The University of Regina is located on Treaty 4 lands, with a presence in Treaty 6. These are the territories of the nêhiyawak (Cree), Anihšināpēk (Saulteaux), Dakota, Lakota, and Nakoda, and the homeland of the Métis/Michif Nation. Within the President’s Art Collection’s holdings are a significant collection of Indigenous artworks from across Turtle Island/ Canada, including work by Anihšināpēk,…
(b. 1958) Located in hallway outside RC 274 in Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance (Dr. William Riddell Centre, 2nd floor) Blood (Remnants of my Grandmothers), 2000Mixed media35″ x 35″University of Regina President’s Art Collection; gc.2001.1 Intermedia artist Lita Fontaine describes herself as tri-cultural: Dakota, Anishinaabe, and Métis. Born in 1958 in Portage la Prairie, a member of Long Plain First Nation,…
Located in LY 107 (above water fountain, Dr. Archer Library 1st floor) Tapestry (Tah-hah-sheena), c. 1971Wool and linen168” x 96”University of Regina President’s Art Collection; pc.1971.2 The Sioux Handcraft Co-operative was a short-lived arts and crafts organization established on the Standing Buffalo First Nation in the Fort Qu’Appelle area in the late 1960s. The founding of the co-operative…
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