In Forbidden Fruit, Geralyn Montano uses biting satire to explore the complexities of growing up distanced from her Indigenous roots. The faceless woman in a historical dress, her head replaced by a painted apple, reflects the slur often used to describe the urban Native experience –  seen as “white on the inside.” Phrases like “A is for Apple” and “Native on the Outside” point to the psychological toll of assimilation and estrangement. Crosshairs scatter the surface, one over the word “American,” as two coyotes walk through them – a nod to survival, resistance, and trickster intelligence. A snake winds along the bottom like a warning – or a clue. With layered media and layered meaning, Montano reclaims the apple, turning a symbol of erasure into a badge of complicated truth.