Manitoba Aboriginal Artsit Archive

Leah is presently working at the University of Manitoba at the Aboriginal Student Centre. She is currently enrolled full time in the Faculty of Fine Arts and is in her 3rd year. Leah also designs logos and murals for various businesses and organizations. She also completed a course in Manitoba motion pictures.

Leah appreciates and recognizes the opportunity to have worked with the 1997 Aboriginal Arts Program's Chinook Winds: The Second Aboriginal Dance Program. Her first degree is Theatre Design/Cultural Anthropology in Native North America at the University of Winnipeg. Leah's second degree is in Fine Arts, University of Manitoba. Her past experiences in the "art scene" includes puppetry, theatre and design with various arts organizations like the Aboriginal Achievement Awards, Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Red Roots Theatre and The Banff Centre for the Arts.

Fine Arts Artist

Satin and cotton dance costume were created for the Banff centre for the arts - Aboriginal arts program.

Created in 1997 for dance piece called "Misabi". A play based on a giants from a Teme-Augama Anishinaabe legend.

The play was choreographed by Christine Friday O'leary.

All my Relations

This is a piece that represents our relationship with the environment. Based on those that fly, those who walk on two legs, those who walk in four legs and for those who crawl. This piece represents the four orders of the living species on earth.

She is holding a Turtle rattle with an eagle guiding her. The pictograph presented in the background represent the fourlegged animals.

Identity

Leah is a Dakota residing in Winnipeg. This is a self interpretation of her identity.

There are 13 footprints on the wheel that represent the 13 moons. There is a cross in the center that blocks the path of the Aboriginal people.

"We tend to loose our identity with our cultural norms. We tend to let our culture slip our of reach."

Trickster

This Trickster represents the physical and spiritual world. It is a collage made out of pictures and conte. The Trickster is a contrary and is living in the physical and spiritual world. A Trickster can be nannishiboosho or coyote. He has the power of transformation.

He is a half human and half spirit who lives in two worlds, physical and spiritual and good and evil worlds. He allows us to learn from our mistakes, he also has the power of both the physical and spiritual world to change into anything, animal and spiritual form.

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