2026 Poster | Anishinaabe Inaakonigewin

SYMBOLIC PETITION OF CHIPPEWA CHIEFS: This iconic image was first printed in Henry Rowe Schoolcraft’s The History of the Indian Tribes of the United States, Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States, Vol. 1 (Philadelphia, 1851). It is understood that this image originally appeared on birchbark and was carried by Oshkabawis to Washington in 1849, petitioning the United States to adjust 1842 LaPointe treaty boundaries. The beings in the petition represent various Ojibwe clans, while the lines connecting their hearts and minds acknowledge that the clans shared the same views and are inextricably connected and tied together in solidarity.