Hitchcock’s grandfather Saukwaukee John Dussome Reid (Kiowa) voice cuts through the sound by telling a story of the old days on the southern plains on the song “Star House/Set'tainte Song” and “Jimmy Creek (A Comanche Story)”. Bury the Hatchet challenges the romanticized version of the American Frontier (Wild West themes) in combination with current conditions.īury the Hatchet acts to interrogate the historic and modern institutions and develop a language to re-define the present times. Through oral history and music, the Bury the Hatchet music recording intertwines storytelling and Kiowa & Comanche songs with soundscapes of steel guitar, cello, clarinet, accordion and guitars. Working from the theme of the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, Bury the Hatchet explores issues of assimilation, acculturation, and indoctrination. The exhibition consists of a series of works on paper titled The Flatlander and a multi-media sound installation. The basis for Bury the Hatchet revolves around the relationship between the Fort Sill Military Base (Lawton, Oklahoma), The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Reserve, Medicine Park, Oklahoma and his family's Comanche Tribal Land off of State Highway Forty-Nine, Oklahoma. Bury the Hatchet explores the intersection between cultures through the land, language, and the visual symbols of the Great Plains - the epicenter for Plains tribal culture. Artist John Hitchcock's Bury the Hatchet shares the past and present of the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma through visual Art and sound performance about the American Frontier.
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