Aaniish mnik aawiyin wiisaakdokewinini?

Seeds beads on canvas, 2019.

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Centring language and beadwork as a methodology of resistance and refusal, the phrase "Aanish mnik aawiyin wiisaakdokewining?" is presented as a rhetorical question directed toward colonial audiences. This piece facilitates dialogue around identity discourse, blood percentage as a colonial form of Indigenous erasure, and how Indigenous identity should not be questioned as something quantifiable.

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I am grateful to my kin, Mitchell Akerman, for their help with the Anishinaabemowin translation for this work.