Known for her multidisciplinary approach to art making, Vancouver-based Dana Claxton, who is Hunkpapa Lakota (Sioux), has investigated notions of Indigenous identity, beauty, gender and the body, as well as broader social and political issues through a practice which encompasses photography, film, video and performance. Claxton combines Lakota traditions with "Western" influences, using a "mix, meld and mash" approach to address the oppressive legacies of colonialism and to articulate Indigenous world views, histories and spirituality.

Director's foreword / Kathleen S. Bartels -- Tribute to Dana Claxton and the art of generosity / Layli Long Soldier -- The art of Dana Claxton : a prologue / Grant Arnold -- Gifts of fringe / Monika Kin Gagnon & Olivia Michiko Gagnon -- Dana Claxton's Patient storm / David Garneau -- 38 / Layli Long Soldier -- Rebar, or subterranean weaving : the over-written foundational matrix of 21st C. Vancouver / Jaleh Mansoor -- Chronology / Siobhan McCracken Nixon.