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Three regalia pieces I created for @industryopera’s groundbreaking opera Sweet Land are now on view at the Underground Gallery at Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Britain as part of Hold to This Earth: Works by Contemporary Indigenous North American Artists from Tia Collection, on view through April 2027. @yspsculpture  @tiaartcollection 

Sweet Land (2020) opera begins with the Arrivals washing ashore and making contact with another civilization they call the Hosts. From there, the story fractures, following multiple perspectives. Beginning as a procession through Los Angeles State Historic Park, the opera ultimately erases itself, challenging familiar narratives of Manifest Destiny through Indigenous and experimental storytelling.

Sweet Land was created through a deeply collaborative process with Director Yuval Sharon and my contributions as Director and Costume Designer, Composers Raven Chacon and Du Yun, and Librettists Douglas Kearney and Aja Couchois Duncan. As The New York Times wrote, “Sweet Land is a bewildering and ghostly new opera... a parable of, and fantasia on, Manifest Destiny.”

Representing more than 35 Tribal Nations and multiple generations of artists, Hold to This Earth celebrates Indigenous artists who honor ancestral knowledge while remaining unapologetically contemporary. Bringing these works together creates a powerful conversation across Nations, generations, and artistic practices, affirming that Indigenous cultures are living, evolving, and actively shaping the future. I’m honored to have the regalia from Sweet Land, along with additional works from my practice included in this exhibition. 

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Sweet Land opera, 2020. Photograph by Casey Kringlen for The Industry

Cannupa Hanska Luger, Sweet Land Regalia, 2026. Courtesy of Tia Collection, Photo India Hobson, courtesy YSP
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