NORVAL MORRISSEAU

NORVAL MORRISSEAU

Aka Cooper Thunderbird

March 14, 1932 – December 4, 2007

       ·         Native American tribe: Ojiba/Chipawa

·         Native to region around Lake Superior

·         Algonquin native language

·         An Aboriginal Canadian artist. Known as the "Picasso of the North“

·         created works depicting the legends of his people, the cultural and political tensions between native Canadian and European traditions, his existential struggles, and his deep spirituality and mysticism

 

 Student Work:

Book: Paddle to the Sea