THIRD PRIZE
Devin Hubbard
Grade 7, Beurling Academy
Verdun, Quebec
Title: "The Bear Clan"
This is a drawing of the bear clan that my uncle drew. Uncle Kyle is a native American artist from Kahnawake. In 2017 there were native American artifacts that were dug up in downtown Montreal (Peel project), he was asked to draw the three Mohawk clans as part of an exhibition on Peel street this winter.
The Mohawk tribe consists of three clans. They are the bear clan, the wolf clan and the turtle clan. When a child of Mohawk blood was born they would be giving the clan that their mother had.
I chose to do the heritage project on the bear clan for two reasons. First of all, it is my father’s clan. The second reason is that my middle name is Okwari, which means bear. It was given to me by my great grandmother. My uncle Kyle gave me a copy of the bear drawing in honour of my Mohawk name.