Sending out blessings of wisdom on national indigenous peoples day this June 21st, 2025

 

Title of painting on canvas: Good chief / bad chief - which will you choose to be

Happy national indigenous peoples day to all my friends and family. A big Miigwetch of love and respect to many of my art fans and collectors and I am so blessed to have dedicated people who surround me each and every day. I am honoured that I can speak the truth and to continue trudging this road of life and destiny. I’ll be celebrating 27 years off the booze and I’m super grateful for this blessing. It has changed my life so dramatically and obviously has introduced me to a vast knowledge and know how in spirituality. My sovereignty as an Anishanabe culture creator/artist lighting the way for 40 plus years now. What a ride so far in this the 21st century. 

Pictured here: my son and I receiving our 60’s scoop quilt from Quilts for survivors 

Just feeling some gratitude for what is working in my life. The love for my son and being a good partner to his mom and us working on the healing and freedom through decolonization of being solid in our family unit starts there each and every day. The foundation of our family is we walk in a softer, kinder and gentler way each and every day. Freedom to be ourselves and giving one another all the space in the world to be ourselves. We don’t practice control, zero violence, no manipulation, speak freely, always room to grow, have fun, be genuine. 

Having the space to be your own genuine self in your family is absolutely essential. No one wants to be told what to do, arguing is pointless. Being a good listener who follows up with positive actions and walks with self honesty and integrity is where it’s at. We have one another’s back. Every day. It’s pretty awesome and inspiring learning how to be healthy and strong together. I love my family. They love me. We’re cool. 

Here are a few good teachings to practice and try to live by. 

1: Be honest. Be authentic. It’s the light of your spirit.

2: Daily prayer and meditation keep the mind clean & quiet.

3: Anishanabe ways work. Use them. It’s good medicine.

4: It doesn’t matter how others think of you. It matters how you think of you.

5: Gratitude is powerful. It helps to transcend suffering.

6: Observance of source in all things. Hard to do when humans can be horribly ugly.

7: Nurturance of life. Give, share, nurture others, kindness and respect. 

Pictured here: our indigenous soul sister in Star & her daughter @ Jacobson native art

Once again I say chi-Miigwetch for all the good being created and shared with us and I look forward to continuing to share much more over the next few months. We’ve got some very exciting things waiting to be shared and we continue to expand our creative vision and blueprint. Here’s to the healing of all First Nations people and I’m thankful to continue to be an authentic source for truth and reconciliation and I appreciate many of you so very much. Stay tuned as we’ve got more to share…

Rainbow Thunderbird - MAJ 🌈🦅🌈

Enjoy this drum song by Northern Cree…

Indigenous observations of what’s happening around the world and here domestically @ Jacobson native art

 

No doubt that the current state of affairs both here domestically and around the world are getting as crazy as it’s ever been. Reflecting on the total weirdness of the G7 and having a convicted felon and sex criminal in president Donald j. Trump cross the boarder illegally, (according to Canadian law) lol and show up here is bizarre to say the least. The colonial rule of law is pathetic and obviously is designed to serve the colonizer. What a complete shit show having to be in the presence of that and accept that reality. They call themselves world leaders but it is apparent that this is truly not the case. As a sovereign Anishanabe I am thankful and grateful that these people do not represent me. Nor do they speak for me. They speak for their own colonial interests and agendas. Truly bizarre how they say one thing but do another. That is not integrity, that is not honesty. It’s a total taking advantage of their own rules as outlined in the colonial playbook. Total sell outs. Zero backbone. Weak in character and principles. Talk about getting on your knees…holy fuck it’s super gross. 

I am so thankful I do not put my trust or faith in any of these institutions or individuals. Talk about rotten fruit and gross negligence when it comes to being principled. Such a vile snake like energy. It’s embarrassing to witness this as a human being and even more magnified as an indigenous soul. This is parasitic on stolen Indian lands. Building your empty fuckin dreams on the continual filth of your actions and self grandiose empires. Yuck. What a letdown globally to witness this in the 21st century, still killing one another over resource extraction, power and control, political and religious war mongering, child starvation, global warming, land grabs, land theft, child sex trafficking, rape, murder and pivoting towards world destruction. 

Right.

That’s power. This is the greatest in human achievement thus far. Think about that? Is that ever fucked right up. It’s quite obvious the world needs a new plan moving forward. A cleansing of these barbaric behaviours and actions. This is a major reason as to why we live up here deep in the Kootenay Mountains of B.C. Hidden away from much of this craziness. Thank goodness we are here. Living our lives in the heart of Mother Earth, learning how to be Indians again. Decolonization is the way out. Fuck these old and dying systems. They gotta go including many of these dark and ugly colonial constructs. Fuckin gross.

