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Wiwahokichiyapi: They Promised Things to Each Other
Thursday, May 14, 2026 | 6:00 – 6:45 PM | Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
Join the curatorial team for a guided tour of Wiwahokichiyapi: They Promised Things to Each Other and learn about the profound impact treaties continue to have on traditional and contemporary Indigenous life, art, creativity, and expression.
Treaties are living documents that continue to shape the political relationship between Native Nations and the United States government. Through historical and contemporary images, artworks, and objects, this exhibition explores how treaties established land boundaries, resource rights, reservations, and mutual obligations—and how their influence continues to reverberate through Native creativity and ways of knowing today.
This exhibition provides an overview of treaties in the United States, with a focus on those connected to this region. Developed in collaboration with the National Museum of the American Indian and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, the exhibition was created through partnerships with Lakȟóta Archeologist Tyrel Iron Eyes and the Giiwedinong Treaty Rights & Culture Museum team, including Logan Monroe, Don Wedll, and Winona LaDuke. Students from Concordia College’s Digital Design class also contributed to exhibition panel design.
All exhibitions at Plains Art Museum are free and open to the public.
