Tom Huff’s collection of portrayals of menacing warriors wielding tomahawks, knives and bows and arrows found in posters, advertisements, toys, sports logos and more were on display. He has been collecting “Indian Kitch” for over 25 years. While many may not think of them individually as destructive, this exhibit helped to illustrate how these pervasive negative preconceptions trivialize the tragedy wrought on indigenous peoples everywhere. We hoped to both dispel the myths surrounding Native Americans and to encourage a new understanding of native peoples.

Tom Huff is primarily a stone sculptor working in a variety of stones, styles, and themes, traditional and contemporary. He is also a member of the CORA Foundation’s Board of Directors and has curated the November/December ArtRage exhibition, TONTO REVISITED: Native American Stereotypes. He has also curated The Nuclear Indian Series,  a solo installation and group exhibitions of contemporary Iroquois artists from the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy.

 

Thanks to our exhibit sponsors:

John & Dolores Brule, Debra Douthit & Andrew Molloy, Diane Grafly & Paul Pearce, Deb Holler, Giancarlo Monetti, Mary O’Hara and Ann Tiffany & Ed Kinane.

Additional funding for Tonto Revisited was provided in part by the Native American Studies Department and the Department of Anthropology of Syracuse University.