About

The Thunderbird Sisters Collective

We would like to thank all of our supporters. It has been a long journey from the beginning of our circle in 2017.

The Thunderbird Sisters Collective started in 2017 as a collective of creative Indigenous, First Nation, Metis and Inuit, women united in Indigenous culture. We would attend community events, Indigenous events and markets to display and sell our art pieces which included but was not limited to paintings from regional Indigenous artists, Indigenous clothing designs such as ribbon skirts and Inuit clothing, porcupine quill earrings, Metis beadwork, and fibre art. 2017 was a successful year for us as we were housed in the Kabeshinan gallery on Sussex Drive. Following that success we decided to register as a non-profit organization.

Since then we have been very successful in sharing our skills and knowledge with communities throughout Ontario and Quebec.

We are very grateful to have received a large 3-grant in 2021 from the Ontario Trillium Fund’s Youth Opportunity fund. We have just completed a very successful three years of workshops and teachings with Indigenous youth and allies. It was hard work but also a lot of fun! We are going to take a well deserved break.

For over five years we have also been supporting the Beading with Patsea! beading circle. Everyone is welcome to this circle. The circle meets weekly in person when possible and on Zoom. Patsea is also available to do workshops. You can find Beading with Patsea! on Facebook and Instagram.