Emergence
A Recent Gift of Indigenous Art

Mookisewin
Anishinaabe Mzinbii’ige Oshki-Miingwewziwin

Ontotáhsi
Nahé:’a Wahonwén:non Onkwehón:we Rotiráhston

ᓴᖅᑭᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ
ᑐᓂᔭᐅᕋᑖᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᕐᓂᑦ

Emergence highlights important early and mid-career works of art by contemporary Indigenous artists from across Turtle Island, North and South. As a collection, these works provide a cohesive vision of the approaches and concerns of artists working in the 1970s. Both emerging and elder artists experimented with various media, in drawings, paintings, prints, sculpture, and textiles. In that formative decade, chosen materials and techniques resulted in art forms championed through established community centres, craft guilds, and art galleries. These artists shaped new artistic markets and became influential advocates and innovators in the field of contemporary and Indigenous art, forging paths for future generations of artists.

Mookisewin mooknaanaa’aa gechi-inendaagwak wiiba miinwaa naanaawi’ying mzinbii’igewinan gaa-zhitoojig mzinbii’igeiniwag enjibaajig Makina Minising – Giiwednong miinwaanZhaawanong. Nonda e-maawndwisinggin, nonda mzinbii’igewinan miigwenaa’aa e-dgowaamjigaadeg ezhchigewaad miinwaa e-bibaamizikaandimowaad gonda mzinibii’igeniniwag gaa-nokiijig 1970. Neniish go yeshki-maajtaajig miinwaa negjitojig meznibii’igejig gii-wiikjitoonaa’aa nonj gegoo, mzinbii’igewaad, shoobii’igewaad, mzinkojigewaad miinwaa mzinkiignigewaad. Wi dash pii gwej yeshki-maajtaawaad, e-wenaamjigaadegin nakaazwinan miinwaa waa-zhi-zhichgewaad gii-bi-temgad mzinbii’igewinan gii-zhinoomaageng oodenaawigamgong, anokaajiganing, miinwaa go mzinbii’ige zhinoomaagegamigong. Gonda dash meznibii’igejig gii-ni-niigaaniikaadaanaawaa ishki-mzinbii’ige ednadaayeng miinwaa gii-ni-aasgaabwitaadaanaawaa miinwaa yeshki-zhichigejig gii-ni-aawiwag zhiwe sa nonj gegoo nikeying miinwaa Anishinaabe mzinibii’igewin, ni niigaani-makwetamowaawaad e ni-shki-mzinbii’igenjin.

Ióhskats ne Ontotáhsi (Emergence) ne iorihowá:nen iohstó:re tánon ne ahsén:non shihón:ne tsi rotiio’tátie tsi ratiráhstha ne ónwa nikahá:wi’s ronnokwehón:we ratiráhstha tóka ni’ ohsnónhsa rontstha thénon ahonnón:ni ne tsi Kawé:note ne A’nowará:ke, Othorè:ke tánon ne Éntie Nonkwá:ti. Tsi karó:ron, ki kaio’ténhsera ensahró:ri tsi tewatenróhon tsi ní:ioht tsi rontkathóskwe tsi nenhatí:iere tánon nahò:ten tehon’nikonhrharhákwe ne 1970 ki ratiráhstha rotiio’téhkwe. Tetsá:ron ne ónwa’k tahonatahsawatié:nen tánon ne thotí:ions ratiráhstha wahonte’nientén:nion nia’té:kon tsi ní:ioht tsi taonterihó:ko, wahatiráhstanion, wahatikontsheráhrho, wa’thatihna’netáhko, wahonhkaratáhko tánon ne onia’taraahshón:’a. Ne e’tho shontakahá:wi, enhatirá:ko nahò:ten énhontste tánon tsi nenhatí:iere karáhston tsi ia’tenwatkahrhaté:ni ronwatiienawá:se ne ne ronterihwatsterístha, nia’té:kon ronnón:ni raotitióhkwa, tánon ne kakontsherahrhon tsi karáhston shakotina’tón:ni. Kí ratiráhstha tho nontá:wehte ontehnhotonkwenhá:ton tsi nón:we niahatí:hawe, wahatihsennowáhnha tsi rontá:tis ne raotirihwá:ke tánon thatiióntha ne orí:wase ne ónwa nikahá:wis tsi nihatiiérha ne Onkwehón:we, ronwatihahonnién:ni ne tahonenonhá:tie ratiráhstha.

ᓴᖅᑭᐸᓪᓕᔪᑦ ᐊᓚᒡᒐᐃᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᓯᔪᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᒋᐊᓕᕋᑖᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓴᓇᖃᑦᑕᓕᓂᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᓪᓗ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᒥᐊᓕᒐᐃᑦ ᐅᐊᓐᓇᖓᓂ ᓂᒋᐊᓂᓪᓗ. ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᑦ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᑯᒍᓐᓇᑎᑦᓯᔪᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᓂᓪᓗ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᓪᓗ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᓴᓇᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ 1970ᖏᓐᓂ. ᑕᒪᖏᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓐᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐆᑦᑐᕋᐅᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑑᑎᓂᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ, ᐊᒥᐊᕆᓂᒃᑯᑦ, ᑎᑎᖅᑐᒐᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ, ᓴᓇᙳᐊᕐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᑎᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖅᑕᓕᕆᖃᑦᑕᓂᒃᑯᑦ. ᑕᐃᑦᓱᒪᓂ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᓴᓇᙳᐊᕈᑕᐅᒍᒪᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᔾᔪᓰᓪᓗ ᓴᖅᑮᒍᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎᒻᒪᕆᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᑲᑎᑦᑕᕐᕖᑦ, ᓴᓇᙳᐊᕐᕖᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᑯᔭᒐᖃᕐᕖᑦ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᓄᑖᕐᓂᑦ ᓂᐅᕐᕈᑎᖃᕐᕕᐅᒍᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᐱᒋᔭᐅᓕᖅᑐᑎᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓕᒪᙱᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ, ᐊᖅᑯᓯᐅᖅᑐᑎᑦ ᑭᖑᕚᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᒥᓐᓄᑦ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑎᓄᑦ.