Hearts Of Our People
didn’t quite recognize it at the time. Her great-aunts were active in the beadwork trade, and in Kahnawake Mohawk Nation Territory, just outside of Montreal, she was raised among women whose hands were never idle and whose diverse skills included sewing, knitting, crocheting, beadwork, and quilting. Still, they — and Hemlock, who herself practiced these hand techniques — never referred to themselves as “Artists” with a capital A. Art was simply something
