Abstract
My art practice focuses on Siksikaitsitapi or Blackfoot porcupine quillwork techniques while incorporating my contemporary art practice. My art practice is informed by stories of how I continue to work from a lived experience as a Blackfoot artist raised within the Blackfoot ways of being, also referred to as Siksikaitsitapi. I have viewed the digital images from Apani Blackfoot Digital Library and Mootookakio’ssin website. I feel a responsibility to learn and preserve the art of quillwork and to take pride and celebrate in my ancestorial art form. Quillwork reflects the connection to my ancestors that I want to honor. My quillwork practice, both historic-based and contemporary, will evaluate connections between Siksikaitsitapi existence within cosmology belief systems and the continuance of affirming cultural rejuvenation while contributing to the respect deserving to the environment.
Author and committee
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- Weasel Traveller, Rebecca S.
- University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts
Subjects
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- hdl:10133/7159
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:opus.uleth.ca:10133/7159