AICHO youth art exhibition on “what bravery means”
New and revised directories make Native holiday shopping easier
By Lee Egerstrom Seasonal gift shopping has become easier for Native Americans wanting authentic Native products this holiday season and to learn more about the Native artists and shopkeepers. New and reformulated business directories have hit the market promoting literally hundreds of Minnesota-based Native artisans and other providers of personal and business services. Anchoring these […]
News Briefs – March 2022
Thomas Stillday awarded 2022 FPF Cultural Capital Fellowship Bemidji, MN – Watermark Art Center has chosen Master Beader and Exhibiting Artist Thomas Stillday (Red Lake Nation – Obaashing Community) for the 2022 First People’s Fund “Cultural Capital Fellowship.” The First People’s Fund (FPF) fellowships are designed for artists and culture bearers who are deeply rooted […]
One homeless encampment cleared; another remembered
By Lee Egerstrom Minneapolis city officials cleared an impromptu homeless encampment in early October along East Franklin Avenue on the edge of the American Indian Cultural Corridor. Artwork will now commemorate the former Wall of Forgotten Natives encampment in the same area and raise public awareness of the continuing homeless crisis. Closing the encampment that […]
Artist blends traditional Ojibwe designs with contemporary styles
By Brad Hagen Native Americans are often rendered invisible to the wider population due to stereotypes and misconceptions about who we are, factors that are a direct result of the settler-colonialism that has taken place across Turtle Island. To many, we are either feathers and buckskin, or we simply do not exist at all because […]