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Red, Black & Proud
by Kaminelana Cheatem

 Black, Red and Proud


Artist's Statement
My name is Kaminelana Cheatem and I'm a mixed-blood of Mississippi Choctaw, African-American and Florida Seminole ancestry. I'm an oil painter but I've loved drawing with pencils, pens and chalks ever since I was a little kid. I'm currently developing drawings and sketches into larger oil paintings and t-shirt designs.

I've lived in Chicago all of my life. My parents are from Louisiana. They moved here after my dad found a job as a steelworker. My mother raised me to be proud of my Choctaw ancestors, my Seminole ancestors and my African ancestors. She taught me to be brave and strong whenever I encountered people (white and black) who told me I should be ashamed of being Indian. She also taught me to be just as brave and strong whenever I encounter people (white, red and brown) who told me I should be ashamed of being black. A lot of the inspiration for my drawings and paintings comes from my childhood and teenage experiences of growing up as a Black Indian in Chicago.

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