Amanda Myers
Artist, Educator, Mom and Auntie
Boozhoo!! Kitaay Bizhikikwe ndizhinikaaz, waabizheshi ndodem. Anishinaabe, miinwaa Métis ndow, bezho Mide kwe ndow. My name is Kitaay Bizhikikwe, I also use my English name, Amanda Myers. I am marten clan, and a member of the Three Fires Midewiwin Confederacy. As someone of blended lineage I draw inspiration from my fathers' Anishinaabe and Métis family lines of Cadotte/Cadeau and Myers/Maillette, the oldest place that we come from being Mooningwaanikaaning, or Madeline Island, Wisconsin. Due to the movement of my ancestors I do not claim a community, but honor these family lines. I equally honor my mothers' lines of Peel and Cook connecting me to English and Welsh ancestry.
My goal is to honor all those that have come before me, the support of my parents, and my Mide family far and wide. Quoting my dear niece Shki Aandeseh, "Auntie, just do your best, do your best not to paddle in circles!", and that is what I promise to do, my best.
