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Anishinaabe Team Rebuilds and Repairs Relationship with Water We are Canoe People. When I first started saying this I felt weird and got alot of side eye. But I know from time immemorial Anishinaabeg have migrated and thrived on our waterways. From a system of highways to the center of our food system we have always relied upon the water.  The memory of this has been systematically taken from us. Through the theft of our children to the boarding schools to the allotment system removing our access to waterways that lie even within our reservation boundaries, our ability to move and live a mino bimaadiziiwin has been under attack for hundreds of years in many ways. As a trail runner...

The canoe is the oldest form of transportation in our homelands here in the great lakes.  We have traversed the continent in our "Jiimaan"  and canoes remain a vital and enjoyable part of our good life.   "My family uses our canoe for ricing and just cruising around.  Every fall we hit the rice lakes for our beloved Manoomin.  What I love about doing design is being able to make small touches of Ojibwe style for every day." Whether a neck tie, a bag, or a lapel, the canoe pin is the perfect accessory on accessory.