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. Dolor y Llanto por los Difuntos
. Oil on canvas. 2002, 20"h. x 24"w.  
  [Sorrow and tears for the deceased]  
. Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington D.C.
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  This painting was commissioned by Tere Romo for an exhibition for Día de los Muertos at the Oakland Museum in 2002. It was subsequently bought by the National Museum of the American Indian where it has been on display since the museum opened in 2004.
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  Above are two photos of the painting in the National Museum of the American Indian. Below (left) is the commentary the curators of the NMAI have made about this painting. I have also included their statement that heads this section of the exhibit. It appears in the left-hand photo above as the white writing on the blue background
 
Like Picasso's famous painting Guernica, depicting the Spanish Civil War, Sorrow and tears for the deceased portrayed Guatemala's civil war of the 1980s, capturing the loss of 200,00 Maya lives and the destruction of 800 villages. In this work survivors connect to the spirits of loved ones on the Day of the Dead by flying kites above the Maya town of Santiago Atitlán

Jolene Rickard, guest curator, and Gabrielle Tayac NMAI, 2004		 Calling the Future: Worldwide Visibility
 
 The right of any people to govern themselves seems self-evident, yet this right is not guaranteed. Around the world, indigenous people are standing up for a way of life that remembers the past and prepares for a new day.
 
 Preparing for the future is based on ancient instructions that all decisions should be made for the good of the next seven generations, the "unborn faces coming from the earth." Planning for the future is the most profound evidence of our survivance.
 
 Jolene Rickard, guest curator, and Gabrielle Tayac NMAI, 2004
 
 Seven Generations
 
 Haudenosaune (Iroquois) people believe that decisions should be made with the next seven generations in mind. Lakota people also hedd the seven generations, but look three generations forward and there generations back. Throughout the Americas, indigenous people are making decisions baded on future generations—for young people are our future.
 
 Jolene Rickard, guest curator, and Gabrielle Tayac NMAI, 2004
   
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