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In the month of July TMTAA will host five separate art sessions, in beadwork, ribbon shirt creation, acrylic painting, quill creation, and dream catcher creation; each session will include one adult to one youth, with at least 20 individuals taking part in each session. Master artists from the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation have been selected…

On June 8th & 9th TMTAA Board of Directors and staff held a 2 day training with First Nations Development Institute to revise TMTAA’s existing business policies and procedures and create a new financial policies and procedures. Everyone worked well diligently to ensure the association has in place a great set of policies, which is…

On June 6, 2015 the Heart of the Turtle Gallery hosted an art exhibit for new Turtle Mountain artist Julie Patnaude, an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. Julie has an extremely beautiful and unique artistic talent, which definitely shines through her artwork. She does ink and acrylic pieces, that take the…

Recent TMTAA art projects have been in beadwork, with a wonderful renewal in the art form as well as many individuals taking up beading for the first time. All of our art projects are developed with incorporating the traditional art forms of the past. Our tribe has a beautiful floral pattern, which is recognized by…