This blog post is based on text from a poster that we submitted to the Museum Ethnographers Group (UK) conference in April 2018. Beyond Inclusion – Decolonising through Self-Representation in Eeyou Istchee Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute [ACCI] opened in 2011, after decades of planning by Eeyou Elders and community members. Located in Ouje-Bougoumou, ACCI is …
ACCI Collection Officer, Paula Menarick @ Otsego! It was a privilege to attendthe 2015 Otsego Institute for Native North American Art History summer seminars in Cooperstown, New York. We focused on connoisseurship of materials and the theorization of materiality. What is the Otsego Institute? “The Otsego Institute for Native American Art History was founded …
The replication project is in its final stages and Paula Menarick has come back for a visit to complete the beaded hood. Having her come to replicate a hood in our building in front of our eyes allowed us the perfect opportunity to record and document the type of work our ancestors would have done …
ACCI had a real treat before the Christmas holidays; we had a wonderful young lady, Paula Menarick, come to and work on-site for an entire week on replicating a beaded hood. The amount of work that she put into this project was absolutely incredible. The beads that she worked with were so small, the details …