Marianna Mishibinijima

By Executive Assistant | May 29, 2023
Marianna Mishibinijima Beaded Bowties

Marianna Mishibinijima Artist Gallery Contact Marianna Mishibinijima Odawa Anishinaabe Kwe Band Member of Wikwemikong Ontario I grew up watching my great grandmother make the most beautiful quill boxes, that of which you don’t see too much of these days. I also watched my grandmother and mother work around the clock making mini birch bark canoes,…

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Christine Toulouse

By Executive Assistant | May 23, 2023
Christine Toulouse-Porcupine-Quilling-Flower-Circle

Christine Toulouse Artist Gallery Workshops Contact Christine Toulouse Anishinaabe, Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation, Ontario Christine Toulouse is an emerging First Nations artist from Sagamok Anishnawbek, Ontario, Canada. She was taught the traditional craft of quillwork from her Grandmother, Ida, who is a quill box artist herself. Christine works to connect land and season to practice.…

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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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Kaija Heitland | Indigenous Nouveau

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | June 29, 2022
Kaija Heitland, beadwork, quillwork, moccasins, fabric design, classes, beadwork kits, teaching, traditional skills sharing, workshop facilitator, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Kaija Heitland Artist Gallery Contact Kaija Heitland Métis Nation of British Columbia My name is Kaija Heitland and I am a Métis woman living on Vancouver Island, on the traditional lands of the Cowichan tribes. I belong to the Cowichan Valley Métis Community and was born in Thunder Bay. The Métis side of my family comes…

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Kineta Snyder

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | February 16, 2021
Kineta Snyder, Beadwork, leatherwork, quillwork, Jewelry, moccasins, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Kineta Snyder Artist Gallery Contact Kineta Snyder Eel River Bar First Nation My name is Kineta Snyder, I am a Mi’kmaq artist from Eel River Bar, New Brunswick. My beadwork journey started out approximately four years ago and I absolutely love creating different forms of art. I create mostly beaded earrings with porcupine quills and birchbark.…

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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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Collin Alexander

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | December 2, 2020
Collin Alexander, Birch bark crafts, quilling, quillwork, carving, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Collin Alexander Artist Gallery Contact Collin Alexander Natoaganeg First Nation Kwe’/ hello, I am a member of the Natoaganeg First Nation (Mi’kmaq) my name is Collin Alexander. I am currently living between Toronto and New Brunswick studying history, anthropology and visual studies at the University of Toronto full-time. My work is rooted in the rediscovery and…

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Tracy Desjarlais

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | October 29, 2020
Tracy Desjarlais, beadwork, beader, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Tracy Desjarlais Artist Gallery Contact Tracy Desjarlais Little Black Bear First Nation My name is Tracy Desjarlais, I grew up in the Qu’Appelle Valley and I am affiliated with Little Black Bear Band in Saskatchewan. I took up beading when I was a young teenager, around 14 years old or so. I had a few…

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Theresa Burning

By Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada | August 21, 2020
Theresa Burning, beader, beadwork, jewelry, quillwork, quills, Indigenous Artist, First Nations, Indigenous Arts Collective of Canada, Pass The Feather

Theresa Burning Artist Gallery Contact Theresa Burning Seneca/Ojibway My name is Theresa Burning and I’m Seneca/Ojibway. My grandmother who raised me and my siblings taught me how to bead.I started beading in my late teens and didn’t get serious about it until I reached my 30’s. I do beading and quilling in my spare time…

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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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