Flip the Script (2021) Fine Art Print, Signed by Naatoiyiki

This digital piece was created in 2016 after Naatoiyiki was visiting the Glenbow Museum. This a photo from the exhibit that highlights the Old Sun Residential School in Siksika, where some of Naatoiyiki's relatives likely attended given that she is Blackfoot.

Naatoiyiki never shared this image until 2021 when the news of a unmarked grave came to light, as it was a personal reflective piece on how their blood lines still flow through her - it was a statement that we are still here and a reminder to Natoyihkii of these effects on her own life.

Naatoiyiki decided to juxtapose this image by flipping it upside down - flipping the script on the "history of these schools", flipping the script to something bigger than just a memory. Natoyihkii wants people to consider through this image that our worlds remain turned upside down from the effects of these schools, but we are trying to rectify the intergenerational trauma. It is also a reminder that there remains so many children in care that need to be brought home.