Oregon’s only contribution to a time capsule organized for the America250 commemoration is a pin by Lillian Pitt, an artist from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs known for her focus on Native Americans’ 12,000 years of history. In a statement, Pitt says she’s gratified that the work will remind the people who open the capsule 250 years from now “of those who have made this land their home since time immemorial.” The National Museum of the American Indian is compiling a quilt with panels created in a series by different artists offering interpretations of the country’s history through a Native lens. They are among the many contributions by Native individuals and organizations during the nation’s semiquincentennial.
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Elizabeth Woody (Warm Springs, Navajo, and Yakama), executive director of The Museum at Warm Springs
Lillian Pitt (Warm Springs, Wasco, and Yakama), artist
Gabriel Fray (Passamaquoddy), artist
Tracy Goodluck (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and Muscogee), executive director of the Center for Native American Youth
Emma Alcazar (Chickasaw), a designer for the Quilt Along
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