Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐊᐧᐣMullyanne Nîmito

Mullyanne Nîmito explores Cheyenne Rain LeGrande’s Nehiyaw femme identity. During this residency, the artist explores ideas around Nehiyaw alien, protection, movement as healing, ancestral knowledge, traditional practice, Nehiyawewin, and Nehiyaw fashion. She is also expanding Mullyanne Nîmito and creating another bepsi/beer tab shawl that is inspired by the night sky, the stars, kâ nîmihitocik, northern lights, or as her Nimama says, our ancestors dancing in the sky.  

The bepsi tab shawl is a sculptural garment made from 3300 beer/ pop can tabs that Rain LeGrande and her community have been collecting for the past 5 years. The tabs and pastel ribbon are weaved together to create a long shawl with fringe like a fancy shawl. Both objects are an act of reclamation. The artist is thankful to all the aunties, Kokums, and ancestors who have guided her.