From Cara Krmpotich & Krista Barclay Photo supplied by Krista Barclay GRASAC member Krista Barclay has recently joined First Peoples Law as a Historian. The firm works exclusively with Indigenous Peoples to defend their inherent and constitutionally protected title, rights and Treaty ...
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A Step Toward Reconnection: Researching the Biography of a Pair of Moccasins
From Giuliana Taccone Where did you come from? Who were you made by? How did you get to Italy? These were questions that I first asked myself when I came across pairs of moccasins listed on the GRASAC platform. There are three pairs of moccasins located in the Museum of Anthropology and ...
GRASAC Member Francesca Herbert-Spence is New Curator at the Gardiner Museum
From The Gardiner Museum Image courtesy of Art Gallery of Alberta The Gardiner Museum has announced the appointment of Franchesca Hebert-Spence as its inaugural Curator of Indigenous Ceramics. Hebert-Spence will oversee the narrative and content development of the Gardiner Museum’s new ...
Toledo Museum Of Art Acquires Collection of Anishinaabek and Haudenosaunee Art
From the Toledo Museum of Art The Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) is delighted to announce that it has been able to acquire twenty-four beautiful examples of 18th century Anishinaabek and Haudenosaunee art. Until 2005, these items were in the private family collection of Scotsman Alexander ...
Mapping the Exhibition of Kahkewāquonāby’s Pouch
From Emily Ing In April 2017, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) made public a promised gift of 91 pieces of Native American art from prominent art collectors, Charles and Valerie Diker. Among these pieces is a piece labelled "Shoulder bag (missing strap)" that can be traced back to an 1845 ...