Close up of patches on Wendat wall hanging, currently residing in the Museum Volkenkunde. A little serendipity can go a long way! A recent email from Wendat artist Manon Sioui led Cara Krmpotich to do a search for Wendat relatives in the GKS. Front of mind were Wendat items in the Ethnologisches ...
Wampum Visit at Fisher Rare Book Library
From Cara Krmpotich GRASAC researchers Alan Ojiig Corbiere and Mikinaak Migwans look at a wampum belt using a light box. Alan Ojiig Corbiere organized a visit to the University of Toronto’s Fisher Rare Book Library to visit with a wampum belt purchased by the Library in 2016. While the ...
Congratulations to Annette de Stecher, winner of the 2023 Canadian Historical Association Indigenous History Book Prize
From Cara Krmpotich Intricate and skillful Wendat embroidery graces the cover of Wendat Women’s Arts by Annette de Stecher. A warm congratulations to long-time GRASAC researcher Annette de Stecher for her book Wendat Women’s Arts, which was awarded the 2023 Indigenous History Book Award ...
Vibrant Online Hub Celebrates Indigenous History, Culture, and Language
From the University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Sciences GRASAC researchers have studied Indigenous heritage items from museums around the world, including here at Ethnologisches Museum in Berlin. Image Courtesy of Hannah Turner. The University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and ...
GRASAC Newsletter: The Fourth Anniversary
From Bradley Clements This issue marks the fourth birthday of the GRASAC Newsletter, first sent out on March 1, 2020! Our little newsletter is well into pre-school by now! As we all know, a lot has happened in the meantime, starting with a global pandemic. When we first started work ...