Critical Writing Index

You'd Better Smile When You Say That: Wagon Burner, This! Princess Moonrider That!

by Richard William Hill

Wagon Burner, This! Princess Moonrider That!, 2006, pp. 1-6

Toronto: A Space Gallery, 2006

Richard William Hill’s essay on the exhibition Wagon Burner, This! Princess Moonrider That! explains how in their installations Maria Hupfield undoes the Indian Princess and how Terrance Houle satirizes the wagon burning Indian. The author reflects personal experience with racist stereotypes and mainstream representation of Indigenous North America.

ITEM 2006.064 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Wagon Burner, This! Princess Moonrider That!Maria Hupfield

Wagon Burner, This! Princess Moonrider That!Terrance Houle