Artist Talk with Edna Elias, Carol Powder, Cikwes and Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐘᐣ
Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐘᐣ will chat with Edna Elias, Carol Powder and Cikwes about their incredible gifts of art a part of Mamanaw Pekiskwewina: amiskwacîwâskahikan. This chat will be streamed live on YouTube and Facebook on on July 21 at 7PM
Mamanaw Pekiskwewina: amiskwacîwâskahikan includes seven traditional indigenous languages of Treaty 6: Inuktun (Inuvialuktun and Inuktitut), nêhiyawêwin, Nitsiipowahsiin, Michif, Denesųłiné, Nahkawiwin and Nakota. These ancestral languages are embedded across the downtown core in amiskwacîwâskahikan.
Mamanaw Pekiskwewina | Mother Tongues was originally conceived by Missy LeBlanc for TRUCK Contemporary Art in Mohkínstsis/Kootsisáwa/Wincheesh-pah/Calgary and presented in concert with Taskoch pipon kona kah nipa muskoseya, nepin pesim eti pimachihew. The amiskwacîwâskahikan/Beaver Hills House/Edmonton iteration, Mamanaw Pekiskwewina | Mother Tongues: amiskwacîwâskahikan, is curated by Cheyenne Rain LeGrande for Latitude 53 and supported by TRUCK Contemporary Art.