Title: Deer Circle Medicine

Artist: Carmin Bear-Blomberg

Tribal Affiliation: Peter Ballantyne Cree First Nation

Year Completed: 2022

Medium: Flat Stitch, Moose Hyde and Beads

Dimensions (HxWxD): 1.5inches Height X 1.25inches Wide X 0.5MM Depth

Artist Bio/Statement:

Tansi, Carmin Bear-Blomberg, nisîthikâson, Peter Ballantyne Maskwa Néhiyaw Nation, Pelican Narrows Saskatchewan, ochi nitha.

I am the daughter of Q w ikilag (meaning high standing in the Bighouse, given to her from James Charles King on behalf of Sarah Ester Johnson, Nelson), Therise Leroux, Johnson, Blomberg and Clifford Blomberg. I am the granddaughter of Irene Blomberg, Marie Bear and Arthur Blomberg. I am Woodland Bear Néhiyaw (Cree) and Norwegian Sweden Jewish from my father and French and Scottish from my spirit mother. I am a first generation residential school survivor.

I also walk with teachings gifted from my Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis brother, ?i?alqumlilas (meaning Welcoming face, given to him by James Charles King aka Jimmy King) Glen Johnson from Gilford Island.

As a young womxn working on my Masters in Indigenous Specialization, I work with and walk alongside youth, elders, knowledge holders, and individuals in community witnessing their reconnection to culture through art/design and ceremonial practices. Creating designs from dreams, visions, ceremony, blood memory, my grandmothers, and spirit.

Each creation is made with love and healing medicine gifted from dreams, visions, ceremony, blood memory, my grandmothers, and spirit. One bead, brush stroke, and stitch at a time I weave together designs messages from my gifted teachings. Each design comes with a message and story of where the materials came from.

Kahkithaw niwahkômâkanak, (All my relations in Cree),

Carmin Bear-Blomberg Maskwa (Bear) Nêhiyaw (Cree), Peter Ballantyne Cree First Nation with Norwegian Sweden Jewish and French Descent.

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