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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,…

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…

Spencer Lunham Jr | Setting Sun Basketry

By Executive Assistant | August 18, 2023

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…

Buffie Gideon Lee | Maritime Weavers

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | July 23, 2020

Buffie Gideon Lee, furniture, weaving, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Buffie Gideon Lee Artist Gallery Workshops Contact Buffie Gideon Lee Mi’Kmaq, Gesgapegiag First Nation I am Buffie Gideon Lee. I am a Mi’Kmaq, and a member of both the Gesgapegiag band in Quebec and the Aroostook and in Maine. While I learned traditional Mi’Kmaq basket weaving as a youngster, from my elders, it wasn’t until I…

Ann Mitchell | Dream Weaver Basketry

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | August 20, 2015

Ann Mitchell, basket maker,pass the feather, first nations art directory, aboriginal arts collective of canada, scholarships, grants, workshops, classroom art exchange

Ann Mitchell Artist Gallery Contact Ann Mitchell Mohawk, Quebec My name is Ann Mitchell, I am a Haudenosaunee (Mohawk) woman who makes traditional Mohawk baskets with a contemporary spin. I was born in November, 1989 in Akwesasne which is located where the New York, Ontario and Québec borders meet. I lived in Akwesasne my whole life…

Carrie Hill | Chill Baskets

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | August 11, 2015

Carrie Hill, basket maker, basketry, jewelry, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Carrie Hill Artist Gallery Workshop Contact Carrie Hill Haudenosaunee My name is Carrie Hill, I am a Haudenosaunee woman from Akwesasne Mohawk Territory and owner of Chill Baskets. In 2014, I left my position at the Mohawk School in Hogansburg, New York to pursue basket making full-time. The tradition of weaving Black Ash Splints and…