Seminole Patchwork
6 min readJul 12, 2023
An artwork showing us the sum is greater than the parts
In the photograph, my maternal grandmother sits with three friends on brick steps. The other girls’ hair is styled in a 1920’s bob or pulled up off their faces. Grandma’s hair is in long braids, drape her chest, and dangle into her lap. She often spoke of her Native American background, mostly to bemoan not knowing the tribe of her female ancestor. Her father was a taciturn…
