Early Days : Indigenous Art from the McMichael Grandmothers further reading

further reading

The book clearly demonstrates the way government policies worked to deny First Nations access to land and fishery resources while opening up the province to other interests such as the commercial fishery

lighting a fire for the first time without matches or finding the universe in an eagle feather

from debased alcoholic to wise elder

Featuring essays by Project Space founder Tracy Stefanucci and independent curator Kathleen Ritter – the first pieces of scholarship on Abel’s work – Un/inhabited reminds us of the power of language as material and invites us to reflect on what is present when we see nothing

Early Days : Indigenous Art from the McMichael Grandmothers further readingA landmark publication bringing together more than seventy voices illuminating the rich holdings of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Canada's only museum devoted exclusively to Canadian art. Under the editorial direction of Anishinaabe artist and scholar Bonnie Devine, Early Days gathers the insights of myriad Indigenous cultural stakeholders, informing us on everything from goose hunting techniques, to the history of Northwest Coast mask