Nationality

American, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Artist Dates

b. 1951

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Date of Work

1970-1990

Medium

Beadwork

Height

2"

Width

2"

Collection/Provenance

Art & Design Study Collection

Status

Stored: FF_007_B

Location

UND Art Collections Repository

Artist Bio

Denise K. Lajimodiere is a citizen of thenTurtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and is a self-proclaimed Anishinaabe author, artist, and academic. Dr. Lajimodiere earned her Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees from the University of North Dakota and has worked as an educator for forty-four years, serving as an elementary school teacher, principal, and professor at North Dakota State University in Educational Leadership.

In addition to bead working, Lajimodiere dances Jingle Dress and has revived the pre-contact tribal art of birch bark biting previously done in turtle Mountain. She has published both poetry and academic writing, including her book Stringing Rosaries: The History, the Unforgivable, and the Healing of Northern Plains Indian Boarding School Survivors (2019).

Additional Information

Round medallion with a red border, blue, yellow, green, black and white in the center.

Condition

Excellent

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