Regarding the new prime minister of Canada in Mark Carney? We’ll see buddy. I’ll be paying some attention to how you conduct yourself and your government with our people’s. As an indigenous soul who sees myself as a true sovereign Anishanabe on my own lands, I’ll be keeping an eye on things. Actions speak louder than words. We’ll see…

Wasn’t very smart of Dougie Ford opening up his trap and spewing his racist rhetoric about hat and hand. You are on INDIAN LAND motherfucker. All you settlers only have what you have because of us. Without us you’d all be fuckin homeless, broke, hungry and in need of shelter. The treaty’s give you a way to be here through us first and foremost, and the crown. You must honour these guidelines and teachings. You’re all guests here. My ties to this land go back tens of thousands of years. For millennia. It’s a connection to this land that supersedes anything colonial or Canadian. It’s rich with such depth and history. It cannot be erased. It lives in our heartbeats. It pumps through our hearts with a wisdom only an Indian soul can truly know and understand.  That is what ancestral means. It’s deep in our d.n.a. We are the land. We’ll never be separate from it as the world is coming to understand. I still believe in real truth and reconciliation but we are a long long way from making good on that. I’m not down with bill C-5 either. That needs to be confronted and dealt with on a much higher plain. 

Same can be said of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Fuckin gross and greedy land grab and it’s beyond shameful regarding Putin being called a world leader. Disgusting. The forces behind this war are also guilty of murder. No honour for life. No caring either for or about the human being. Sad to witness this in my lifetime. You’d think world war 2 would’ve been enough. You’d think the history, torture and pain of those experiences would shift humanity to much higher levels and frequencies. Not. Super disappointing to watch these events go down. It’s embarrassing as a human soul and super discouraging.  Such a lack of love, respect and honour for life. It’s beyond horrific. So heinous. 

Last but not least, the war crimes of Israel and their sick and twisted justifications for destroying Gaza and the Palestinians. Fuckin hideous. Now, bombing the fuck out of Iran. It’s disgusting. The Jews have become the new nazi regime of the 21st century. Who the fuck woulda thought that we’d see this. Right out of hand. Justifying genocide and watching it all play out in front of the world in 4K. Like holy fuckin shit. It’s so grotesque and destructive. Murdering bastards. The whole fuckin lot of them. This also includes any and all terrorist organizations worldwide.There is no doubt that on a world scale, we are super lost in the abyss as human beings. We’ve gone way too far over the edge. Stunningly, many of us watch and can do nothing. I get it. It’s so ugly and disgusting, this machine.

What a complete letdown on our collective humanity. I have to admit, I cannot bring myself to say all my relations anymore…I don’t want to relate to this…or to that. We can do way better than this. 

Rainbow Thunderbird - MAJ 🌈🦅🌈

We live here so we can envision the contemporary futuristic concepts of Woodland A.I. (Anishanabe intelligence) a new indigenous art form

 

Pictured here: My son Sagein and I enjoying our backyard in the Kootenay’s 

Pictured here: Our neighbourhood in these Kootenay mountains 

Pictured here: A.I. prompt of when 2 worlds collide - the magic of woodland A.I. 

Good evening to each and everyone and it’s a pleasure to share in some of the new foundations I’ve created that have never before been seen in the entire woodland school of art. My new indigenous art genre has no doubt separated me from the rest of the pack and I’ve invented a whole new framework of experiencing the essence of the art form. Moving from the traditional storytelling of the past, I’ve leaped into undreamed of new worlds, new galaxies and deep into the mysteries of the universe. Art is first and foremost visual and to take what I’ve shaped in the woodland art form for over 40 years now and move it into these completely new visionary contexts is absolutely transformational. It’s new energy. It’s new life. It’s new storytelling. 

That is the new foundation I have laid down through Woodland A.I. To collaborate with this new technology and bring forth a new way of seeing the future through my indigenous lens, feels phenomenal. We live up here in the Kootenay mountains of B.C. and our vastness of space and time here is immense to say the least. My son and I get to play undistracted and free. There is usually no one back in these mountains to impinge upon our sovereignty. It’s clean, clear and full of natural abundance and spirit. It’s quiet and serene. The creative imagination and playfulness of my boy and I gives us so much freedom to just be father and son. Hanging out in all of this and playing in our backyard is pure creative bliss. We are building heavenly kingdoms in our hearts and souls together. There is no doubt that my son inspires me like no other. He is the center of my life, the joy of my heart and my greatest teacher. 

