A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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Akwesasne is represented in an exhibition currently taking place in Germany. The exhibition was curated by Sylvia S. Kasprycki, who published extensively on Native American history and art, and previously co-curated two international exhibitions of contemporary Iroquois art (IroquoisART: Visual Expressions of Contemporary Native American Artists, 1998, and Lifeworlds-Artscapes: Contemporary Iroquois Art, 2003). The exhibition was organized by Henriette Pleiger, Exhibition Manager at the Art and...
The Six Nations of the Grand River are bitterly disappointed that we were not able to present our planned presentation at the opening Commemorative Ceremonies to be held at Queenston Heights tomorrow. We were dismayed that at the last minute plans were changed to accommodate the Governor General David Johnston that pushed us to the last few minutes of the program. The Six Nations Legacy Consortium had worked for several weeks on getting the presentation together in order to share our history as it relates to the War of 1812. Our warriors...
On May 19, 2012, Theresa Secord and Jennifer Neptune held a workshop to create postcards for basket makers at the Akwesasne Museum. Both women are Penobscot basket makers from Maine. Theresa is the executive director and Jennifer is the program manager of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance. Seventeen people from Akwesasne participated in the project. It was a great session, with people of many ages participating and a wide variety of black ash splint creations photographed. Some highlights...
Curtis Terrance was inspired to try his hand at making splint basketry model airplanes by his son Thomas. Curtis is a work basket maker and his wife Delia makes fancy baskets. They are both from basket making families and now Thomas is following in their footsteps with a passion for splint! Curtis gave his first model airplane to Thomas and it is on view at the Akwesasne Museum until Memorial Day, along with the second airplane that Curtis made, a model of the plane flown in World War I by the...
