Lawrence Paul Yuxwelupton
An Indian Shooting the Indian Act, 1997
13.09.1997
National Rifle Association Range, Bisley, Surrey
14.09.1997
Healey Estate, Northumberland
A performance ritual enacted at the National Rifle Association Range, Bisley and on a private estate, Healey, Northumberland in which First-Nation-Canadian Yuxwelupton shot copies of the Indian Act.
The Indian Act was a piece of 'new world' legislation created by the sovereign British government and passed by the Canadian government in 1868 that attempted to subdue and control indigenous peoples in a racist and paternalistic manner.
Lawrence Paul Yuxwelupton, An Indian Shooting the Indian Act, 1997
- Artist:
- Lawrence Paul Yuxwelupton
- Project Title:
- An Indian Shooting the Indian Act
- Year:
- 1997
- Organisation:
- Locus+
