Dana Claxton

**Dana Claxton**(an haife shi a shekarar 1959)ɗan fim ne na Hunkpapa Lakota,mai daukar hoto,kuma mai fasaha.Ayyukanta suna duban ra'ayi,mahallin tarihi,da nazarin jinsi na ƴan asalin ƙasar Amirka,musamman na ƙasashen farko.A cikin 2007,an ba ta lambar yabo ta Eiteljorg Fellowship don Ƙwararren Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Amirka.

## Fage

### Gado da farkon rayuwa
Iyalin Claxton zuriyar mabiyan Sitting Bull ne waɗanda suka tsere wa tsanantawa da Sojojin Amurka suka yi musu a 1876 bayan Yaƙin Little Bighorn,sun nufi Kanada.Girma a Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan,ita ce ƙarami na 'yan'uwa hudu.Wurin ajiyar danginta,Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation, yana kudu maso yammacin Saskatchewan.

### Koyarwa da samar da bidiyo
kuma ya koyar a Jami'ar Emily Carr na Art da Design a Vancouver. A shekara ta 2003 ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar Talabijin ta Duniya a Jami'ar Regina inda ta koyar a makarantar aikin jarida.A cikin 2010 ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar Jami'ar Simon Fraser Ruth Wynn Woodward a Nazarin Mata.

Ta yi aiki tare da ƙungiyoyin Kanada da na farko da yawa,kamar Hukumar Fina-Finai ta Kanada,Kamfanin Watsa Labarun Kanada,da sauransu.Ta yi aiki a matsayin darekta da mai tsarawa don sassan 52 na shirin Kanada *[[Wakanheja (TV series)|Wakanheja]]*,shirin yara na farko na al'ummai da kuma 26 na *ArtZone*, zane-zane ga matasa.Ta kuma yi aiki a matsayin furodusa kuma mai ba da labari don *[[First Stories-VTV|Labarun Farko-VTV]]*,wani shiri game da al'ummar Aboriginal na Vancouver.

### Rayuwa ta yanzu
Lokacin da ba ƙirƙirar fasaha ba,Claxton yana aiki akan tattaunawar kwamiti, azaman juror fasaha,mai tsarawa,da kuma mai ba da shawara ga matasa da masu fasaha masu tasowa.  Claxton yana zaune a Vancouver,British Columbia kuma memba ne a Jami'ar British Columbia.  A baya ta yi karatun wasan kwaikwayo a HB Studioa birnin New York.

## Sana'ar fasaha
*Abin da na sani a matsayina na macen Lakota,a matsayina na ƴar Kanada,ɗan Kanada mai gauraye na jini,sannan kuma dangantakara da duniyar halitta da ta allahntaka.Don haka ɗaukar wannan duka tarin abubuwan gogewa,duk yana shiga cikin zane-zane,ina tsammanin a nan ne zane-zane ya shigo don na yi rayuwa mai nau'i-nau'i.Kuma duk waɗannan gogewa ne ke shiga cikin aikin.* - Dana Claxton,20071Claxton ta haɗu da nata ra'ayi na duniya tare da al'amurran 'yan asali daga baya da yanzu.Ta bincika damuwa game da mulkin mallaka,hoton jikin mutum, kyakkyawa,siyasa,ruhi da kuma hoton mutanen asali da kuma yadda aka sanya shi cikin shahararrun al'adu.Ta hanyar bidiyo,daukar hoto da ayyukan ra'ayi Claxton yayi ƙoƙari don haɗa abubuwan al'adu da muhalli a cikin wuraren zamani  

### Bidiyo
Ƙirƙirar bidiyo na Claxton sun fara ne a farkon 1990s Gwaji da bidiyo a cikin ayyuka irin su *Grant Her Restitution*(1991) da kuma *Ina son sanin dalilin da ya sa* (1994)inda ta binciko tasirin mulkin mallaka a kan matan Kanada.Ci gaba da haɓaka burin fasaha na fasaha, farawa a cikin 1996 tare da *The Red Paper*,Claxton ya ci gaba da ƙoƙarin "kawo ruhu a cikin sararin samaniya".Ta hanyar haɗa abubuwa masu tsarki da na zamani tana haɗa abubuwa na gargajiya da alamomin ruhin Lakota a cikin sarari da kewaye na zamani.

