Early Days: Indigenous Art from the McMichael Black and Indigenous Voices It Was Dark There All

It Was Dark There All the Time offers a necessary correction to the prevailing perception of Canada as a place unsullied by slavery and its legacy

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As she stretches canvases until her fingers blister

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Early Days: Indigenous Art from the McMichael Black and Indigenous Voices It Was Dark There AllUnder the editorial direction of Anishinaabe artist and scholar Bonnie Devine, Early Days gathers the insights of myriad Indigenous cultural stakeholders, informing us on everything from goose hunting techniques, to the history of Northwest Coast mask making, to the emergence of the Woodland style of painting and printmaking, to the challenges of art making in the Arctic, to the latest developments in contemporary art by Indigenous peoples from across