Maggie Thompson

Maggie Thompson

Textile artist Maggie Thompson shares the story behind her latest work, "The Hospital Gown Project," and how art works as a kind of therapy to help us process emotions and experiences.

Joyce LaPorte

When Joyce LaPorte was five, her grandma showed her how to sew and to make her first No Face Doll. Joyce continues to make No Face Dolls, which are now in museum collections around the world, and to teach others to make them.

Thomas Peacock

Thomas Peacock was the kid with his ear to the door when older relatives were in the next room, talking family and Fond du Lac history. So, it was no surprise he grew up to be an author and historian. In 2018, together with wife Elizabeth Albert-Peacock, he started Black Bears and Blueberries Publishing, to promote Native authors and illustrators.

Allie Tibbetts

Allie Tibbetts had already written two children's books drawn from Ojibwe culture and language. But now she wanted to write a story to remind her daughter and other Ojibwe children where they came from. That became her 2025 book Anangokaaning Wenjibaad: The One Who Comes from the Stars.

Chi Ma'iingan

In 2019, Chi Ma'iingan stepped away from his job as police chief to create Round Lake Traditions, contemporary apparel with traditional Ojibwe floral designs.