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Dylan Miner:

Metis (Wiisaakodewinini) artist and academic Dylan Miner is the Director of 

American Indian Studies and Associate Professor at Michigan State University !is latest

Winni"eg art e#hi$it %Silence of Sovereignty& was hosted at the Martha Street Studio in

Winni"eg' Manito$a from uly *' to August +' ,-. Dylan is a descendant of the/0!irondelles of /esser Slave /ake and the 1rissettes of Drummond Island and

Penetanguishene

Included in this current e#hi$it are the  Michif–Michin relief "rints which feature

linocut images of wild "lants such as fireweed' yarrow' sage and arrowhead Printed with

an ink solution that Miner has handmade from $erries he has "icked himself and thenadded a commercial $inder 2his series honours Miner0s ancestor' ose"hte 1rissette

Miner' who was a Medicine woman

Also in Miner0s e#hi$it is %2he 3lders Say We Don4t 5isit Anymore& which focuses

on the im"ortance of conversation and tea 6 s"ecifically' medicinal teas that are used in 7orth American Indigenous cultures

Dylan Miner si"s some muskeg tea at his e#hi$it' %2he 3lders Say

 We Don4t 5isit Anymore&

8ne wasn0t offered $ags of orange "ekoe or 3arl 9rey tea Miner features

traditional teas that he4s received in trade or gathered from nature :3verything from someras"$erry leaf' ;ust the dried leaves of the ras"$erry "lant' <and= many "eo"le are familiar 

with chamomile': he said %2here4s so much of this stuff growing in our neigh$ourhoods

that we don4t even think a$out& Miner said he created the e#hi$it out of conversations hehad with retired Anishinaa$e autoworkers and elders in his home community

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2he elders told him "eo"le would get together to drink tea' eat food' share stories

and have fun %2here4s something a$out the slowing down > having a relationshi"'

sitting and drinking together' drinking kind of medicinal drinks that I think it4sim"ortant'& he said %I think in many communities' at least es"ecially in the 9reat

/akes' the word for coffee is mishkiki wabo > so 4$lack medicine water4 So I4m really

interested thinking a$out tea as a form of mishkiki wabo' or medicine li?uid' as a way thatcan $ring us together to have conversations around it&

As an artist' Miner has e#hi$ited widely' including the Institute of American IndianArts' the United 7ations Permanent @orum on Indigenous Issues' 7ational Museum of 

Me#ican Art' 7ative American ights @und' /a 9alerBa de la aCa' 7okomis enter and

countless alternative and university galleries' community centers' union halls' and

anarchist $ookstores !is workingEclass comics are included in Studs Terkel’s Working: AGraphic Adaptation (7ew Press' ,,F) and Wobblies: A Graphic Histor of the

 !ndustrial Workers of the World  In ,,.' as "art of the centennial cele$rations of the

founding of the IWW' Miner0s twoE"erson e#hi$ition with arlos ortGC

Hoyokuikatl traveled throughout 7orth America and the world In ,-,' he was awardedan Artist /eadershi" fellowshi" from the 7ational Museum of the American Indian @rom

this award' he created the e#hi$ition Anishinaabensag "iimskowebshkigewag ( #ati$e %ids &ide "ikes) In ,-, and ,--' Miner had nine solo e#hi$itions' including Ur$an

Shaman 9allery and various university galleries !is $ook 'reating A(tl)n: 'hicano Art*

 !ndigenous So$reignt* and +owriding Across Turtle !sland was "u$lished in ,-

Pu$licationsJ

Miner' Dylan A2 %@rom ACtlKn to ed iverJ 2he ontinental ommonalities of 

hicano and MGtis AntiEolonialism& In D 9agnon' D om$et' / 9a$ouryEDiallo (3ds)'  Metis Histories and !dentities: A Tribute to Gabriel ,umont 

Winni"egJ Presses Universitaires de SaintE1oniface ,,F -L.EFF

  %When 2hey AwakenJ Indigeneity' Miscegenation' and Anticolonial5isuality& In 1aca' Damian and 5illanueva' 5ictor (3ds) &hetorics of the Americas

-../ "'0 to 12.1 '03 7ew NorkJ Palgrave' ,-,J -*FE-F.

  'reating A(tl4n: 'hicano Art* !ndigenous So$ereignt* and +owriding 

 Across Turtle !sland3 University of AriCona Press' @irst Peo"lesJ 7ew Directions in

Indigenous StudiesO ,-

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8cto"us $ag created $y Dylan0s greatEgreatEgrandmother osette Miner (nee 1rissette)Photo courtesy of Dylan Miner

om"iled $y /awrence 1arkwell

oordinator of Metis !eritage and !istory esearch

/ouis iel Institutel$arkwellmmfm$ca

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