Kssááhkom Áássksinima’tstohki: The Land is our Teacher
Spring 2026 at Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina
John Isaiah Pepion, Fine Charging, ink and acrylic on antique ledger paper.
Kssááhkom Áássksinima’tstohki: The Land is our Teacher
April 11 – June 17, 2026
Dunlop Art Gallery (Central Library)
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Guest curated by Star Crop Eared Wolf
Featuring John Isaiah Pepion, Bryce Manyfingers/Singer, Jackie Larson Bread, Serene Weasel Traveller, and Kiitokii.
Kssááhkom Áássksinima’tstohki—a Blackfoot word meaning “the land is our teacher”—is an exhibition that honours the deep relationship between the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot people) and the places that shape identity, memory, and story. Through traditional art practices to contemporary artworks, the exhibition reveals how the land itself is a living relative, a library of stories, and a teacher of ways of being. These artistic traditions have been shaped by land, ceremony, and daily life into the innovative visual language of Niisitapi artists working today.
Rather than separating “past” and “present,” the exhibition shows what Blackfoot people have always known: art is a continuous flow, carried through families, landscapes, stories, and ways of knowing. Ancient forms live in contemporary works, and new artistic practices echo the designs and teachings of our ancestors. Reinforcing the Blackfoot people’s connection into our traditional territory and the knowledge that has been derived from nature.
Panel Discussion & Reception: Kssááhkom Áássksinima’tstohki: The Land is our Teacher
April 11, 1 – 3pm
Central Library, Regina Public Library
Join guest curator Star Crop Eared Wolf and artists Bryce Manyfingers/Singer, and Kiitokii for a panel discussion and reception.
About Dunlop Art Gallery at Regina Public Library
Central Library location
2311 – 12th Avenue
Regina SK S4P 3Z5
Gallery Hours (CST), Central Library
Mon to Thurs, 9:30am – 9pm
Fri, 9:30am – 6pm
Sat, 9:30am – 5pm
Sun, 12 – 5pm
Sherwood Village Branch location
6121 Rochdale Boulevard
Regina SK S4X 2R1
Gallery Hours (CST), Sherwood Village Branch
Mon, Thurs, Fri, 9:30am – 6pm
Tues, Wed, 9:30am – 9pm
Sat, 9:30am – 5pm
Sun, 12 – 5pm
Admission is Free to all exhibitions.
Galleries are wheelchair accessible.
306-777-6040
dunlop@reginalibrary.ca
reginalibrary.ca/dunlopartgallery
We acknowledge the support of SK Arts, and funding partners SaskCulture and Saskatchewan Lotteries, whose contributions help the arts thrive in this province.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
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