Artist Sky Hopinka, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and a descendant of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, wanted to find a way to weave together the history of his family and the discrimination they faced into an artistic project. “I wanted to make a piece about the origins of the boarding school system.
Artist Sky Hopinka, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and a descendant of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, wanted to find a way to weave together the history of his family and the discrimination they faced into an artistic project. “I wanted to make a piece about the origins of the boarding school system.