Ginnifer Menominee (they/them)
Ginnifer Menominee is Anishinaabe (Potawatomi/Ojibway) from Wasauksing First Nation, in Ontario’s Anishinabek territory (Robinson-Huron treaty). Ginnifer is a self-taught interdisciplinary artist and educator with a practice based in community and land based learning. Their work explores various subjects, including: their Two-spirit identity, liminal spaces, and the deeply interconnected relationship between the Manomin (The Good Seed, or Wild Rice), their ancestral origins, and place. Informed by their travels across Ontario and parts of the United States. Ginnifer explores their connection to land, language, history, water, food, and plant medicines. Their work addresses the intergenerational traumas caused by the loss of the community’s long-standing relationship with Manomin. They have also been expanding their comprehension of these intersections through traditional oral stories and dialogues with knowledge holders in the community, particularly how they weave these learnings into their practices.
Muskwa Wawashke /Red Deer
Photo courtesy of Paige Rice Photography