Ojibway

and they are wrongly accused of arson by the sheriff's son

the authors disrupt long-held and enduring myths such as:

Becoming Mary Sully: Toward an American Indian Abstract education Drawing from written and oralDakota Sioux artist Mary Sully was the great granddaughter of respected nineteenth century portraitist Thomas Sully, who captured the personalities of America's first generation of celebrities (including the figure of Andrew Jackson immortalized on the twenty dollar bill). Born on the Standing Rock reservation in South Dakota in 1896, she was largely self taught. Steeped in the visual traditions of beadwork, quilling, and hide painting, she also