Bow Jacobs
MCGILL U. held an OKA crisis 15th anniversary event on their grounds. Remembering on July 11, 2005. Photo © Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto.com 2005 Bow Jacobs is from the Six Nations reserve and describes himself as homeless by choice. He stood proudly beside the Mohawk flag, symbol of defiance and pride. Many believe that the Oka conflict brought together the disparate tribes and helped reclaim their Native identities. Bow infuses it with a sense of irony. He is wearing the mask made famous by the Kanehsatake warriors, in emulation I assume. (Bow is not a Mohawk and though a sympathizer at the time, was not an active participant at Oka) Yet he wears a Tshirt offering his body For Rent, and holds out a hat as if asking for a handout. There are many ways to read this and I was somewhat disconcerted when he took up this pose as I would never have asked him to do this. The fact that he chose to means it comes from a position of strength, not desperation or subservience. And yet it speaks volumes on the way natives are seen and treated in this society. I took the photo because it was what he wanted to say; read it as you will. We all do, anyway.
www.mcgill.ca/reporter/38/02/oka/
If you want to see my photos from the 1990 Oka crisis, they are up on http:/www.dawnone.com/news.html under Behind the Barricades: Oka in the index.
Photographs and text by Linda Dawn Hammond
Behind The Barricades: OKA
BOOKS
2015 "HerStory 2015", (Coteau Books, Saskatoon Women’s Calendar Collective). Photo of Jenny Jacks, First Nations activist at Oka, from “Behind the Barricades” series.
2010 "Incident at Oka" (D&M Publishers), 1 photograph from Behind the Barricades: OKA " Jenny Jacks", Author: Harry Swain
2001 The Women's Daybook 2002, 'Women and Food' (Sumach Press), 1 Photograph and text by Linda Dawn Hammond: Behind The Barricades: OKA
1994 Semiotext(e) canadas (Columbia University Press)
Back cover Photograph and 3 within by Linda Dawn Hammond: Behind The Barricades: OKA
1991 The Possessed Individual: Technology and the French
Postmodern (New World Perspectives)
Author: Arthur Kroker
Photography by Linda Dawn Hammond: 2 from Three Part Bodyseries , 4 photographs from Behind the Barricades: OKA
www.scribd.com/doc/7426491/The-Possessed-Individual
EXHIBITIONS
May, 2017
Collège La Cite à Toronto
Exhibit and auction for MSF
Photos Sans Frontières
Solo exhibit entitled,
Derrière les barricades: OKA- Behind the Barricades: OKA,
6 photographs on exhibit, 3 additional in auction for MSF
June - Aug 2005
Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK
Group exhibit entitled, The American West
Behind the Barricades: OKA, 6 photographs,
REVIEW
www.birminghampost.co.uk/whats-on/find-things-to-do/a-pio...
Oct 2004
Photopolis, Halifax Festival of Photography
Group exhibit entitled, Documents and Dreams: A Group Exhibit of Canadian Documentary Photography
Organized by Narrative 360 At ViewPoint Gallery, Oct.7, 04 - Oct. 31, 04, "Mohawk Child at West Gate Barricade" Giclee print (dim. 36" by 56")
Nov 2003
Bfly Atelier, Vancouver
Group exhibit entitled, Documents and Dreams: A Group Exhibit of Canadian Documentary Photography
Organized by Narrative 360 At Bfly Atelier, Nov.13, 03 - Nov. 25, 03, "Mohawk Child at West Gate Barricade" Giclee print (dim. 36" by 56")
2000
Les Vivres, Montreal
Solo exhibit entitled, "Hot July: Oka and Sexgarage"
Behind the Barricades: OKA, and Sexgarage: Serve and Protect - Silver prints, (dim. 8" by 10", 11" by 14"),
Quickprint/ Mylars (dim. 3' by 5'),
REVIEW
www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2000/071300/art1.html
Nov 90
Union Francaise, Montréal
Benefit for the Mohawk Defense Fund, Solo exhibit entitled,Behind the Barricades- Oka:
28 B&W documentary photographs (dim. 11" by14")
Oct 90
Le Festival du Nouveau Cinema et de
la Video, Montréal
Solo exhibit entitled,Behind the Barricades- Oka:
28 B&W documentary photographs (dim. 11" by14")
REVISED OH Canada Lyrics
"Oh, Canada... Our home on Native lands!
Ancient trees transformed into tar sands
Migrating birds drown in toxic pools
Once the True North, strong and free
And who will guard, thee Canada,
From Harper's Conservative party"
(Refrain)
Water and land, pristine and free!
Oh, Canada! We'll stand our ground for thee!
Oh, Canada! We stand our ground for thee!
"Oh, Canada... Where GM corn now grow.
Pipelines threaten rivers as they flow.
Their sole concern's monetary gain,
Dilbit East to Western Seas,
While the Cons give way what few jobs remain
And resources to foreign companies!"
(Refrain)
Water and land, forever fracking free!
Oh, Canada! We'll stand our ground for thee!
Oh, Canada! We stand our ground for thee!
