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Taanshi Kiya’wow!
Thank you for visiting my website and for your interest in Métis art and culture.
You may be here after seeing my work at the Opening Ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics or at the Coca Cola commissioned art display. It was an honour to be part of such a fabulous event and to help showcase the Métis culture to the world. Here on my site you will find more about the art, history and culture of the Métis.
Métis people have always provided for their families. Traditionally, this was through great buffalo hunts, trapping, gathering and trading. Today we still provide for our families, although by more modern means such as working in the trades, in health and social care, and in the professions.
I feel blessed that the Creator has provided me with a gift that not only allows me to provide for my family, but also allows me to share the traditional art and culture of the Métis. I am grateful to my Elders for passing down the knowledge so that I may do so. I am proud that the traditional art that I
create is able to be produced in a way that is kind to Mother Earth, without the use of machines or electricity. Stitch by stitch and bead by bead, this is the way that Métis women have marked our place in time. This is the way that I honour who we are, where we come from and the pride that I feel in being a Métis woman.
I invite you to look around my website and to come back often, as it changes and grows in an organic way as time goes by and more lessons are learned!
