Uncommon kinships the generous reciprocity of the Choctaw Nation and Ireland
By the start of the American Revolution, Atlantic seaports had welcomed hundreds of thousands of Ulster-Scots from Ireland into America. In a complex convergence of relationships, the remarkable history of Indigenous-Irish relationships began more than a century before Ireland’s Great Hunger of 1847...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Art history at the crossroads of Ireland and the United States / edited by Cynthia Fowler and Paula Murphy |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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2022
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | By the start of the American Revolution, Atlantic seaports had welcomed hundreds of thousands of Ulster-Scots from Ireland into America. In a complex convergence of relationships, the remarkable history of Indigenous-Irish relationships began more than a century before Ireland’s Great Hunger of 1847 and continues unto today. This essay explores early Irish emigration, intermarriage, and exchange among the Choctaw peoples in their Southeast homelands in the eighteenth century, and how these bonds deepened and re-emerged over the last two centuries. It also illuminates the generous gift of the Choctaw people to Ireland at a time of immense hardship and devastation for both nations—a human connection forged by suffering and compassion that defied geographic, racial, religious, and cultural differences. A unifying kinship between these nations resonates today in the works of Choctaw artists with ancestry from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Artworks for this essay are included in the exhibition Chiefs, Clans, and Kin (2022) which investigate issues of blended and divided identities, cultural continuance, and shared histories of colonization. The exhibition is an exchange of ancient iconographies, tribal practices, evolving lifeways, and contemporary issues. The essay also examines other artworks, including a commemorative sculpture on Irish soil, created in honor of this lasting friendship. |
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| Beschreibung: | Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-1-032-12127-7 |