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Adrian Stimson
Adrian Stimson is an interdisciplinary artist based in Siksika Nation, Alberta, Canada. Stimson is a member of the Siksika (Blackfoot) Nation. Employing sculpture, installation, photography, painting and performance, Stimson draws on his lived experiences to speak to loss, resilience sexuality, and identity construction.

Artwork
Stimson's performance art addresses the construction of identity, particularly representations of Indigenous peoples. Stimson is well-known for his persona Buffalo Boy, an identity created by Stimson that parodies Buffalo Bill. Performances of Buffalo Boy address stereotypes of Indigenous peoples, the importance of bison to the Plains Tribes and the impacts of bison hunting on Indigenous peoples. In the photographic series, Sketches of Indian Life, Stimson reinterprets images of the Old Sun Indian Residential School from the Glenbow Museum archives by performing as Buffalo Boy. The residential school experience has been the subject of many of Stimson's artworks. Stimson and many of his family members, including his parents, attended residential schools. In 2005, Stimson created the sculpture Old Sun, named after one of his ancestors -- after whom an Alberta residential school was named -- confront's Canada's history of violence against Indigenous peoples and incorporates materials from the Old Sun Indian Residential School.

White Shame Re-worked (2012) is a performance recreation of the original 1992 White Shame Re-cut by Ahasiw Maskegon-Iskwew. The performance is both an homage to Maskegon-Iskwew and re-working of the original performance to respond to current times.

Education
Stimson has a BFA with distinction from the Alberta College of Art and Design and MFA from the University of Saskatchewan.

Solo Exhibitions

 * “Naked Napi,” SUM Gallery (Vancouver), Sept 8 – Dec 8, 2018.

Collections
The British Museum

Welfare Work
NCR undertook extensive welfare work and was referred to as "America's model factory." Some historians have referred to company owner John Patterson as the "father of industrial welfare." The company had its own welfare department and is considered a pioneer in America for this work.

Some of the company's welfare initiatives include safety devices, drinking fountains, baths, lockers, chairs and back support for machine operators, indoor bathrooms and a ventilation system to provide clean air. There were special provisions for women employees including restrooms, shorter work hours, high-back chairs, a women’s dining room, and lessons in domestic science.