Shuvinai Ashoona: Life & Work Teacher Resource Dionne Brand

Dionne Brand

is a Two-Spirit Queerdo from Faust

author of Peace Pipe Dreams: The Truth About Indians

After the events in Wounded Sky

Even as the white population exploded and colonists’ land greed grew more extravagant

Shuvinai Ashoona: Life & Work Teacher Resource Dionne BrandBorn in Kinngait (Cape Dorset) in 1961, Shuvinai Ashoona is now one of Canadas most notable artists, whose work has been celebrated domestically as well as in Australia, Europe, and the United States. Her highly imaginative work combines aspects of traditional Inuit culture and mythology with influences derived from the non Arctic world. Hailing from a long line of graphic artists, including her grandmother Pitseolak Ashoona (c. 19041983) and her