Her numerous video projects have been shown in more than 15 countries.

### Hotuna
A cikin jerin *Kan Hanyar Jaja*(2006), Claxton ya tattara hotuna guda biyar don kallon mace da sutura.Ta cikin jerin Claxton yana nuna samfurin sanye da kayan gargajiya a hankali yana cire labaran tufafi don bayyanar da kaya mai ban sha'awa,yana kawo tambayoyin jima'i da nuna bambanci tsakanin jinsi.

*Paint Up*(2009)yana fasalta hotunan Joseph Paul,dan wasan rawa na Salish Black Face da Pow-wow dan wasan da ke zaune a Musqueam Indian Reserve Kusa, manyan hotuna masu launi na Bulus tare da fentin fuskarsa,an kwatanta waɗannan ayyukan a matsayin "hotuna masu ban sha'awa,masu ban mamaki da sanyi,suna jefa ƙalubale ga ra'ayin maras kyau,na ruhaniya,ra'ayin jari-hujja na rayuwa ta zamani."

Sabbin ayyuka irin su *Mustang Suite* suna kallon ma'ana da stereotypes bayan *Indiyawa*,musamman hangen nesa na Black Elk na Doki Dance.Ƙungiyar manyan C-prints,mustang yana wakiltar 'yanci da motsi, kuma ba lallai ba ne a nuna shi a matsayin doki.*Daddy's Gotta Sabon Ride* ya nuna wani ɗan asalin ƙasar sanye da baƙar kwat da wando da fenti a fuska, yana tsaye kusa da wani jan Ford Mustang.*Jaririn Girls Gotta Mustang* yana da 'yan mata tagwaye sanye da jajayen riguna da mukluks akan kekuna. Wani kuma a cikin jerin,*Mama Tana da Yarinyar Doki…Mai Suna Tarihi Kuma Ya Sake 'Yancinta*, ya nuna wata mata mai magani hannunta a miƙe kuma wata mata 'yar Caucasian tana rawa kamar ' yar doki. Hoton na nufin tallafa wa matan ƴan asalin ƙasar da ke son sakin kansu daga ɗaurin tarihi,musamman wanda ke cike da ra'ayoyin jima'i.aSauran hotunan da ke cikin jerin manyan tunani ne a kan al'ummar ƴan asalin a cikin duniyar zamani.

Claxton ya kuma mai da hankali kan Harkar Indiyawan Amurka wanda ke nuna hotunan bakar-da-fari na takardun gwamnati da aka fallasa game da kungiyar kare hakkin jama'a a wasu lokuta.An tattara takaddun lokacin da Claxton ya rayu a birnin New York a ƙarshen 1980s da farkon 1990s,daga ɗakin karatu na Jama'a na New York . Takardun rahoton sun kasance da yawa baƙaƙen kalmomi,sanannun wasu takaddun gwamnati daga FBI da ƙungiyoyi masu alaƙa.

An nuna hoton Claxton a cikin littafin *#NotYourPrincess Voices of Native American Women* (2017),wanda Lisa Charleyboy da Mary Beth Leatherdale suka gyara.An haɗa shi a cikin zane-zane *ta kan hanyar Red Road*,Claxton ya furta cewa"[yana] game da canji, ruhaniya, da kuma ƙaddarar 'yan asalin [mata]." Lokacin da aka tambaye shi"abin da ake nufi da zama mace ta NDN,"Claxton ya ce "ku kula da danginku da al'ummarku tare da karimci,ƙarfin hali,hikima,da ƙarfin zuciya."

### Manyan ayyuka

#### Kashin Buffalo China

A cikin *Buffalo Bone China* Claxton ya haɗu da fasahar wasan kwaikwayo,an samo abubuwa da bidiyo don rarraba tasirin ga al'ummomin ƙasashen farko saboda manufofin Biritaniya ta mulkin mallaka game da bison Amurka.An yanka Bison aka daka kashinsu aka fitar da su Ingila don yin china kashi.

