Gathering of Totems Migrations Series Art Print

This image represents one of the seven stops along the migration journey of the Ojibwa people. The Ojibwa people were looking for their final destination where “the food grows on water” (wild rice) which is generally believed to be Madeline Island in Lake Superior. Original work can be found hanging at the Lac Courte Oreilles Community Library on the Lac Courte Oreilles reservation in Northern Wisconsin.

This image has been used by the “White Earth Land Recovery Project” for their 2007 Annual Report and was also a part of a seven-card fundraiser by WOJB radio station and Lac Courte Oreilles Community College.

Gordon Coons is an enrolled member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe of Northern Wisconsin and a descendant of the Ottawa tribe in Michigan. Now living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gordon is a self taught artist, creating and experimenting with a variety of media including linoleum block prints, paintings, pen and ink drawings, and creations in stone, wood, and assembled sculptures. Although his artwork is more contemporary, each piece portrays a unique view of traditional Native stories or is a record or impression of Indigenous history in North America.