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This family tree charts the European, Native, and Métis bloodlines in my mother’s family. I used “enriched” white and wild rice harvested by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians to approximate blood percentages.
How Indian Are You? (Families of Lewis Bourisseau and Josephine Paquin)
white rice, wild rice, ball jars, hardware, latex
132”x 168” x 4”
2021

This family tree charts the European, Native, and Métis bloodlines in my mother’s family. I used “enriched” white rice and wild rice harvested by the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians to approximate blood percentages.