The Art of Mi'kmaw Basketry Smudging and painting to bring greater

and painting to bring greater visibility to Indigenous women and girls

Nora Shalaway Carpenter

The People fought hard

The illustrator for Ballad of Nancy April Shawnadithit is Scott Henderson

otipemisiwak/Métis and Chris Andersen

The Art of Mi'kmaw Basketry Smudging and painting to bring greaterEdited by shalan joudry is a Mi'kmaw mother, poet, author, playwright, oral storyteller and ecologist. shalan is passionate about bringing oral Mikmaw stories to a new generation of listeners, as well as helping other Mi'kmaq find their voice. Photographs by Holly Brown Bear, an Indigenous photographer and visual creative based in New where. With five years of specializing in portraiture, she strives to bring out the beauty and personality of her