This work is part of a series of pieces created between 2025 and 2026 by Arsenault.

In speaking about the series as a whole, the artist said that, 'My personal mission was to create a healing series of works that speak to those who feel lost in their cultural identity journeys. This is a huge modern-day issue that spans across all cultures. The child, TU’S, has minimal ties to their Indigenous family. She is either adopted or was raised without Indigenous knowledge. The young mother, GIJU’, is actively expanding her community and seeking information about her ancestors’ ways of life. Her growing connection gives her blossoming contentment and purpose. The grandmother, NUGUMIJ, flourishes in her Indigenous knowledge. She desires to guide the younger generations, helping them find their identity as Indigenous people. This is how our culture is still thriving and resilient after many hardships over the centuries. The relationship that we have with our elders is reciprocal. We depend on them to teach us the traditional way, and they need us to carry our culture forward into the future. Using the ancient metalsmithing technique of chasing and repoussé, I hand formed each of their faces, hair and botanical elements from copper. Their bodies are weaved and formed from recycled copper wire. The double-curve copper wire motifs get progressively ornamental with the age of the subjects to reflect the progression of their journeys. I consulted with my Mi’gmaq grandfather for their titles, of which I then chased onto copper nameplates for each.'