Bow Jacobs
MCGILL U. held an OKA crisis 15th anniversary event on their grounds. Remembering on July 11, 2005. Photo © Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto.com 2005 Bow Jacobs is from the Six Nations reserve and describes himself as homeless by choice. He stood proudly beside the Mohawk flag, symbol of defiance and pride. Many believe that the Oka conflict brought together the disparate tribes and helped reclaim their Native identities. Bow infuses it with a sense of irony. He is wearing the mask made famous by the Kanehsatake warriors, in emulation I assume. (Bow is not a Mohawk and though a sympathizer at the time, was not an active participant at Oka) Yet he wears a Tshirt offering his body For Rent, and holds out a hat as if asking for a handout. There are many ways to read this and I was somewhat disconcerted when he took up this pose as I would never have asked him to do this. The fact that he chose to means it comes from a position of strength, not desperation or subservience. And yet it speaks volumes on the way natives are seen and treated in this society. I took the photo because it was what he wanted to say; read it as you will. We all do, anyway.
www.mcgill.ca/reporter/38/02/oka/
If you want to see my photos from the 1990 Oka crisis, they are up on http:/www.dawnone.com/news.html under Behind the Barricades: Oka in the index.
Photographs and text by Linda Dawn Hammond
Behind The Barricades: OKA
BOOKS
2015 "HerStory 2015", (Coteau Books, Saskatoon Women’s Calendar Collective). Photo of Jenny Jacks, First Nations activist at Oka, from “Behind the Barricades” series.
2010 "Incident at Oka" (D&M Publishers), 1 photograph from Behind the Barricades: OKA " Jenny Jacks", Author: Harry Swain
2001 The Women's Daybook 2002, 'Women and Food' (Sumach Press), 1 Photograph and text by Linda Dawn Hammond: Behind The Barricades: OKA
1994 Semiotext(e) canadas (Columbia University Press)
Back cover Photograph and 3 within by Linda Dawn Hammond: Behind The Barricades: OKA
1991 The Possessed Individual: Technology and the French
Postmodern (New World Perspectives)
Author: Arthur Kroker
Photography by Linda Dawn Hammond: 2 from Three Part Bodyseries , 4 photographs from Behind the Barricades: OKA
www.scribd.com/doc/7426491/The-Possessed-Individual
EXHIBITIONS
May, 2017
Collège La Cite à Toronto
Exhibit and auction for MSF
Photos Sans Frontières
Solo exhibit entitled,
Derrière les barricades: OKA- Behind the Barricades: OKA,
6 photographs on exhibit, 3 additional in auction for MSF
June - Aug 2005
Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK
Group exhibit entitled, The American West
Behind the Barricades: OKA, 6 photographs,
REVIEW
www.birminghampost.co.uk/whats-on/find-things-to-do/a-pio...
Oct 2004
Photopolis, Halifax Festival of Photography
Group exhibit entitled, Documents and Dreams: A Group Exhibit of Canadian Documentary Photography
Organized by Narrative 360 At ViewPoint Gallery, Oct.7, 04 - Oct. 31, 04, "Mohawk Child at West Gate Barricade" Giclee print (dim. 36" by 56")
Nov 2003
Bfly Atelier, Vancouver
Group exhibit entitled, Documents and Dreams: A Group Exhibit of Canadian Documentary Photography
Organized by Narrative 360 At Bfly Atelier, Nov.13, 03 - Nov. 25, 03, "Mohawk Child at West Gate Barricade" Giclee print (dim. 36" by 56")
2000
Les Vivres, Montreal
Solo exhibit entitled, "Hot July: Oka and Sexgarage"
Behind the Barricades: OKA, and Sexgarage: Serve and Protect - Silver prints, (dim. 8" by 10", 11" by 14"),
Quickprint/ Mylars (dim. 3' by 5'),
REVIEW
www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2000/071300/art1.html
Nov 90
Union Francaise, Montréal
Benefit for the Mohawk Defense Fund, Solo exhibit entitled,Behind the Barricades- Oka:
28 B&W documentary photographs (dim. 11" by14")
Oct 90
Le Festival du Nouveau Cinema et de
la Video, Montréal
Solo exhibit entitled,Behind the Barricades- Oka:
28 B&W documentary photographs (dim. 11" by14")
REVISED OH Canada Lyrics
"Oh, Canada... Our home on Native lands!
Ancient trees transformed into tar sands
Migrating birds drown in toxic pools
Once the True North, strong and free
And who will guard, thee Canada,
From Harper's Conservative party"
(Refrain)
Water and land, pristine and free!
Oh, Canada! We'll stand our ground for thee!
Oh, Canada! We stand our ground for thee!
"Oh, Canada... Where GM corn now grow.
Pipelines threaten rivers as they flow.
Their sole concern's monetary gain,
Dilbit East to Western Seas,
While the Cons give way what few jobs remain
And resources to foreign companies!"
(Refrain)
Water and land, forever fracking free!
Oh, Canada! We'll stand our ground for thee!
Oh, Canada! We stand our ground for thee!