Project Description

Dene Water Rose: A Return to Our Traditions and Love. It represents water and the radiating white the purity of snow just before the ice breaks. The yellow represents the sun that shines on us all and gives us energy and hope. The pink circles remind me of drums, drum and tea dance, tipi, talking and healing circles and ongoing women’s circles. I am hopeful for the healing of families and for our Indigenous resurgence and had written, “ I am thinking of some other enduring ancestral ways while beading and it feels like spring and some traditions returning!” Masicho for this beadwork project and may our collective voices and beadwork help bring justice and healing to all of our Indigenous Nations.

by Celine Mackenzie Vukson