{"id":66,"date":"2022-11-29T11:51:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T16:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-interconnected-land-identity-community\/?p=66"},"modified":"2022-11-29T11:51:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T16:51:57","slug":"who-we-were-is-who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-interconnected-land-identity-community\/2022\/11\/who-we-were-is-who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Were Is Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kayla Becker, Miami student and mother of five, is studying Computer Science and bringing her Native American heritage to her artwork at MUAM. Her artwork\u00a0<em>Who We Were Is Who We Are<\/em> explores her relationship to her identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her first artwork,&nbsp;<em>Who We Were Is Who We Are<\/em>, represents the sorrow of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, which Becker is a member of. The black silhouette and background highlight the tears, which are cut from photos of the Wabash River. The river was a large part of the tribe\u2019s lifeline and identity. \u201cI\u2019ve seen some of the suffering that resulted from forced removals,\u201d says Becker. \u201cThe tears show that we still exist, and those original lands are still part of who we are today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-interconnected-land-identity-community\/files\/2022\/11\/Kayla-Becker-Who-We-Were-Is-Who-We-Are-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-interconnected-land-identity-community\/files\/2022\/11\/Kayla-Becker-Who-We-Were-Is-Who-We-Are-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-interconnected-land-identity-community\/files\/2022\/11\/Kayla-Becker-Who-We-Were-Is-Who-We-Are-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-interconnected-land-identity-community\/files\/2022\/11\/Kayla-Becker-Who-We-Were-Is-Who-We-Are-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-interconnected-land-identity-community\/files\/2022\/11\/Kayla-Becker-Who-We-Were-Is-Who-We-Are-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/miami-interconnected-land-identity-community\/files\/2022\/11\/Kayla-Becker-Who-We-Were-Is-Who-We-Are-1-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Kayla Becker<\/strong><br><strong>Sophomore, Computer Science\u00a0<\/strong><br><strong><em>Who We Were Is Who We Are<\/em>, 2022<\/strong><br><strong>Acrylic and photographs on paper, 32 1\/2 x 26 1\/2 inches<\/strong><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Kayla Becker, Miami student and mother of five, is studying Computer Science and bringing her Native American heritage to her artwork at MUAM. 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