women's art = art. I do wonder about the attribution. South of the Medicine Line very few people know about Métis culture, including Métis themselves. As historian Nicholas Vrooman points out in his book, “The Whole Country Was … ‘One Robe’”: The Little Shell Tribe's America", at the end of the 19th c the Métis/Michif were homeless. They petitioned for reserves but were fundamentally denied land. in fact, land was taken from them (on both sides of the border), more than a few times, and 'allowed' to settle on the dreck side - thus the name, the roadside allowance people.
This photo was sent to me by Karin Nilsson Arcand. They are the last moccs. made by her then 95 year old mother-in-law Bella Arcand, mother to Fred Arcand. These moccs, as anyone who has ever knit, sewn, crocheted, done any kind of handwork for a loved one knows, are treasures. Each stitch is an act of beautiful love.
