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Brittney let go of stereotypes to connect deeper to her culture

The Calgary artist's work explores the meaning of the land on which she stands. »Subscribe to CBC Arts to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/CBCArtsSubscribe Growing up off-reserve in Calgary, Brittney Bear Hat didn't feel she had very many traditional Indigenous experiences — so when she first started trying to make work that spoke to her identity, she says it was largely based on assumptions about what Indigenous art was. But when she let go of the stereotypes she felt confined by, she was able to find a deeper connection to her culture and create more naturally. Her new work at Calgary's New Central Library narrates a memory of learning to swim from her dad. It's a nice memory, but thinking back on it as an adult made her realize that the activity maybe meant more to her dad than she'd known. "It was like teaching us a skill — something that was passed down to him from his either father or grandfather," she says. This sort of recognition is an important part of Bear Hat's work, which looks at Indigenous experience and the meaning of the land on which Calgary stands, from its road names to its relationship with Treaty 7. Treaty 7 was the agreement signed in 1877 by the government and five First Nations in Alberta that regulated reserves, annual payments from the Crown and hunting and trapping rights, while it slowly divested Indigenous people of their land. What's the connection between Treaty 7 and learning to swim as a child? Bear Hat explains: "I just wanted to focus on that connection between what my father was passing down to me and what it means to be on this land." In this video made by Laura O'Grady, Braden Dereniwski and Chris Krieger, Bear Hat explains why it's meant so much for her to make work about stories from her family and her community, and she shows you the new work she's created for the New Central Library. Find us at: http://cbc.ca/arts CBC Arts on Facebook:   / cbcarts   CBC Arts on Twitter:   / cbcarts   CBC Arts on Instagram:   / cbcarts   About: Welcome to CBC Arts, your home for the most surprising, relevant and provocative stories featuring artists from diverse communities across Canada. Our job is to fill your feed with the disruptors and innovators changing how we see the country through movement, images and sound — and to inspire you to join in too.