Visiting Old Ladies: Reclaiming Knowledge and Relatives in Museum Collections

Sherry Farrell Racette (Algonquin/Metis/Irish) was born in Manitoba and is a member of Timiskaming First Nation in Quebec (unceded Algonquin territory). She has done extensive work in archives and museum collections with an emphasis on retrieving women’s voices and recovering aesthetic knowledge. Her principle areas of interest are Métis visual culture, Indigenous photography and traditional media in contemporary Indigenous art. Farrell Racette is also a curator, painter and textile artist.
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Crystal Migwans (Respondent) is an Anishinaabekwe of Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory, hailing from the Mazhenahzing River. She is a doctoral candidate in Art History at Columbia University, currently undertaking her dissertation research on natural fiber weaving traditions in the Great Lakes.