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Curator, writer, photography. Blanket Toss Under Midnight Sun. People of the Watershed (one of ‘the 10 best things about visual arts in 2024’) - The Globe and Mail.

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · Aug 31

‘Framing The Creator’s Game ,’ with Paul Seesequasis, opens Friday, September 5, at OPTICA in Montreal, as part of MOMENTA Bienniale d’art. In Praise Of The Missing Image. If you’re in Montreal come by. Runs till October 18th.

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A William Notman Studio photograph of the Kahnawà:ke lacrosse team that toured Great Britain in 1876. A black and white team photo: the uniforms were red and white striped jerseys with blue shorts.

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 8h

active in New York’s midcentury art scene and embraced by fellow Abstract Expressionists, yet he’s rarely in canonical histories today.’

‘The Magical City: George Morrison’s New York’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, until May 31, 2026.

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George Morrison Painted a Different Picture of Abstract Expressionism

The Ojibwe artist was active in New York's midcentury art scene and embraced by fellow Abstract Expressionists, yet he’s rarely in canonical histories today.

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 8h

Landmark exhibition finally honors George Morrison (Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa), ‘it also introduces the museum-going public to an artist who has long been sequestered because of his ethnicity. The Ojibwe artist was

The vibrant colors of George Morrison (Grand Portage Chippewa), "The Red Sky" (1955), oil on canvas; Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth (© George Morrison Estate, unless otherwise noted)

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 3d

Dene woman with child (unnamed)
Gordon Parks’s Dettah, NWT, Canada photos.

Taken in 1945 | Image © Gordon Parks Foundation

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 3d

“I’d become sort of involved in things that were happening to people. No matter what colour they be, whether they be Indians, or Negroes, the poor white person or anyone who was I thought more or less a bad shake. I thought I had the instinct toward championing the cause.” - Gordon Parks

A Dene woman kneels, looking down on a sleeping infant, inside a canvas tent. Photographed by Gordon Parks, outside of Yelllowknife, NWT, in 1945.

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 5d

(San Francisco)

paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 5d

"For the past 6 years, (Rose B.)Simpson has been working on her second art car: a decrepit 1964 Buick Riviera, which she’s calling Bosque, that she’s been meticulously restoring from the inside out" Simpson's LEXICON, til Aug. 2, De Young Museum, San Fransicso.
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Rose B. Simopson's 'car art.' On a rather hot morning, she was working feverishly to finish the new car in time for her exhibition at San Francisco’s de Young Museum, Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON. (The show opened August 30 and will run until August 2, 2026.)
Photo: © Kate Russell

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 5d

A very hot Judge and a very cold Vladdy are not a good combo for the Jays in the upcoming ALDS.

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 6d

mom fondly described to me. It is a world that, shortly after these pictures were taken, ended. So distant and yet achingly familiar, there pictures feel like a visit home.' - Jesse Wente

📷 The muse

paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 6d

Part of the 'People of the Watershed: Photographs by John Macfie' exhibit. The Ontario tour continues at The muse: Lake of the Woods Museum in Kenora, until Dec. 21.

"John Macfie's vivid and stirring photographs show a way of life on full display - the world my ancestors inhabited and that my

Part of ‘The People of the Watershed’ exhibition, now on at The muse:Lake if the Woods museum in Kenora, Ontario until Dec. 21.

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Rick Harp @rickharp.bsky.social · 7d

VANCOUVER! Whatcha doing Fri Oct 24? Come see our free public panel, "Beyond Fire & Floods (BFF): Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes," part of a larger invitational gathering of climate-related storytellers, hosted in MOA Great Hall at UBC!

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pictographic for "Beyond fires and floods: Indigenous narratives in an era of extremes," a free public panel featuring veteran journos Tanya Talaga, Mark Trahant, Judy Kochon and Paul Seeseequasis, moderated by me! October 24th, 6:30 PM, Museum of Anthropology, UBC.

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Lardy Buffalo Socks ♾️ @djtraumahawk.bsky.social · 9d

Awww
Our groceries came in produce bixes, so i made bunk beds out of em.

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 7d

and that, as well.

paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 7d

Fallon has always been a useless idiot. The type of guy, the moment things go south, who will stab you in the back. And shrug and say 'sorry.'

A photograph of a late night talk show host, with nothing to say.

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 7d

not broken at St. Michaels, she seldom talked about it, but she retained her life, and her strength, though she's gone, still resonates with those who knew her.

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 7d

My mother, Mary (nee Seesequasis) Ogresko. First photo around 1955, after her graduating from St. Michael’s Residential School, she attended the School of Nursing in Humboldt, and was among the first cohort of Indigenous nurses in Canada. Her strong spirit was

A photo of my mother in around 1955, on a large rock in the prairies.

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 7d

Sorry. I have always felt uneasy about the performative aspect of this day. Prefer to spend it in quiet contemplation. #NationalDayforTruthandReconciliation

paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 7d

The Bond theme song in my mind
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“Violent Times” - St. Vincent (LIVE on The Late Show)

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 8d

Paul, 45) Irene Prosper #nationaltruthandreconciliationday

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 8d

33) Esther Greyeyes, 34) Annie Bear, 35) Stella Mike, 36) Clara Bird, 37) Edna Sauve, 38) Victoria Baldhead, 39) Gladys Meechett, 40) Alice Gamble, 41) Philomene Ichmakew, 42) Marie Therese Reentach, 43) Mary Anne Seeyapussum, 44) Marie Therese

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 8d

19) Victoria Dunn, 20) Cecile Redwing, 21) Madeline Sutherland, 22) Grace Seesequasis, 23) - Badger, 24) —, 25) Mary Josephine Greyeyes, 26) Flora Greyeyes, 27) Helen Peeteetuce, 28) Antoinette Arcand, 29) Clemenie Arcand, 30) Francoise Wichikan, 31) Marie Redwing, 32) Gertrude Greyeyes,

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 8d

Eyahpaise, 6) Mary Anne Seesequasis, 7) Veronique Morrisette, 8) Elizabeth Constant, 9) Irene Dunn, 10) Helen Ledous, 11) Anais Prosper, 12) Henritte Napope, 13) Florence Peeteetuce, 14) Jospehine Ledoux, 15) Florence Bird, 16) Mary Rose Seeseequasis, 17) Alice McDonald, 18) Nancy Gardipy,

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 8d

Girls of St. Michael’s Residential School in Duck Lake, Saskatchewan in 1931 (as researched by my late auntie Ruth Seesequasis): ~ 1) Maggie Bird, 2) Mary Rose Naytowhow (My Kokum), 3) Ada Wolfe, 4) Philomene Peeteetuce, 5) Dorothy…

The 1931 girls of St. Michaels Residential School in Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, in a group photo and named.

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · Aug 6

That Alynda Segarra voice.

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Hurray for the Riff Raff - St. Roch Blues

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 8d

Marianne and Anita. Absolutely fabulous.

Marianne Faithfull and Anita Pallenberg at the airport.

Anita Pallenberg and Marianne Faithfull, decades later.

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 10d

Some of the incredible works in the impressive exhibition ‘Early Days: Indigenous Art’ @mcmichaelgallery mcmichaelgallery until spring, 2026. Not to be missed.

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