A cikin wasan kwaikwayon Claxton ya farfasa guntun china kuma ya yi daure guda hudu,yana sanya daurin a cikin da'irar alfarma yayin da bidiyon bauna ke wasa a bango.“Jin asarar bauna,kashin bayan ruhi da abinci na Plains,mai zane yana amfani da mallet na roba don lalata faranti da kwano.Karyewar china yana nufin yin amfani da kasusuwan baffa wajen yin kasusuwan kasusuwa a lokacin da ake amfani da su da kuma lalata bauna." .Claxton ya karya kashin Burtaniya ne kawai China.

An baje kolin *Buffalo Bone China* a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na MacKenzie a Kanada daga 23 ga Mayu 2009 zuwa 13 ga Satumba 2009,da kuma gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Vancouver  daga 27 ga Oktoba 2018 zuwa 3 ga Fabrairu 2019.

#### Sitting Bull da Moose Jaw Sioux
An ƙirƙira a cikin 2003 kuma an nuna shi a 17th Biennale na Sydney,*Sitting Bull da Moose Jaw Sioux* ya haɗu da shimfidar wurare,tambayoyi da hotuna don bincika kafa sansanin Moose Jaw,sansanin da Sitting Bull ya kafa bayan hijira daga Amurka.bayan yakin Little Bighorn. Wannan yanki,wanda Moose Jaw Art Gallery ya ba da izini,ya ƙunshi hotunan bidiyo guda huɗu,hotuna da kuma tambayoyi daga sansanonin mazaunan asali,da kuma hotunan shafin.

## Kyauta
A cikin 2019,Gidauniyar Hnatyshyn ta ba Claxton lambar yabo ta su don ƙwaƙƙwaran nasara ta wani ɗan wasan Kanada na tsakiyar sana'a.A cikin 2019 Claxton ya sami lambar yabo ta Mata ta YWCA a cikin nau'in Arts,Al'adu da Zane.Claxton ya lashe lambar yabo ta Gwamna Janar na 2020 don Nasarar Fasaha a cikin Kayayyakin Kayayyakin Kayayyakin Kayayyakin.

## Sanannun tarin yawa

* Canada Council Art Bank
* Colby College Museum of Art
* Vancouver Art Gallery
* Winnipeg Art Gallery

## nune-nunen

* *Lokaci da Tide Flow Wide*, 2023, Colby College Museum of Art
* *Fringing the Cube*, 2018 &#x2013; 19, Vancouver Art Gallery
* *Solo show*, 2010, Biennale na Sydney
* *Kayayyakin Ƙasar*, 2009, Gidan Tarihi na CN Gorman
* *Sabon Aiki*, 2009, Jami'ar Lethbridge
* *Steeling the Gaze*, 2009, National Gallery na Kanada
* *Solo show*, 2007, Montreal Biennale
* *Eiteljorg Fellowship don Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwararren Ƙwararrun Amirka*, 2007, Gidan Tarihi na Eiteljorg
* *Solo show*, 2006, Biennale d'art contemporain du Havre
* *Solo show*, 2005, Art Star Biennale
* *Taro: Zane-zane na Aboriginal daga Tarin Gallery ɗin Fasaha na Winnipeg*, 2004, Gidan Tarihi na Guangdong
* *Topography*, 1996, Vancouver Art Gallery  

## Nassoshi

## Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

* ''Dana Claxton, Buffalo Bone China'' on Tribe Inc.
* ''Dana Claxton: Tarihi mai ban tsoro''  a cikin Art na Kanada
* ''Dana Claxton: Daga Wasika zuwa kururuwa''  a cikin fasahar Kanada
* ''Dana Claxton da Ikon Neman'' Daga Vancouver Sun
* ''Hatsari a Aljanna'' wani nuni da Claxton ya shirya
* ''Takarda Red''  daga Gidan Gallery ɗin Fasaha na Vancouver
*    bidiyo ta Lori Blondeau & Dana Claxton
* ''Mustang Suite''  ta Dana Claxton
* ''Aikin Magunguna'' na Dana Claxton