Arts
Teresa Montoya's talk presented at the Belkin's symposium Practices of Resistance (February 28, 2019) introduces her work "Yellow Water" (2016) that critically engages with photography to trace millions of gallons of acidic mine waste discharged into the San Juan River that flows across the Navajo Nation. This episode includes audio recorded by Montoya for "Yellow Water," one of many projects by the artist that posit territorial dispossession and environmental toxicity as pervasive features of contemporary Indigenous life—while affirming how communities are sustained through water in landscapes in which it is scarce.