Berens River

This moccasin was loaned to the exhibit by Stella McKay of the Berens River First Nation.

These clothes pins were loaned to the exhibit by Stella McKay of the Berens River First Nation.

After reaching out to Marshalls Fabrics to print one of her floral designs on fabric, Carrie Okemaw was the first Indigenous artist to be officially commissioned by the company to create designs.

These children’s mukluks, made by Miss S. Anderson of Berens River First Nation, were donated to the Manitoba Museum by Jenny Meyer and Jennine Krauchi in 2004, on behalf of their husband/father Anthony Meyer’s estate.

This game was donated to the Hudson’s Bay Company Museum in 1958 by Mrs. R. Stockwell and was part of the HBC collection donated to the Manitoba Museum in 1994. Often called the Deer Toe Game, it is made from eight carved deer phalangeal (toe) bones and was meant to develop hand-eye coordination. The player would hold the metal pin and flip the bone and hide sections up in an attempt to catch them on the end of the pin, similar to ball in a cup.