Early Days : Indigenous Art from the McMichael Grandmothers from debased alcoholic to wise

from debased alcoholic to wise elder

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

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

increased self-government

He is fluent in his Dine language and as a child is taken to a mission boarding school where priests and teachers try to make him over into an American youth who no longer retains his cultural heritage or language

Early Days : Indigenous Art from the McMichael Grandmothers from debased alcoholic to wiseA 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