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Anishinaabe/Wyandot
April 14, 2021 PennElyz Droz shared with the AIVAN group about how she crafts clothing and art to connect her and her family to their Anishnaabe roots. PennElyz reflected that art and medicine keep her connected to her ancestors, provide her strength, and...
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Continuing Navajo creative traditions
April 7, 2021 Aresta Tsosie-Paddock shared with the AIVAN group her processes of quilt-making, and some guiding traditional values that inform her work as an artist and language teacher. Dr. Tsosie-Paddock is of the Navajo Nation from Sand Springs,...
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Iñupiaq Regalia and Inuit Tattooing by Kunaq
March 3, 2021 Kunaq or Marjorie Tahbone shared with the AIVAN group a wide range of her eclectic practices in traditional Inupiaq art. Kunaq not only sews intricate regalia and traditional kamik boots, but also works to revitalize traditional tattooing...
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Yukaghir Birch Bark Pictographs
March 17, 2021 AIVAN group enjoyed a wonderful presentation of Valentina Semyonovna Akimova on an ancient tradition of forest Yukagir people of pictograph writing on birch bark. Those are called шанган шорилэ (shangan shorile) and are translated as “...
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