Sloan Curator of Collections and Jerome Threlkeld interview Adam Avery, a Michigan-based Anishinabek artist who created and donated his Native American regalia art. to Sloan's History Gallery. Their conversation in this episode delves into the process to get the details accurate in the Anishinabek section of the History Gallery through Sloan's partnership with the Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Avery gives details about how he learned his craft in beadwork, and the importance of the artifacts he donated to the Sloan History Gallery. We also learn why the Native American tribes originally came to the region of Flint , how Michigan got its name, and how harvesting the bark from trees led to bear and wolf encounters in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

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