Posts Tagged ‘moccasins’
Joan Brant
Joan Brant Artist Gallery Contact Joan Brant Tyendinaga Mohawk First Nation My name is Joan Brant, I was taught how to make moccasins by an Ojicree friend. I have been beading since childhood. The sealskin I use for the childrens wraps was gifted to me by a great aunt who wanted me to continue the…
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Pauline Gilley Artist Gallery Contact Pauline Gilley Mi’kmaq, Qalipu First Nations Pauline Gilley, Member of Qalipu First Nation. I am living in Corner Brook, NL but grew up in Sally’s Cove and Rocky Harbour, NL. I learned sewing from my Grandmother. She made seal skin boots and moccasins for her family. Although I never learned…
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Leigha Turner Artist Gallery Contact Leigha Turner Wasauksing First Nation My name is Leigha Turner, I am Ojibwe from Wasauksing, Parry Sound. I have loved art and creating things my whole life. I have gathered my skills through self exploration, workshops and my elders. Everything I create is made with love, and more than selling…
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Rachel Volkmann Artist Gallery Contact Rachel Volkmann Mohawk, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory My name is Rachel Volkmann. I am Mohawk, born and raised in Tyendinaga by Mohawk parents. Through the years I have had many teachers, but mainly my parents. When I was a young girl, my mother was my first teacher and she taught me how…
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Doreen Somers-Cardinal Artist Gallery Contact Doreen Somers-Cardinal Mohawk/Cree My name is Doreen Somers-Cardinal. My mother is from Tyendinaga and my father is from Chapleau Cree First Nation. I currently live in my husbands territory, Treaty #8. I am passionate about our traditions, culture and ceremony. I love to sew, whether I am beading or creating…
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Suzan Kostiuck Artist Gallery Contact Suzan Kostiuck Acho Dene Koe, British Columbia Suzan is a Canadian Dene artist living on Vancouver Island, B.C. She started painting 15 years ago while living in Alberta. Her work is inspired by her cultural environment and also by contemporary artists Judy Hintz Cox and James Lavadour. Suzan has worked…
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Marlana Thompson Artist Gallery Workshop Contact Marlana Thompson Mohawk, St. Regis Mohawk Reservation Marlana Thompson is Mohawk from the Wolf Clan. She was born and raised in Akwesasne, where she lives with her husband, Wayne Baker and their children. She has been sewing, beading and creating pieces of art since she was seven years old,…
Read MoreTealey Normandin | Tealey Products & The Honey Lodge
Tealey Kasennisaks Normandin Artist Gallery Contact Tealey Kasennisaks Normandin Mohawk, Kahnawake Tealey Products and The honey Lodge specialize in leather crafts, bee keeping and selling natural honey products. Their hand made Native crafts are sewn with love and the honey products will tease your sweet tooth. They originated in Kahnawake, Quebec, and they deliver in…
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Mitchell Riley Artist Gallery Contact Mitchell Riley Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, Ontario My name is Mitchell A. Riley, I am from Chippewas of the Thames First Nation located in South Western Ontario. I am an Indigenous artist and leatherworker. I specialize in a certain type of leatherwork that is uncommon to the pow wow…
Read MoreKathryn Pasquach | Culture Shock Jewelry
Kathryn Pasquach Artist Gallery Contact Kathryn Pasquach Moose Cree First Nation My name is Kathryn Pasquach, I am a Cree woman with ties from the Mushkegowuk area and a member of Moose Cree First Nation. Growing up in Toronto, I began making jewelry at a very young age taught by my Mother and Grandmother. Today,…
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