Lana Gets Her Talk

An insight into Cree artist Lana Whiskeyjack’s process as she creates a mixed-media sculpture of a pained face, representing her uncle. Lana calls the piece Lost My Talk. This brief study of an artist and her work helps us come to some understanding of the trauma experienced by Canada’s Indigenous people in the Indian Residential School system, of its enduring effects on the children of survivors of the IRS. A story of resilience, Lana’s journey speaks of the power of Indigenous “ways of being” in our time.