a collective blog by indigenous women photographers
Takwakin (Autumn or Fall) is the time of year that my family and I usually make our annual visit to Saskatchewan. However, this year we decided to stay home on the coast. Taking my boys back to where I come from is always a time that I look forward to. I want them to see,… Continue reading HOME
maskéko-sákahikanihk. This summer, I took a four day intensive néhiyawéwin class. I'm learning my language, slowly. This class was the beginning of a commitment to push myself further towards this goal. I live in Ottawa now, but I'm a prairie girl through and through. Going back home is a necessity in staying grounded and connected… Continue reading The Place Where My Spirit Breathes
Exactly one year ago, I was on possibly one of the best road trips of life. It's one of those once in a lifetime trips that I still wonder if it actually happened. Good thing there's pictures to prove that it did!
When I think of my culture, I think of the beauty and absolute richness of it. Between the barren lands and boreal forest lies my mothers hometown - Inuvik. Located on the mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories, Inuvik is the ancestral home to both the Inuvialuit and Gwich’in people. I was 17 when I… Continue reading Continuing Traditions in the Delta
It wasn’t until I was camping in Jean Marie River that it hit me, why not share the beauty of this community? The land, water and sky.
However, I've had to set that way of thinking aside and just go with the flow, which hasn't been the easiest thing for me to do. Our plans have been changing every day.
On June 30, I opened my solo exhibition Through That Which Is Scene at ODD Gallery in Dawson City. I left Ottawa on June 22 and had a stop-over in Whitehorse. It was my first time experiencing the "Land of the Midnight Sun" so close to the solstice and it was truly amazing! The next morning… Continue reading Grain Elevators & The Midnight Sun
I'm calling this #ThrowbackThursday because it's Thursday and this is a throwback to 5 years ago when I got to go to Dawson City, Yukon for a 5 week residency at the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture. Next week, I'm heading back for a solo exhibition at ODD Gallery showing some work I created during that residency and I… Continue reading #ThrowbackThursday
Yet it's not "wild." It's not "untamed." This land, this land is alive. It is breathing.
Feels like just yesturday I was 17 and sitting in those same seats wondering about my future possibilities as an artist.
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