Arts

It’s no secret that the North Shore is a hub of creativity—over the years, we’ve featured countless regional artists in the pages of Northern Wilds....

I was up in Gichi-onigamiing (Grand Portage) for nimiwin (powwow), burning bashkodejiibik (sage) jiigibiig (on the shore) looking for lake glass and cool rocks when I saw a wadikwan (tree branch) in...

The broom: it’s an object in every household, something we all need for the inevitable messes of our daily lives. But brooms can be more...

I love waking up with my makade-mashkikiwaaboo (coffee), during the quiet mooka’am (sunrise) of the gigizheb (morning) with my cats. We sit together and watch the misajidamoo (grey squirrels), my nemesis the waabooz (rabbit) and...

Along North Shore Scenic Drive, at the intersection of Larsmont Road, an artist lives in a Norwegian stabbur. A stabbur is a small traditional Norwegian...

I am scared of ice fishing, so I admire akwa’wewinini (ice fisherman) who are zoongide’e (brave) enough to venture out onto the mikwam (ice) during cold baboon (winter) days...

The North Shore of Lake Superior has been captivating creative minds for centuries. Rocky cliffs and beaches dance with the big lake’s moody waves, and...

I first began working with natural dyes about six years ago. There was a large teaching garden at the educational farm where I worked at...