Bear Claws Wool Blanket taylor cameron Anishinaabe-Ojibwe artist Giizh Agaton Howes

Anishinaabe-Ojibwe artist Giizh Agaton Howes has brought forward the Native practice of making the everyday beautiful in her New Day Beach Towel

blue and red enamel inlay

which is made in our Seattle studio

Combining a traditional Piikani figure with this journal

and community members

Bear Claws Wool Blanket taylor cameron Anishinaabe-Ojibwe artist Giizh Agaton HowesThe Morning Star peeks above the horizon, casting its light on a Grizzly bear below. These two beings of dusk and dawn share the same twilight hours; one a powerful creature here on earth and the other a powerful beacon in the sky above. The sun, the moon, and the Morning Star Venus are a family in Piikani lore. Sun married Moon, who gave birth to Morning Star, a great hero who went on to have many legends told about him. Inspired Natives artist John