Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine

Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine


NL: Biidaapi – Maggie Thompson

May 06, 2020

 
Biidaapi: s/he comes laughing. (Ojibwemowin)

Boozhoo!  Today we meet Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe) the owner/designer/artist at Makwa Studio, a small knitwear business. When the pandemic hit, she answered the call and fired up her sewing machine. Maggie and her team crank out cotton masks to donate to healthcare workers, alongside creating and selling special ribbon masks celebrating adaptation and resilience.