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ART IS... Andrea Fairbanks
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Andrea Fairbanks, Bagwajikwe of Leech Lake Anishinaabe: mom, multifaceted artist & teacher
Andrea Fairbanks, Bagwajikwe, is Leech Lake Anishinaabe. She is a mother, above all else. She is also a multifaceted artist, Ojibwe language revitalizationalist & teacher. She began acting when Rhiana Yazzie found her in a coffee shop singing karaoke in 2006. The first play Andrea has ever written, titled “My Only Sunshine” was about the birth of her beautiful daughter Mizhakwad.
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ART IS...
ART IS... Andrea Fairbanks
Clip: 6/13/2019 | 5m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
Andrea Fairbanks, Bagwajikwe, is Leech Lake Anishinaabe. She is a mother, above all else. She is also a multifaceted artist, Ojibwe language revitalizationalist & teacher. She began acting when Rhiana Yazzie found her in a coffee shop singing karaoke in 2006. The first play Andrea has ever written, titled “My Only Sunshine” was about the birth of her beautiful daughter Mizhakwad.
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