Red River Métis Artisans

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  • SHANNON ALLARD-CHARTRAND

  • Shannon Genaille

    Shannon Genaille is a proud Red River Métis Citizen. She began beading after watching her sister and some amazing friends doing so many beautiful projects. Her love for beading came after she helped her sister do a big order (broke 5 needles) and swore she would never bead. That order lit…

  • Shannon Tara Kalić

    Shannon Tara Kalić (she/her) is a Métis artist, workshop facilitator, and anti-racism educator from Winnipeg. She is from the Champagne and Legal families, and has French, Ukrainian, and Polish heritage as well. Shannon has been beading and creating with fur and leather since 2016, and started her business, Waabishki Miigwan Creations, in January 2021. With…

  • SHARAN NIKKEL

    I am a Métis woman born in Portage la Prairie Manitoba. My grandfather Joseph Ducharme is well known for his Ducharme Decoys and has an exhibit in the Manitoba Museum Métis Section along with my uncle Duncan Ducharme decoys. I believe my passion and talent came from my grandfather after spending most of my youth…

  • Sharpe Sisters

  • Shauna Taylor

  • Shawndrea Witwicki

    My name is Shawndrea Witwicki, I am a self taught Métis Beader, Painter and many other arts I have traded knowledge to learn. My business name reflects from my spirit name which is Kinew-a-sheek , my business name is Kinew-Sunrise. My goal is to continue to create and share mu knowledge or guide anyone who…

  • Shay-Lynn Thomas

    Shay-Lynn Thomas is a Red River Métis Youth born and raised in a very small tight knit Métis community in the Southeast Region. Shay-Lynn has expressed herself through art in many ways since childhood including free-hand drawing and painting. In her late teens, she learned how to bead at a local workshop and…

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