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\"Dream-Catcher<\/a><\/div>\n
\"Dream-Catcher<\/a><\/div>\n
\"Dream-Catcher<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Indigenous artist Keitha Keeshig-Tobias Biizindam has created an Indigenous mural on a shipping container that park visitors can check out in Trillium Park from now until the end of September.<\/p>\n

The design focuses on (4) key pillars – each represented on the four sides of the container.<\/h2>\n

Culture Back<\/h3>\n

Seen through the image of an Indigenous mother and her baby. The mother’s hair is shaped like a Dream-catcher – catching her nightmares of BIRTH-ALERTS, #MMIWG2ST, BOIL WATER ADVISORIES, STAR-LIGHT-TOURS, COERCED ADOPTION FOR MEDICAL TREATMENTS, TRAFFICKING and SYSTEMIC RACISM, so that the sunlight can melt the nightmares away and allow her dreams for her child to flourish.<\/p>\n

Language Back<\/h3>\n

Uses positive Anishnaabemowin words\/phrases throughout the design including I am brave, I am wise, etc.<\/p>\n

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  • Inzhawendaagoz – I am blessed<\/li>\n
  • Inzaagichigaaz – I am loved<\/li>\n
  • Ninitaawe – I am a skilled speaker<\/li>\n
  • Nimashkawizii – I have inner strength<\/li>\n
  • Ninibwaakaa – I am wise<\/li>\n
  • Nimiigwendam – I am thankful<\/li>\n
  • Niminwaabamwiz – I am respected<\/li>\n
  • Inzoongide’e – I am brave<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Ceremonies Back<\/h3>\n

    Incorporates Ojibwe Syllabics of Anishnaabe ceremonial elements in its design. Elements include Tobacco, Sage, Fire, etc.<\/p>\n

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    • Tobacco – Asemaa<\/li>\n
    • Sage – shkodawabuk<\/li>\n
    • Sweetgrass – wiingask<\/li>\n
    • Cedar – geeshik<\/li>\n
    • Water – nibi<\/li>\n
    • Soil – aki<\/li>\n
    • Fire- shkode<\/li>\n
    • Strawberry – ode’min<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Land Back<\/h3>\n

      Features chemical structures of Indigenous Scientific Discoverys including chocolate, paraffin wax and more – long before contact, it is only now that Western Science is starting to understand the depth of Indigenous scientific knowledge.<\/p>\n

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      • CURARE<\/strong> – neuromuscular blocking agent<\/li>\n
      • THEOBROMINE<\/strong> – Chocolate<\/li>\n
      • BENZOYLMETHYLECGONINE<\/strong> – analgesic used in surgeries pre-contact<\/li>\n
      • VITAMIN C<\/strong> – cure for scurvy<\/li>\n
      • PARAFFIN WAX<\/strong> – one of the main constituents of petroleum jelly a medicinal base for topical treatments<\/li>\n
      • QUININE<\/strong> – cure for Malaria, flavouring in Tonic Water<\/li>\n
      • SALICYLIC ACID<\/strong> – analgesic found in willow, natural aspirin<\/li>\n
      • PETROLATATUM<\/strong> – one of the main constituents of petroleum jelly a medicinal base for topical treatments<\/li>\n
      • POPULIN<\/strong> – analgesic found in popular buds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        About the Artist<\/h2>\n

        My name is Keitha Keeshig-Tobias Biizindam (she who listens and learns and uses what she hears). I am Anishinaabe from Neyaashiinigamiing Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation & Delaware Nation from Moraviantown. I am a versatile modern artist based in Toronto that specializes in bringing forth complex issues and inspiration with beauty and grace. My style N8V-Nouveau, which incorporates science, history, current affairs, empathy, and gracefulness in its meanings while exploring the use of medias like paintings, murals and jewelry\/textile beadwork. My favourite medium is dipped pen and ink, especially blue ink which is the inspiration for many of my works.<\/p>\n

        The blue is like twilight, a time of transition; blue like the water, which is Anishinaabe women’s privilege to cherish and protect. I have painted a variety of murals in Toronto including working with the Red Urban Nation Artist Collective, StreetART Toronto and private commissions. Other mediums commissioned include textiles, beadwork jewelry & multi-media artworks.<\/p>\n

        My street art\/murals carry strong messages of resilience, reclamation and pride and highlight the vastness of Indigenous knowledge. The reason I put such strong messages in my work is to offer my younger cousins & Indigenous youth evidence of the amazing scientific, medical, agricultural, psychological & ecological knowledge that has been APPROPRIATED BY WESTERN SOCIETY. I want to instill pride in youth who have been taught, through neglect and outright lies, that they are not worthy, and that they are a burden because of their ethnicity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Indigenous artist Keitha Keeshig-Tobias Biizindam has created an Indigenous mural on a shipping container that park visitors can check out in Trillium Park from now until the end of September.
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