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Jasyn’s Voice in the Teaching of Respect: My spirit name is Standing Buffalo Man. The image of buffalo is incredibly powerful for me; I wish to have Moose or Caribou as symbols of respect in the North: moose and caribou give every part of their being to sustain the human way of living, not because…

​ The Last Light is not a traditional painting with aboriginal teachings or legend except for the northern lights being the ancestors. It is one of the series of images and daydreams that Jasyn has. He often makes up his own stories to suit his themes in a surreal approach. The lantern represents the European…

Jasyn Lucas: A Proud Member of the UCN Communities in Thompson As a member of the Mathias Colomb Cree Nation, Jasyn Lucas has chosen to spend most of his time in Thompson, where he finds himself most at home with his art, his social life and his education. Born in 1979 in Flin Flon, Manitoba,…

By Alexandra Hart As early as 1991, Basil H. Johnston published a piece about Indian Studies with the title, “Is That All There is?” The piece was published in An Anthology of Canadian Literature (2013). In the beginning of the article, where the boy plays chief, and when the narrator asks him about his six-week…

By: Colette McKay True Verbatim Transcript Colette: Tansi. My name is Colette McKay and my spirit (traditional) name is kìcikìsokowi mikisiwì iskwèw, which translates as Heavenly Eagle Woman. I am a student at the University College of the North in the Bachelor of Arts, 3-year program. This interview is for my class ANS.2150 – Legends…

By Jaydeen Lachapelle First, I would like to take the opportunity to introduce myself and how I relate to the topic of youth delinquency and crime. I am from Thompson, but my familial roots are in Cross Lake First Nation. I was in foster care from the ages of 13-18, and during this time, delinquent…

The on-going COVID-19 pandemic, which took the world by surprise last winter, negatively impacted the release of the 6th issue of our journal, Muses from the North (MFTN), the second in the series of two special issues that were sponsored by UCN Seed Grant dedicated to Indigenous student writers. The University College of the North…

Painting like this can be viewed on www.jasynlucas.ca but all are sold as they sell fast.

About the Artist: Jasyn Lucas was born in 1979 in Flin Flon Manitoba. He was a product of the Sixties Scoop. He spent first few months in a foster home, and then was adopted into the Lucas Family before his first birthday. Born Jason Bighetty, his new parents would change the spelling to Jasyn Lucas.…

By Desiree Balfour While transcribing Drs. Joseph Atoyebi and Ying Kong’s interview with Jasyn Lucas, I was able to relate to Jasyn’s life’s story from the bits and pieces that I gathered. It helped me too to change my outlook in life as I get older. When I was younger, I tried University right after…