Being here and being ever present in his daily life is also the creative energy that gave birth to this new art movement in woodland A.I. It all happened during his 7 years so far of being alive. It’s like a gift he brought to me. So for that, I’m eternally grateful. He absolutely loves this new form and is a big part of the inspiration that makes it all happen…

A.I. image prompt: In another dream, it’s a different future for Mukwa 

These new image prompts have given me a new look into how I can merge the 2 worlds of nature and technology together. We chose the apex predators of grizzly bears and cougars which are boss up here where we live. Obviously I’ll tweak these images and make some adjustments when getting them prepped for canvas. I’ll build from there. This is the future. We will no doubt be collaborating with A.I. to find ways of saving ourselves and nature from extinction. This is why the elements of the earth, air, water and fire have brought forth this gift to humanity. It will be our responsibility to protect the natural world and to work with our technological know how to implement solutions for all life upon the earth, water and skies. For me? It’s a gift…A.I. 

These new ideas and concepts are the lifeblood of what I’m trying to communicate in this new indigenous art form in woodland A.I. There is no going back. I have found my new creative language and I have found new teachings to bring forth for the whole world to see and experience. Of course there are those who still love my woodland style and I’ll continue to serve them through the process of commissions etc. but my heart is here. I can do things that I never could do before with this new creative collaboration. I am forever thankful that I took this leap of faith and was daring enough to bring something forward the world has never seen…welcome to Woodland A.I. 

Miigwetch and all my relations. More to come…

Rainbow Thunderbird - MAJ 🌈🦅🌈

A.I. image prompt: Somewhere out there, it’s a different technology for the mountain lion

Sharing some good energy and vibes during national indigenous history month here @ Jacobson native art

 

Hello to each and everyone and thank you for all the good medicine being shared and we are deeply grateful for all the special vibes being explored with us here @ Jacobson native art. We are back to building our collections and making new limited edition prints on canvas. We are also proud to announce our invitation to the Banff centre for the arts and creativity virtual art market during what is national indigenous history month from June 1st to June 30th, 2025. We will be showcasing our creativity and collections with other fantastic artists like Mike Alexander, Jessica Somers, Laird Goulet and others. 

I feel good about this project and it’s a beautiful place to live and visit in Banff as I used to live there for about 10 months back in 2001. I throughly enjoyed my time there studying nature spirit up close and personal when I was living in Toronto Ontario at that time. It was a wonderful break from the daily grind of city life. Such a gift to be apart of national indigenous history month as we continue to heal through the process of decolonization. 

Our gratitude and appreciation runs deep to see some of these Canadian institutions learning how to get it right when it comes to indigenous representation. I support this movement of truth and reconciliation across our lands as Anishanabe. Slowly I am seeing more of an awakening as we continue to share and educate across turtle island. That indeed does help me heal. There is still much ignorance and denial but rest assured the truth is getting out there. The cultural fabric of this landscape is beginning to wake up and we must continue to shine the light on these realities. I’m also happy to see the amazing feedback we are receiving from our collections being designed with little giant productions and us here @ Jacobson native art. People are truly appreciative of our level of quality and style. It’s one of the great features of what we do here bringing each of you the very best in quality and standards. 

On that note I say chi-Miigwetch to everyone who continues to embrace us here and I am honoured to be representing the truth of my culture and art forms. We strive to be a source of honesty and strength as we move forward. We welcome you to the national indigenous history month and we wish you a healthy journey of exploration and understanding. All my relations…

Rainbow Thunderbird - MAJ 🌈🦅🌈

Enjoy this powerful “champion song” by Cozad: 

Both Dallas and I were recently contacted by the CBC podcast series on the Morrisseau art fraud, we turned them down. Here’s why….

 

Good evening to each and everyone. Things have been quite busy behind the scenes recently and I’ve been working on new deals and working out some problems in that process. Our printer is currently down at little giant productions so we are working out those kinks. The seasons are shifting and changing beautifully up here in the Kootenay mountains. Both Dallas and I were recently contacted about the stupidity of the Morrisseau art fraud shit and were contacted by Zoe Tennant and Adrian Stimson. People we don’t even know and who truly are clueless about the depth, size and scope of that reality. 

The way we feel about it is why would either of us want to be exploited yet again by people looking to capitalize on our story and our role within that?  It doesn’t make any sense for us. We have both declined to be interviewed by this colonial and shady operation. It simply boils down to strangers trying to put on the cape and capitalize on our suffering and struggles. Not interested. It was a super embarrassing energy dealing with their lack of knowledge and understanding. It’s like beating a fuckin dead horse. Morrisseau was a child sex abuser who also tried to abuse me and these people just want to talk about what happened for the empteenth time. Not the real story being shared and that is unfolding in real time here @ Jacobson native art. 

