Kahsennaientá:kie Roundpoint

By Executive Assistant | September 5, 2025

Kahsennaientá:kie Roundpoint Artist Gallery Workshops Contact Kahsennaientá:kie Roundpoint Kanien’kehá:ka, Akwesasne Mohawk Nation Kahsennaientá:kie Roundpoint is a Mohawk born and raised in Akwesasne and on the powwow trail. From a young age has always been fascinated with crafting, culture and traditional designs, and artwork. Working in the family business all her life, having a creative expression,…

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Burlington Tooshkenig | Sweetgrass & Cinnamon

By Executive Assistant | November 6, 2023

Burlington Tooshkenig Artist Gallery Workshop Contact Burlington Tooshkenig Bkejwanong I learned how to make sweetgrass baskets from my grandmother. I learned the skill as a child, and it has been a great part of my artistry ever since. Sweetgrass basketry in my home community was almost lost as a result of the skills not being…

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Spencer Lunham Jr | Setting Sun Basketry

By Executive Assistant | August 18, 2023
Spencer-Lunham Jr-Large basket profile

Spencer Lunham Jr Artist Gallery Workshops Contact Spencer Lunham Jr Chippewas of Kettle & Stony Point First Nation, ON I am a father, hunter, fisherman and a black ash basket maker. I am a third-generation black ash basket maker, and I learned from my gram, uncle, and aunt. I have 22 years of experience in…

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Tracey Boshdayosgaykwe Pawis

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | August 9, 2022
Tracey Pawis, Quillwork, moccasins, sweetgrass, candles, pastel art, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Tracey Boshdayosgaykwe Pawis Artist Gallery Contact Tracey Boshdayosgaykwe Pawis Wasauksing First Nation My name is Tracey Pawis; Boshdayosgaykwe, meaning the morning’s first burst of sunlight that comes over the horizon. I was raised on Wasauksing First Nation, finished high school in Midland in the mid-1980s, continued on to post-secondary and completed my certificate in land surveying.…

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Dawn Ashcroft

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | May 13, 2022
Dawn Ashcroft, Ribbon skirts, ribbon shirts, beaded pins, regalia, moccasins, mittens, dreamcatchers, acrylic paintings, beadwork, pine needle baskets, birch bark baskets, sweetgrass baskets, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Dawn Ashcroft Artist Gallery Workshops Contact Dawn Ashcroft Mitaanjigamiing First Nation My name is Dawn Ashcroft, I am an Anishinaabe-kwe from the Traditional Anishinaabe Territory of Treaty 3 with mixed ancestry of Welsh descent. I’ve had very few formal teachers due to the very early passing of my maternal Grandmother who was murdered. I am…

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Debbie Cook-Jacobs

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | June 21, 2021
Debbie Cook-Jacobs, baskets, basket maker, black ash, sweetgrass, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Debbie Cook-Jacobs Artist Gallery Contact Debbie Cook-Jacobs Mohawks of Akwesasne My name is Debbie Cook-Jacobs, I am a Mohawk basket maker from Akwesasne, bear clan. I make utility and fancy baskets from black ash splint and sweetgrass. I also enjoy collecting old baskets for inspiration and duplicating the old style weaves. Mary Tebo was my…

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Nanci Ransom

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | June 10, 2021
Nanci Ransom, black ash, basketmaker, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Nanci Ransom Artist Gallery Contact Nanci Ransom Akwesasne Mohawk Territory Nanci Ransom, Bear Clan, enjoys making baskets out of black ash splint and sweet grass. She began traditional basket making with her friends and mentors, Sheila Ransom and Debbie Cook-Jacobs. She’s hoping to carry on the tradition to her grandchildren. She grew up on the…

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Stephanie White

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | January 18, 2021
Stephanie White, Sweetgrass, dream catcher, quillwork, painting, jewelry, baskets, seal skin, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Stephanie White Artist Gallery Contact Stephanie White Qalipu Mi’kmaq Kwe, Teluisi Stephanie White. I am part of the Qalipu Band of Newfoundland. I am sharing the Mi’Kmaq indigenous culture through art. I love all types of crafting and artwork. I create art with many mediums including paint, sweetgrass, porcupine quills, animal skin/fur, sea glass, and wood/bark.…

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Linda Peterson

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | August 8, 2020
Linda Peterson, basket maker, basketry, beadwork, beader, craft maker, crafts, quilling, quillwork, birch bark, jewelry, jewelry maker, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Linda Peterson Artist Gallery Contact Linda Peterson Michipicoten First Nation My name is Linda Peterson, I live in Wawa. My upbringing taught me to work with birch bark, sweetgrass and later on I taught myself beadwork, and other Indigenous crafts.Today I am retired, partner, mother, grandmother and great grandmother enjoying my life and creating pretty…

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Theresa Cook & David Dearhouse | CD Baskets

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | June 21, 2020
Theresa Cook, David Dearhouse, CD Baskets, basket making, workshops, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Theresa Cook & David Dearhouse Artist Gallery Workshop Contact Theresa Cook & David Dearhouse St. Regis Mohawk Reservation Wathahiiostha (Theresa) Cook is of the Deer Clan. From a young age, Theresa began helping her mother and grandmother make baskets and toys from black ash splints. Her partner, Atewenna;ron (David) Dearhouse is of the Turtle Clan. They are…

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