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Beadesigner International (BDI) is celebrating Indigenous Peoples Month
Beadesigner International (BDI) is celebrating Indigenous Peoples Month with a virtual lecture by Maureen Matthews D. Phil (Oxon), an Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at the University of Manitoba and former Curator of Cultural Anthropology at the Manitoba Museum (2011 to 2023). Before joining the museum, Dr. Matthews was a CBC radio investigative journalist and both her museum anthropology research and her journalism focus on the wisdom, humour and art of Anishinaabeg and Nehiyawak-speaking peoples. In Anishinaabemowin, beads manidoomin (literally “spirit beads”) are animate and when Indigenous people teach each other to bead, they admonish the students to have good thoughts and to speak kindly to the beads to ensure their cooperation in the creation of beautiful work. This talk will explore the implications of this idea while virtually touring the collections of the Manitoba Museum. Please see the BDI website for further information and to register for the Zoom link or email: programming@beadesignerintl.
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