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Gerald McMaster
Trick or Treaty, 1990
“What I did here was inspired by a poster of Jack Nicholson as the Joker, so it became very Hallowe'enish – with the colours, ‘trick or treat.’ I felt that 'TRICK OR TREAT’ was actually the same word, or had the same implications. Whether they signed it or not – and a lot of Indians never did sign a treaty – it meant the same thing. There was never any advantage at all to Native peoples. It was all to their disadvantage. 'You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.’ I think that there were no treats at all! So I saw it as a cruel joke.”
