Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-90, UBarbara Jean Teller Ornelas , isizukulwana sesihlanu u-Master Navajo weaver, wahamba nabantwana bakhe eLos Angeles Umboniso kaVincent van Gogh ukuba intombi yakhe yayifuna ukubona kwiLos Angeles County Museum of Art. Umxeleli u-Ornelas uqaphele ukuba i-van Gogh nganye yokupeyinta inebali elinayo ichaza ukuba kutheni isenza esi siqwenga kwaye simele ntoni. Emva kokubukela imisebenzi ka-van Gogh ye-impressionist, bazulazula ngaphaya kwepaseji ukuze babone ingqokelela yamandulo kaNavajo weavings. Kodwa okothusayo uTeller Ornelas, ukuluka kwakubhalwe kuphela ngemihla elula. Wacela abantwana bakhe ukuba bajonge imihla kumaqhekeza, onke angenamagama ahambelanayo. Yayingoobani aba baluki? Ubuze abantwana bakhe. Bahlala phi kwaye bevela phi? Yeyiphi indawo yokubhukisha ababevela kuyo? Babecinga ntoni xa besenza ezi ziqwenga? Ngaba babekhuselekile kwilizwe labo lokuzalwa, okanye befihlakele kumkhosi wamahashe? Ngaba bayenza imihla ngemihla, okanye bazizityebi ngezilwanyana ezininzi kunye nokutya? Yayiyinto yabo bonke ukuba bacinge ngayo, njengoko uTeller Ornelas waphawula kubo. UVan Gogh wayekwicala lehlabathi kwaye wayekwazi ukuzibonakalisa, kwaye umntu wayenobulumko obaneleyo bokugcina amazwi akhe, uxelele abantwana bakhe. Kwaye umntu apha wayenobulumko bokugcina zonke ezi ziqwenga, kodwa balibale ibali lethu.
Rhoqo kwimbali, le ngxelo iye yenzeka ngokwesiqhelo ngamaMelika aseMelika, kodwa ngakumbi amagcisa aseMelika amaNative, abaziwa ngokungaziwayo ngomsebenzi wabo. Phambi kwesiqingatha sokuqala senkulungwane yama-20, ukuba umfazi womthonyama waseMelika wenza ityali, ibhaskithi, ubucwebe, ubumba, okanye enye into yobugcisa, yayihlala inxulunyaniswa nesizwe ngokwaso: irabha yamaNavajo, mhlawumbi, okanye isitya seZuni , okanye ngamanye amaxesha igorha elinxibe isiqwenga, kodwa lingaze libe ligama lomfazi, kwaye lingaze libali lendlela elenziwe ngayo elo qhekeza. Ngokuka-Emerald Tanner, umrhwebi wesizukulwana sesihlanu kunye UbuGcisa baseTanner baseIndiya eGallup, eNew Mexico, kwakuyinto engaqhelekanga ukuba ityali ifakelwe igama lomntu obhinqileyo kuyo nangona abafazi bomthonyama bebeluka kwaye besenza amakhulu eminyaka.
Umfazi waseNavajo wenza ingubo Ityala: Imbali yoVimba / iQela leMifanekiso ngeGetty ImagesNgokuka-Tanner, izinto zaqala ukutshintsha kwiminyaka ye-1930 kunye nee-40s nge Kwindlu yeAppa , I-jeweler kunye ne-trailblazer yabasetyhini eyanceda amagcisa aseMelika aseMelika ukuba afumane ukwamkelwa okubafaneleyo. U-Appa waqala ukwenza ubucwebe njengomncedisi womyeni wakhe wesilivere. Emva kokusweleka kwakhe, washiyeka nosapho ukuba aluxhase, waqala ke ngokwenza umsebenzi wakhe wesilivere, ethengisa iziqwenga zakhe ngefaskoti yakhe kwiZuni Pueblo. Ngaphambi koko, kwakungamkelekanga eluntwini ukuba abantu basetyhini babe zijewellery, njengoko yayiyinto yobugcisa bendoda, utshilo uTanner. Ubeka ibar yokwenene yabasetyhini kuyo yonke indawo.
Idibeneyo: Ama-20 ezona ziXeko zininzi eMelika- kunye namaNative American Tribes Ahlala Phaya Kuqala
Ukusukela ngeli xesha, abenzi boMthonyama baseMelika bebesaziwa ngakumbi kungekuphela yimizamo yabo yobugcisa, kodwa ngokugcina iimbali zabo kunye nokufumana imbeko ebafaneleyo kwimisebenzi yabo. Namhlanje, iipesenti ezingama-75 zobugcisa boMdabu baseMelika zivela kwindawo yaseGallup, eNew Mexico, apho ubuGcisa baseIndiya baseTanner bukhona, nalapho u-Emerald Tanner asebenza khona nabafazi boMdabu baseMelika ukukhuthaza umsebenzi wabo kunye nezithethe zabo. Sithanda ukuqhubeka namabali abo, kwaye sisebenza nezizukulwana zamagcisa afunde koonina noomakhulu, utshilo uTanner. Akuqhelekanga ukuba sisebenze nabazobi apho utatomkhulu wayesebenza notatomkhulu wabo.
Umfazi waseNavajo wenza ingubo Ityala: Imbali yoVimba / iQela leMifanekiso ngeGetty Images