[5] He moved to the La Jolla Indian Reservation in California in 1975. "Watch the leaning. Enter or exit from Constitution Avenue or Madison Drive. Up until his passing, Luna actively drew attention to and challenged the way Native Americans are represented in museums, popular culture, and history. Native Americans were the first people who discover America. Your art is going to keep changing the world; we cant do without it. During both visits he made a point of driving us around the rez in his truck, showing us important places and introducing us to people; especially the boys, a group of men he hung around with regularly. Luna, James. The Artifact Piece (1987/1990) was first presented at the San Diego Museum of Man and later at the Studio Museum in Harlem as part of the landmark Decade Show. A photo of James Luna enacting Artifact Piece, first performed in 1987. To me, this is a remarkable thing to attempt, let alone to carry off so convincingly.