Artists

G. Wayne Brooks

G. Wayne Brooks



Nationality
  • Indigenous
A highly respected Wolastoqey canoe builder and artist, G. Wayne Brooks and his family repatriated the 200-year-old birch bark canoe, Grandfather Akwiten Canoe, and constructed an authentic vessel, the Grandmother Canoe, to honour their ancestors and Sitansisk First Nation. Wayne is well known internationally for creating beautiful birch bark objects.

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Attention: Janey Johnston

Marysville Place (4th floor)

P. O. Box 6000 Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1


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