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Books were part of the exhibition Rigo 23: When Ripples Become Waves by Rigo 23 that occured at the Main Museum from 2/25-4/13. Rigo 23: Ripples Become Waves featured works that emphasize the artist’s longtime advocacy for social and political change, specifically calling attention to the incarceration of political prisoners and the plight of indigenous communities in the United States. Rigo 23 (b. 1966, Portugal), is a Los Angeles-based Portuguese artist known for large-scale outdoor murals, is considered part of the first generation of the San Francisco Mission School art movement, which emerged in the city’s Mission District in the early 1990s. For nearly three decades, his socially engaged work has focused on addressing injustices, notably highlighting Leonard Peltier, a member of the American Indian Movement who was convicted of murder in connection with the shooting deaths of two FBI special agents on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in 1975 and whose two life sentences have been the subject of much debate. Rigo 23: Ripples Become Waves was the first presentation of the artist’s statue of Peltier after its contested removal from American University’s campus in early 2017. http://www.themainmuseum.org/exhibition/rigo-23-ripples-become-waves
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"Stories, interviews and essays from inside the American Indian Movement (AIM) 1971-2011. Ghost Rider Roads chronicles the author's time with various members of old AIM. The book includes stories which emerged from her interviews with Vernon Bellecourt (1931-2007) founder of the American Indian Movement), John Graham, recently convicted to a life sentence for the murder of Anna Mae Aquash. And her mini interview with Native poet/activist John Trudell. Also included is a rare 1970's article about the FBI Cointelpro/Pine Ridge shootings written by Judy Gumbo and Stew Albert, and a special section about Leonard Peltier with contemporary essays (2011) provided by Delaney Bruce and LPDOC (his defense committee). All woven together with commentaries and news clips by antoinette nora claypoole, recent recipient of Oregon Literary Arts fellowship. In sum, the book chronicles AIM and hopes to provide information for a new generation of activists, with a special emphasis and supporting the ongoing work to Free Leonard Peltier" -Ghost Rider Roads: American Indian Movement 1971-present / MD 01/13/2019
