Art of the Earth: Jodi Lynn Maracle, Kanien'keha:ka Ista //doula//artist//hidetanner. Jodi Lynn Maracle was born and raised in what is currently considered Buffalo, NY. Jodi Lynn Maracle is a Kanien’kehá:ka mother, artist, teacher and language learner. Jodi utilizes Haudenosaunee material language and techniques, such as hand tanning deer hides and corn husk twining, in conversation with sound scapes, projections, video, and performance to interrogate questions of place, power, erasure, story making, and responsibility to the land. Her scholarly research focuses on Haudenosaunee material culture, language, land and birth practices. Of her accomplishments, she is most proud to hear her child speak their Mohawk language each day. Artist’s website: jodilynnmaracle.comIG: @lasauvagesse On Saturday September 26, 2026 a gathering of Indigenous woodland arts practitioners came together at Ganondagan State Historic Site in Victor, NY. This was an opportunity to engage with Indigenous artists, learn about what the natural world provides, how materials are harvested and processed to create art. Visitors were able to enrich their understanding of the interconnection between Mother Earth and her gifts and learn about the reciprocal relationships of care and attention that all living things have for each other through these arts. Artists were engaged in their art practices while engaging the public by sharing their personal relationship with the natural world, the process of collection of natural materials, cultural history and significances and the materiality of their own arts practices. Many of the artists were also selling their work. “Certain Indigenous artists engage directly with the natural world, their practices connect cultural heritage, time, ancestral knowledges, local environments and community. We want this event to highlight that work and to bring the greater public into direct dialogue with a truly exceptional assemblage of practitioners as well as give the artists a chance to work alongside one another and share their experiences and journeys with each other.” - Michael Galban (Washoe/Mono Lake Paiute), Historic Site Manager, Ganondagan State Historic Site Featured Artists & their disciplines - Noodin & Ashley Shawanda, Anishinabek, Bullrush mats Jamie Jacobs, Seneca, Quillwork Tonia Galban, Mohawk, Basketry Jodi Maracle, Mohawk, Hide tanning Talon Silverhorn, Shawnee, Multiple skills Michael Galban, Washoe/Mono Lake Paiute, Multiple skills Jared Nally, Miami, Weaving Cole Reuben, Seneca, Carving Renee Wasson Dillard, Anishinbe, Weaver #podcast #indigenous #haudenosaunee #Mohawk #materialculture #ArtistSpotlight #indigenousart #nativeart #hides #crafts #culture #culturebearer #IndigenousKnowledge #TraditionalKnowledge #ganondagan #nativeamerican #firstnationspeople #revival #CulturalReclamation #GreatLakes #harvesting #traditionalarts #indigenouspractices #ojibwe #BrainTanLeather #fiberarts #nature #naturalworld #relatives #outside #woodlands #nativeamericanart #NativeAmericanHeritage #indigenouspractices
