# @denverwestword on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNqaDmHA7pj
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-22T15:38:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Denver Westword (@denverwestword) — https://gondola.cc/denverwestword

## Caption

Danielle SeeWalker, seewalker_art, spoke up a lot last year, after the Town of Vail removed her from its Art in Public Places residency program in response to a picture she posted of a mixed-media piece she’d created months earlier relating the tragedies of American Indians and Palestinians, titled “G Is for Genocide.” Represented by the ACLU, SeeWalker filed a civil complaint against Vail in October, charging that the town had violated her free speech rights.

Now that lawsuit has been settled, with Vail agreeing to fund a new art program for underrepresented and economically disadvantaged people, including people of Native American ancestry. The town will also host a powwow to be organized by SeeWalker at the Donovan Pavillion annually for the next five years; pay for a non-public community forum on Israel and Palestine that includes members of Vail’s Jewish community, Palestinian community, Muslim community and other faith and community leaders; and provide annual cultural sensitivity training to employees in the Arts and Public Places Department for the next five years by an indigenous-led organization.

✍️ Read the full story by Patricia Calhoun at westword.com or at the link in our bio.
📸 hundleyyyy 

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