By Cara Krmpotich Caption: Left image - From Left: Renee Dillard, Rebecca Migwans, Mik Migwans, bulrush mat. Mille Lacs Museum, MN. Right image - From Left, at table: Jennifer Neptune, Cherish Parrish, Kelly Church, Renee Dillard, basket. NMNH Smithsonian. Source: Ontario Museum ...
Research In Action
New Publication – Jonathan Lainey, “The Wampum and the Print: Objects Tied to Nicolas Vincent Tsawenhohi’s London Visit, 1824–1825”
by Jonathan Lainey Charles Joseph Hullmandel, hand-coloured lithograph after Edward Chatfield, Nicholas Vincent Tsawenhohi, 1825. Gift of Mrs Walter Stewart, McCord Museum, M20855. Telling the long history and biography of objects’ lives reveals the need to acknowledge the role of material ...
Onöndowa’ga:’ Archaeology Digital Collection Goes Live
by Dusti Bridges and Kurt Jordan Glass bead from the White Springs site, digitized for the collection by the Cornell University Library (image from the Cornell University Library). Materials from two Onöndowa'ga:' archaeological sites, White Springs (circa 1688-1715) and Townley-Read ...
Animating Knowledge: The Spirit of Community Stories
Nipissing First Nation & Toronto Native Canadian Centre Written by Cara Krmpotich & Katrina Srigley. Photographs by Kate Higginson. The Animating Knowledge team at the Toronto Native Canadian Centre, October 2017. Front row: Jaime Kearns, Geraldine McLeod, Danii Desmarais, Jacqui ...
Wampum Showcase
Weaving Interpretive Stories and Re-awakening Wampum Objects and Archives in Museums Written by Margaret Bruchac In August 2017, several members of the Wampum Showcase group gathered together at the Deyohahá:ge: Indigenous Knowledge Centre at Six Nations Polytechnic ...