Artist Info: Thomas Lablanc

Tom LaBlanc, was born in 1946 in Minnesota. His mother was Dakota Indian. His father was legally documented as “unknown,” but his family assumes that he was Japanese American. Since his father was already married, his mother decided not to tell him of the baby. To her disappointment, however, the baby, Tom, was taken away at birth and she was sterilized without her consent. Since then, he was forced to live in as many as 105 social placements including orphanages by the age of fifteen. [read more...]