Michelle Sylliboy

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Video Works...

Soft Power, 2004 - Collaborative Video Project

Possibilities Are Endless, 2005 Video Project

Two-Beat Productions, 2006 Video Project

Photo Text Works...

Art Works...

Jack Daniels Genocide, 1996, Painting 5'x3'

Revisiting Form, 1995, Alabaster

Womb Count, 1996, Marble

Shyness Unleashed, 1996, Drawing, 30"x12"

My Spiritual Family, 1996, Drawing, 30"x24"

Unresolved Issues, 1996, Drawing, 30"x36"

Unresolved Issues, 1996, Painting, 30"x36"

Ancient Pride, 1996, Painting, 30"x36"

“Indigenous knowledge is the trickster the truth teller who lurks behind the scenes catering only to the sanctity of unexpected truths Infecting the nostalgia of how to lay each foundation policy makers are leery of the trickster founder of real knowledge trickster acknowledges that not everyone understands where he or she comes from why they were put here to make changes and be the other in the eyes of those that label them as different or difficult Indigenous knowledge keepers are the tricksters indigenous knowledge is the trickster the trickster is the puoin” Excerpt from Policy Processes, Sylliboy, 2006

How do we reclaim our-selves I exist because I was born to parents from several clans My mother spider woman who is also part bear had children with partridge though it was cousin bear and auntie spider that raised me, who knew that our dreams would manifest such complexities to help us through the tough times to be aware of the newcomers to give us medicine for our peoples to challenge our wisdoms to forgive our spirit to recognize what is good to protect our traditional knowledge Excerpt from Who Heard The Drum, Sylliboy, 2006

“When there were no people in this country but Indians, and before any others became known, a young woman had a singular dream… A small island came floating in towards the land, with tall trees on it, and living beings. (The Shamans) pondered the girl’s dream, but could make nothing of it. The next day an event occurred that explained all. What should they see but a singular little island, as they supposed, which had drifted near to the land and become stationary there. There were trees on it, and branches to the trees, on which a number of bears…were crawling about… What was their surprise to find that these supposed bears were men.” excerpt from The Old Man Told Us

Michelle Sylliboy

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