“Most minorities have a homeland somewhere, a place that’s theirs. The Indian has a homeland that is possessed by another, dominant culture. This has, psychologically, very strange ramifications.”

—Fritz Scholder

An abstracted figure mounted on horseback faces an apocalyptic sky. In his Indian Land series, Fritz Scholder expressed ongoing tensions among Native peoples regarding stolen land in America. His artwork revolutionized the way Native Americans are depicted in art as well as how American Indian artists are accepted in the contemporary art world. Scholder often confronted the felt or lived experiences of enduring settler colonialism portraying raw or painful experiences. Notice how the dark backgrounds and high horizon line keep the subject front and center.