Alex Pentek. Kindred Spirits. 2013. Memorial to the Choctaw Nation's aid to Ireland during the the great Famine. from have mercy Watch Video
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Description: This idea was selected by open competition for Midleton, County Cork, Ireland, and is my response to the history of the Choctaw Nation’s help to Ireland during the Great Hunger in 1847, when they sent $170 to help to feed the Irish starving men women and children.nIt was only 16 years earlier when the Choctaw were forced from their native land by the American government in what is now known as the trail of tears, making this act of kindness even more significant. nBy creating an empty bowl s
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