This piece is a result of observing how often students will attempt to leave their mark on school desks. Having recently studied ancient Native American petroglyphs, I speculated on what someone might carve on a desk if they were in one of the Indian schools that were established in the late 1800s. One of the other grad students bought several desks at an auction at the University of Idaho and challenged us to be creative, not unlike other group works such as the painted bulls in Chicago or the angel project in Los Angeles.