Harriet Nahanee, vinyl lettering on window, 132cm x 112cm, VIVO, Vancouver, 2010
Harriet Nahanee (left), winter game, Edgar Heap of Birds (right), VIVO, Vancouver, 2010
Harriet Nahanee (left), winter game, Edgar Heap of Birds (right), VIVO, Vancouver, 2010
Harriet Nahanee (left), winter game, Edgar Heap of Birds (right), VIVO, Vancouver, 2010
Harriet Nahanee, (VIVO, Vancouver, 2010) in Safe Façade, a group show with Edgar Heap of Birds and Tania Willard curated by Emilio Rojas. Safe Façade was the window project of the larger event, Safe Assembly, a critical response to the 2010 Olympic Games. Harriet Nahanee was a temporary memorial providing a little-known backstory to this First Nations elder and activist who protested the Sea-to-Sky highway expansion for the Olympics. She was jailed for not apologizing for her actions and died of pneumonia shortly after release.