Bundle

Janice Makokis, Kurtis MaAdam, Patrick Mahon, Ruth Beer, and Sheena Wilson, with the large bundle made by Barbara Mahon and Sharmistha Kar; small bundles made by Pat Makokis.

Bundle incorporates several different components folded into a literal “bundle” of knowledge: Indigenous oral storytelling teachings; a poetic zine that combines intersectional feminist and Indigenous ways of knowing and world-views, alongside Indigenous prophecies; cedar and tobacco, which are used in Indigenous teaching and ceremony; a birch-bark print; and other visually impactful images connected to place and Indigenous prophecy.

At SQUARE, we bring Bundle as both a portable folded canvas parcel, as it will circulate in the final FluxKit, and as a large hanging canvas interactive banner with pockets that contain the collection of the above-mentioned components.

Bundle is accompanied by audio recordings (available via QR code) of Indigenous teachings on seven important topics:

  • into: teaching bundle // ē - asōnamatocik kiskēyitomowin

  • knowledge // kiskēyitamowin

  • prophesy // kiskiwēhikēwina

  • good life // miyo-pimātisiwin

  • treaty // asotamatowin

  • rainbow // pīsimoyāpiy

  • robins & thunderbirds // pīpīciwak ēkwa piyēsiwak

  • my friend until we meet again // nihwīcēwākan mwēstas

  • outro: a transfer of knowledge is a gift

Viewers are encouraged to leave notes and feedback - which they can tuck into the pockets of the canvas, ensuring multidirectional iterative knowledge exchange.