The purpose of this print is to question the notion of progress by contemplating the relationship between the past to the present and the influence of technology on society. We see the words progress as we wait for are computers to process information. What have we learned from this technology? How has technology affected our planet, our people, and cultures? The images I use are a direct result of stories shared by family members and issues regarding living on native lands in Oklahoma. This print comments on the loss of language, spiritual beliefs, and culture from the influence of Indian boarding schools.

The image of the Chicken is appropriated from a can of commodity chicken meat, a food item distributed by the United States government to Indian lands and to welfare programs. The chicken takes the form of a computer chip mimicking the notion of assimilation and control that is reinforced through the systems that are set up by the dominant culture. Surrounding the chip are words pointing to sections of the body. The words are used to analyze and compartmentalized the chicken body into smaller segments. This commodity chicken chip is a metaphor that is used to describe the assimilation process.

John Hitchcock graduated with a BFA in printmaking and drawing from Cameron University and received a MFA from Texas Tech University. He is the recipient of honors and awards including: the Texas Public Education Grant and the American Photography Institute at New York University. Hitchcock has been an instructor at the Garden Arts Center, Lubbock, Texas, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Studio Arts at the University of Minnesota/Morris. The artist's work is part of the collections of the University of South Dakota, The Institute of American Indian Arts, and The Lubbock Fine Arts Center.

Hitchcock's numerous exhibitions include: Ritual Device, Jerome Foundation, Minneapolis, MN; Hybrid , FOVA Galleries, Texas Tech University; and Removed , Barringers, Fergus Falls, MN. Some of the artist's group shows include the Native American Exhibition, Lightwell Gallery, University of Oklahoma and Missing on Mona, Gallery 303, Georgian Southern University, Statesboro, GA.