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“Drive-In Church” by Steve C. LaRance (Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians) — a 2022 oil painting of a young man and young woman standing on either side of a brown car with a prairie and mountains in the background.

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“Drive-In Church” by Steve C. LaRance (Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians) — a 2022 oil painting of a young man and young woman standing on either side of a brown car with a prairie and mountains in the background.

Courtesy | Steve C. LaRance