by Olivia White Caption from the GKS: Hat, made before 1840. Circumference: 56cm. Collected by Lewis Henry Morgan in the 1840s and transferred to the museum in 1970. Catalogue/Accession Number or Reference: 70.89.26. GKS Record ID: 45226 This beaded hat is in the Lewis ...
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Dammed: The Politics of Loss and Survival in Anishinaabe Territory by Brittany Luby
from University of Manitoba Press Dammed explores Canada’s hydroelectric boom in the Lake of the Woods area. It complicates narratives of increasing affluence in postwar Canada, revealing that the inverse was true for Indigenous communities along the Winnipeg ...
Traditional Arts of the Anishinaabek Virtual Exhibit
by the Leelanau Historical Society Traditional Arts of the Anishinaabek Exhibit Room (image from the Leelanau Historical Society) In recognition of Indigenous People’s Day the Leelanau Historical Society launched an addition to their permanent exhibit The Katherine Hall Wheeler, Traditional ...
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 ...
Preparing for a Public GKS
by Chantelle Perreault Caption from the GKS: Anishinaabe birch bark container with lid, with geese and thistle motifs scraped into bark. Collected at Tamagami, Nipissing district, Ontario; made in 1914, purchased by museum in 1946. Current location: Peabody Essex Museum. Catalogue/Accession ...