“Chinook Mother & Child – November 1905” by Richard Vernon Greeves is a tender, introspective bronze sculpture capturing the timeless bond between mother and child. Seated and steady, the Chinook woman cradles her infant in a traditional cradleboard—her posture protective, her gaze calm and unyielding.

Unlike heroic depictions of frontier exploration, this piece pulls inward—offering a quiet portrait of endurance, generational care, and cultural preservation. The sculptural details—the woven textures, the angled cradleboard, the layered robes—speak to both function and ceremony. This is not merely motherhood; it is stewardship, rooted in land and lineage.

The date—November 1905—evokes a period of profound cultural suppression, yet here, the mother exists outside erasure. Greeves does not monumentalize her—he respects her. In stillness, she asserts identity, power, and continuity.