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United Tribes
The United Tribes Mural features bold, graffiti-style typography that stretches across a long brick wall under an overpass in the Little Earth community. The words “United Tribes” dominate the composition, painted in large block letters outlined in deep navy and filled with gradient hues of tan, orange, and blue. The color transition give the look of a sunset across an open landscape, grounding the piece in the natural imagery of the plains and sky. Within the letters, subtle silhouettes of tipis and tree lines appear, linking the graffiti aesthetic with traditional Indigenous symbols of the local community. The layering of modern street art techniques and Native iconography visually represents a dialogue between generations a meeting of urban and ancestral identity. The mural’s placement under the bridge adds to its visual impact; it acts almost like a threshold between two worlds the built environment of the city below and the rooted Indigenous presence above where you can see a mural across the whole street. The clean, confident lines and harmonious color palette lend a sense of calm strength and unity. Despite being a simple text-based mural, it conveys a deep sense of belonging and pride. The formal balance between bold lettering and the soft colors gives the artwork both structure and emotional warmth, symbolizing stability and connection within the community it represents. -
Pinigigi Miigwech Pidamaya | Thank You
The scale of the mural is on the whole front of the building from side to side. It is about 10 feet tall all the way down and straight across. The composition of the piece is words with patterns of the rainbow, floral patterns, and line pattern designs. There are 3 words, pinigigi miigwech pidamaya which means thank you. The first word is situated above the second word, between the second and the third word there is an eagle motif which is the logo of the Division of Indian Work with some wood below it. The third word is above the second, but below the first. The base color of the mural is turquoise blue, the words are white with a black outline, and a rainbow shadow behind them. The rainbow shadow is stacks of color, with varying shades of blue, yellow, orange and red for every word. The words are crisp block font. Above the middle word, which is miigwech, there is a floral vine motif. The vine is deep green with black outlines and has symmetrical curling branches coming off of each side of the center pink flower that looks like a lotus. The branches have deep pink, deep purple, and deep blue leaves and flowers with a light version surrounding the deep color, with a black line outlining the light color. There are also four strawberries on the branches. Those are red with yellow seeds and deep green leaves. Below the word Pinigigi, there is a horizontal parallel line pattern. The first two layers of the pattern are curving lines that are deep purple with a light purple outlining it and symmetrical on either side of the middle point. The bottom 2 lines are the inverse of the above pattern with a deep green outlined by a light green. Below the third word Pidamaya, there are 8 point star patterns made out of individually colored diamonds. There are deep green and light green, deep purple and light purple, and brown/green and deep green stars. There is only the texture of the wall which is brick. Besides the shadows behind the words, there is no evidence of light in the mural.