Visitors check out Andy Warhol exhibit at the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute in Oregon. Photo from Tamastslikt Cultural Institute
The museum operated by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon is hosting a unique exhibit:
This month, a tribal museum in Pendleton is going Pop Art. Tamastslikt Cultural Institute is the place that celebrates Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla tribal culture. But right now it’s exhibiting a series of Andy Warhol panels, in a collection entitled “Cowboys and Indians”. This is one of several events the museum planned to mark a milestone. The ten panels and additional material are on loan to Tamastslikt from the Rockwell Museum in Corning, New York. Tamastslikt curator Randall Melton says the images are evenly divided among the Cowboys - iconic western figures like General Custer and John Wayne - and Indians - images Warhol obtained from what became the National Museum of the American Indian. Melton explains, “People kind of give you the ‘Huh? How does that fit into a tribal interpretive center?’"Get the Story:
Warhol's Cowboys And Indians At Oregon Tribal Museum (Oregon Public Broadcasting 9/5)
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