Tim Schouten
Current Exhibition
The Island Lake Paintings (Treaty 5)
May 29 - June 12
On August 13, 1909, an Adhesion to Treaty 5 was made at the “Old Post” on Linklater Island in Island Lake, long a summer gathering place for the clans.
On September 29 last year, I travelled by plane and boat to Linklater Island to attend a Treaty 5 Memorial Gathering and the inauguration of the new Island Lake Tribal Council (Anisininew Okimawin) Grand Chief, Michael Birch. Anisininew Okimawin represents four Island Lake Anisininew Nations: Garden Hill, St. Teresa Point, Wasagamak, and Red Sucker Lake.
The paintings in this exhibition come out of that trip and ongoing conversations and research on the northern Treaty 5 Adhesions made between 1908-1910.
The artist acknowledges the generous support of the Manitoba Arts Council and the Winnipeg Arts Council, and the kind assistance of Anisininew Okimawin and the Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba.
Tim Schouten, May 2025
