We Would Be Freer

We Would Be Freer (بنكون اكتر احرار) reflects on Indigenous relationships to wild plants under settler-colonialism. Known for its zesty taste and bright colour, different varieties of sumac are found around the world—in particular, staghorn sumac is native to parts of Turtle Island, and tanner’s sumac to the eastern Mediterranean. Weaving between the voices of two women, one from the Mohawk community of Kahnawá:ke and the other an internally displaced refugee in Ramallah, we would be freer invites you to contemplate the role of the sumac plant in two occupied lands that lie far apart.