With fall quickly closing in around us and harvest gathered and now indoors, we hear the strong voice of Indigenous People coming from the deep roots of their heritage.
Archeologists date tracings of Indigenous People in the Hamilton, Ancaster, and Dundas area, where we live, back millennia to the Paleo-Indian Period circa 10,000 BC and to the Woodland Indian Period, 2000 BC.
This 12”x8” still life photograph printed on canvas wrapped on wood edged in black is created in honour of the Indigenous People who nurtured land, plant, and people through companion planting. Corn, beans, and squash, known as the ‘three sisters,’ are grown in mounds of earth together where they sustain each other. Together the three sisters provided people with an almost perfect protein for those years when the hunt was poor.
Ref: “Appendix C: Hamilton Archaeology,” (2012, June 25). City of Hamilton, Planning and Economic Development Department, Planning Division, Community Planning and Design Section. Retrieved from http://www2.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/BC49E90D-FFEA-4452-B4F1-3883FD4EC324/0/AMPDraftPoliciesAppendixC.pdf
This photograph, ‘The Three Sisters,’ was accepted for showing by the juried, ‘Art in the Workplace,’ Gallery at McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton, Ontario, in celebration of Canada 150.
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