MARIA-MARGARETTA

Language: Michif

Maria-Margaretta is a multidisciplinary Red River Métis artist from Treaty 6 Saskatoon Saskatchewan, currently living on the stolen territory of Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations. Utilizing traditional beadwork practice merged with contemporary mediums she considers how this duality serves as both an act of reclamation and commentary on cultural hybridity. Navigating Indigeneity through the lenses of both the settler and the settled Maria-Margaretta attempts to negotiate her sense of self through the implications of existing in a colonial system. Using Métis identity as a place of transformation she questions how memory, personal experience, and ancestral relations influences her understanding of self.

Maria-Margaretta si ayn archis multidisiplinayr Michif di la Rivyayr Roj dju Trayti-6, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, ki vi dret law su ayn teritwayr voli di nasyon Musqueam, Squamish ipi Tsleil-Waututh. Uzi la prachik di perlaj tradjisyonel melanji avek li mediyim contemporin k'yl konsidayr komaw s'it "duality" sayr a la fway d'akt di riklawmasyon ipi li komentayr sur l'hilbriti kultchurel. Navigi dan l'indigeniti a travayr li lenchiyl di dew li kolon ipi l'itabli Maria-Maragretta aseyl d'aranji son eschim a travayr li zimplikasyon di l'ikzistans dan in systchim kolonyal. T'indenchifyi in Michif kom ayn plas di transformasyon, y keschyon komaw la memwayr,experyans personel, ipi li rilasyon ansestral sa influwans sa konpryasyon d'elmem.

Photo courtesy of Jake Kimble