The installation, titled My Assimilated Refrigerator, examines the long-term impact of federal assimilation policies on Native American identity, cultural continuity, and connections to ancestral homelands.
According to organizers, the exhibit draws from Wall’s personal experiences growing up between Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural worlds. Through the work, Wall explores themes of identity, belonging, and the lingering effects of policies such as boarding schools, relocation programs, and blood quantum requirements.
“Art becomes an act of resistance against the forces of assimilation,” Wall said in a statement…