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Ingrid Washinawatok

Ingrid Washinawatok
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Artist
Ricardo Levins Morales, born 1955
Sitter
Ingrid Washinawatok, 31 Jul 1957 - 25 Feb 1999
Date
2018
Type
Print
Medium
Inkjet print on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 43.2 × 27.9 cm (17 × 11")
Topic
Costume\Jewelry\Earring
Exterior
Poster
Ingrid Washinawatok: Female
Ingrid Washinawatok: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Activist\Human rights activist
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift in honor of Frances A. Dosen
Restrictions & Rights
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Copyright
© Ricardo Levins Morales
Object number
NPG.2021.25
Exhibition Label
Born Keshena, Wisconsin
Ingrid Washinawatok, an activist for Indigenous peoples’ rights, culture, and sovereignty, was a member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin. As a young woman, Washinawatok advocated to restore the Menominee Tribe to federal recognition after its 1961 status termination. She went on to serve the United Nations as committee chair for the International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples and worked to revitalize Indigenous languages as executive director for the Fund for the Four Directions.
In 1999, while in Colombia to establish a school for the U’wa tribe, Washinawatok and three others were kidnapped and murdered, ostensibly by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a rebel group. The Menominee Nation honored her with a full warrior’s funeral, which marked one of the largest twentieth-century gatherings of American Indian leaders. Here, artist Ricardo Levins Morales portrays Washinawatok as an inseparable part of the landscape.
Nacida en Keshena, Wisconsin
Ingrid Washinawatok, activista por los derechos, la cultura y la soberanía de los pueblos indígenas, era miembro de la tribu menominee de Wisconsin. De joven abogó por que se restaurara el estatus tribal de los menominees a nivel federal, abolido en 1961. Más tarde trabajó en las Naciones Unidas como directora del comité para el Decenio Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas del Mundo y luchó por revitalizar las lenguas indígenas como directora ejecutiva en el Fondo de las Cuatro Direcciones.
En 1999, mientras ayudaban a fundar una escuela para la tribu u’wa en Colombia, Washinawatok y otras tres personas fueron secuestradas y asesinadas, presuntamente por el grupo rebelde Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia. La Nación Menominee la honró con un funeral de guerrera que fue una de las reuniones más grandes de líderes indígenas en el siglo XX. Aquí, el artista Ricardo Levins Morales muestra a Washinawatok como parte inseparable del paisaje.
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view