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Mona Stonefish

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Elder Mona Stonefish (Anishinaabe, Bear Clan) is a Doctor of Traditional Medicine, with an honorary Doctorate of Law from Guelph University.  Stonefish is a former Senator of the Anishinaabemowin Teg – language preservation, a Keeper of Wisdom, and a Grandmother Water Walker. She is a member of the Native American Museum of Washington D.C., a member of the Art Gallery of Windsor Board of Trustees, a traditional dancer, and a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013). She received the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation, for the exhibition, Into the Light: Eugenics and Education in Southern Ontario, Guelph Civic Museum, 2020.
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This is a 2023–2025 project led by InterAccess, in collaboration with Tangled Art + Disability, and FEZIHAUS™.