The
original “Ledger Books of the Dog Warriors” were made by Cheyenne
Indian warriors who made contour line drawings in colored pencil to record
their military history. Ringsby has loosely interpreted this tradition
to draw a connection between the Palestinian and American Indian histories.
The
Dog Warriors were known for their fearlessness in battle as well as for
refusing to surrender to the US Cavalry. Ringsby would like to draw a
further parallel between the infamous Sand Creek Massacre, Colorado Territory,
1864 and the Jenin Refugee Camp Massacre of 2002. In both cases refugee
camps were massacred in retaliation for guerrilla warriors killing settlers
illegally occupying traditional homelands.
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