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Jane Ash Poitras, The Contrary, 1999

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Excerpt from "The Other Side of the Picture", 1998

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Jane Ash Poitras comments about her status and attitude as a First Nations artist. From: "The Other Side of the Picture", 1998

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"I don't know what their issue is, and I can't talk for them, I can only talk for myself. And for myself, I have always had dealers call me. I could select any dealer in this country right now, any dealer would love to have me. My attitude - I don't have a negative attitude when it comes like that. I was born a great artist, I am a great artist, I see myself as a great artist, I tell people that; they look and say 'yes you are'. It's what I project, what I radiate. The thing is that, that's the history. We know the history. What we should be worried about now is what are we going to do for tomorrow, what are we going to do today to change that. I don't really care about yesterday, I'm going to do something about it today."

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