Jenna Rose Sands

Jenna Rose Sands is a Cree Anishinaabe artist and writer who is turning her emotional exhaustion over the current state of Indigenous affairs into informative zines that educate and question wide spread prejudice regarding Indigenous people.  Focusing each zine on the experiences and stories of Indigenous people who have endured a multitude of atrocities committed by the Canadian government, Jenna Rose is able to pair words with dynamic mixed media works for a final result that is both powerful and visually engaging. As an ongoing series, Jenna Rose is trying to change language and ideas around Indigenous issues one zine at a time.

For more info, please visit: www.atrocitiesagainstindigenouscanadians.com

To purchase zines, please visit: Assiniyiskew Press

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​Earth Day 2021: Stop Extinction! Restore the Earth

Jenna Rose Sands, "All Mothers", Paint and ink on wood, 4.75”x6.75”, 2021

Jenna Rose Sands, All Mothers, 2021
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​Artist Statement: When I think of our planet, our climate crisis and the destruction upon the ground, I think of our Mother Earth and her pain. The health of the earth is the health of our Mother. The violation of her body mimics the violation of so many Indigenous mothers. I cannot separate Motherhood from this discussion. I cannot ignore the correlation between the destruction of our ancestral lands and the destruction of thousands of Indigenous women, mothers, sisters, daughters.  Earth Day, a time to reflect on how we treat our ancient Mother and all mothers and mothering figures, we need to do better, we need to be better children. 

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Zines by Jenna Rose Sands

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