Photography by Stephen Ironside
Native Hosts (Arkansas)
Native Hosts is an ongoing series of public art interventions to honor Indigenous peoples both ancient and contemporary. Six signs along Orchard Trail identify tribal grounds and histories that are connected to what is now known as Arkansas. “Hestaneheo’o,” is a Cheyenne term that translates to “Tribe of People” or “People of a certain place,” meant to welcome others. The backwards treatment of the word “Arkansas” destabilizes the viewer so that they might see this Native land in a new way.
ArtistHock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds, Cheyenne and Arapaho, born 1954
Date2018
MediumAluminum sign, series of seven
Dimensions18 3/8 x 36 3/8 in. (46.7 x 92.5 cm)
Signedl.r., printed on each sign: HOCK E AYE VI EDGAR HEAP OF BIRDS 2018
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2018.19
ClassificationInstallation
Provenancecommissioned by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2018
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 92× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.