Artist Dyani White Hawk finds an affinity between indigenous, Western abstraction

The kapĂ©mni shape, an abstract Lakota symbol widely recognizable to native tribes of the Great Plains, consists of two mirrored triangles balanced in an hourglass shape at their centers. The lower represents the physical world, the upper the sky and the spiritual realm. The form was traditionally depicted in porcupine quill work, beadwork, and parfleche […]