Joel Elgin. Athraigh Print Studio: Who are the people COVID – 19 is Killing in Your Neighborhood? Apache and Pueblo Art/Printmaking.

Joel Elgin, Athraigh Studio. Printmaking in the time of COVID-19. Small Exhibitions: Who are the people COVID – 19 is Killing in Your Neighborhood?

Apache and Pueblo Art/Printmaking.

Sung to the tune of the Sesame Street song…

Who are the people in Your Neighborhood? The people COVID – 19 is Killing Each Day. Apache and Pueblo Art/Printmaking.

Over 89,000 people have died from COVID - 19. The Trump government wants you to see only numbers but behind each number is a person.

In the U.S. people of color are at greater risk than others. Among the most vulnerable are Native Americans.

Today, in the second exhibit detailing Who are the people COVID – 19 is Killing in Your Neighborhood? Athraigh Studio continues the intention of showing that the dying are not just numbers, by bringing you examples of the contemporary art/printmaking of the Apache and the Pueblo.

The Apache and Pueblo are located in the in the Southwest Cultural Region incorporating the lower parts of Utah and Colorado, all of Arizona and New Mexico, and the northern deserts of Mexico. Like the Navajo, Hopi and the Zuni they are battling COVID – 19 with little help from the Trump administration.

Let’s examine how COVID – 19 is affecting Native Americans in New Mexico:

New Mexico’s 23 tribes compose just 11% of the state population.

The reported cases among tribal communities, combined, make up almost 60% of all positive cases in New Mexico.

50% of all people who had died of COVID-19 in New Mexico were Native American.

So, who are the Apache?

Na i sha Apache (Tribe of Oklahoma)

Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache (Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma)

Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico

Southern Athabaskan Native Americans. (Mescalero Apache Tribe New Mexico)

San Carlos Apache Tribe, Arizona

Dilzhe’eh Apache (Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona)

White Mountain Apache Tribe, Arizona