"Shamans do Battle for the Good of the Existence", © 1978 Norval Morrisseau

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- Norval Morrisseau's Prime Period [1970's]
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"Shamans do Battle for the Good of the Existence",
© 1978 Norval Morrisseau /Click on image to enlarge/
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"How was it possible for this youth to reach back to the old feelings, to conceive the images that would bear the unmistakable stamp of his people? How could this firm pride originate in a community relegated to the status of third class citizens, constantly reminded of this status and defeated by it? What was there about this lad that earned for him in a medicine woman's dream the combined names of a powerful spirit and the metal traditionally sacred to the Lake Superior Ojibway - Copper Thunderbird?"
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Selwyn Dewdney-
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* The acrylic painting on canvas in this post: "Shamans do Battle for the Good of the Existence", 50"x43", © 1978 Norval Morrisseau /Private Collection/