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Roxanne Chinook is a Tribal Member of the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Oregon.
She is the Great, Great Granddaughter of Billy Chinook, the son of a
Wasco Chief, who was her tribe's second treaty signer, and an Indian
Scout for the legendary Kit Carson. Her Grandmother Jeanette Brunoe,
was full-blooded Wasco, a gifted beader, trick-rider and rodeo princess
in Indian rodeos.
"My
art emulates a personal and cultural experience, from the spirit of the
trickster to healing from the traumas of my past. The process of
creating strengthens and restores my sprit, and has rendered me a
relationship with the sacred. I feel fortunate to inherit the same
sense of humor that aided in my ancestors' survival. My spirit knows
that all my relatives are watching over me, and that is why I paint and
for that I am proud."
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