Pitaw Mino Muskiki, the seasonal market highlighting the handmade works of Indigenous artists, creators and makers, makes a return this weekend to Via Rail Union Station. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Pitaw Mino Muskiki, the seasonal market highlighting the handmade works of Indigenous artists, creators and makers, makes a return this weekend to Via Rail Union Station. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Pitaw Mino Muskiki, the seasonal market highlighting the handmade works of Indigenous artists, creators and makers, makes a return this weekend to Via Rail Union Station.
This year’s event is in honour of Indigenous People’s History Month and Pride Month, and features the works of more than 90 artisans from the Indigenous community. The two-day market, running Friday and Saturday, was founded by three female Indigenous artists and community advocates — Shauna Fontaine of Anishinaabe Girl Designs, Brittany Grisdale of Black Wolf Dog and Dana Connolly of Mashkiki Garden Creations — to address the gaps in representation at other markets. Supplied Market founders, from left: Brittany Grisdale, Shauna Fontaine and Dana Connolly “We want to celebrate and support the wide-ranging talents of Indigenous people while increasing Indigenous economy.
This is why we started the market,” Fontaine says. The market, now in its sixth iteration, is free and features a majority of Manitoba-ba.