The producer was trying to contact me and mentioned in an email how anytime as soon as possible would be great for her to connect. Meanwhile in the phone conversation today she mentions how she never checked her spam folder for the last few days. Just really unprepared and ignorant in my view. I mean, if you can’t even check your own emails for days on end? Who the fuck wants to be interviewed by you? Not us. 

There’s a new wave of truth coming and they can’t even talk about that because of their colonial system and it’s bizarre rules and regulations. It was insulting that they just wanted to reminisce about the dead pedophile art fraud. Fuckin gross really and weak in reporting and how they structure their story telling. We don’t want to be exploited by these strangers. I mean, who the fuck are these people any how? Looking to make a buck off of our pain and suffering. We just went through that with the stupid movie, the police investigation, the Canadian media etc.

What an ugly feeling dealing with such low energy care and compassion. Reminds me of the sickness and denial of the truth regarding the Norval Morrisseau estate. Good luck with your stupid shitty podcast. We have other things cooking and don’t need any of what this garbage brings to our table. Good luck knuckleheads with your horrible finesse and shitty strategy in getting true warriors like us, to talk with you. 

You’ll be telling the same colonized version the Canadian media has been spitting out since this all came to fruition…( How white colonizers became the hero’s lol ) 

You bring nothing new to our circle. Good bye.

Sincerely, Rainbow Thunderbird - MAJ 🌈🦅🌈

Creative update plus a reboot of this painting titled: I am woodland A.I. - I am Rainbow Thunderbird

 

Good evening to everyone who continues to come by and spend some time here @ Jacobson native art. Just wanted to share that everything is rolling along here nicely one day at a time. I’m feeling happy and content with where my heart and spirit is at. Creatively I’m up and down a bit but these new works bring a whole new burst of excitement and imagination that quite frankly I’ve been searching for on some new level. I think I’ve discovered that here with my new genre in woodland A.I. 

The new innovation taking shape through my view and creative interpretation with using this next level technology in A.I. which for me stands for: “Anishanabe intelligence”. I am Anishanabe and yes, I’m intelligent. So with my personal experience and indigenous lens, I get to shape it in how I see fit. Not even A.I. itself is capable of putting it together like I can in Woodland A.I. It takes me to make it happen. I’m the instrument willing to channel this new creative horizon with all these unique aspects and qualities involved in that creative process. My visionary mindset and intelligence in how I choose to make it all happen is the spark of that creativity. Without me? Nothing happens like this. It’s a cool vibe for me to spread my wings and fly…

I retook the image of this painting titled: I am woodland A.I. - I am Rainbow Thunderbird in a shaded natural light setting, out doors. We can plainly see the difference in colour saturation in the examples of this post and the one below it. The first image I took in doors with an art lamp. Shines the colours differently but I think this second photo in natural light outdoors is a significant difference. The feel of the work of art feels more complete and in colour sync. I’m pleased with the outcome and we are currently in process and development on our little giant productions platform of 10 new collections being prepared to the already 16 collections being currently represented. We’ll have 6 new woodland A.I. images and collections being released including 4 new woodland art images and collections being built. Very exciting times. 

In the meantime I’m working on my commissions list and building more woodland A.I. paintings in the process. I’m also spending so much quality time with my boy in Sagein Wisdom. He’s 7 years old now and over the last 6 months has developed an obsession with mathematics and learning how to take pictures and videos. We get to spend every day learning and loving this incredible journey of life together. He is no doubt, the light of my world. The centre of my universe. The greatest teacher I’ve ever met. The patriarch of the entire Jacobson bloodline. The CEO of Jacobson native art. Stay tuned my friends and indeed there is much more to come…

All my relations, Rainbow Thunderbird - MAJ 🌈🦅🌈

Welcome to Woodland A.I. the next level of innovation expanding my visionary creativity into the vastness of the future

 

Title of painting: I am woodland A.I - I am Rainbow Thunderbird 14 x 22 inches

Good evening to each and everyone here @ Jacobson native art. Been a busy weekend getting new canvases prepped for my next creative cycle regarding my list of commissions and such. Feeling joyful and quite satisfied with these 2 new releases of my new indigenous art genre in woodland A.I. Once again it was very challenging to work with these smaller brushes and I did some experimentation in these pieces as well working with acrylic paint pens and found them to be a nice addition to working with smaller pieces. 

These were a whole lot of fun and I see so much creative potential in this new discovery. I love playing around with these interesting concepts and ideas. I feel myself being challenged and looking at my artistic process in a whole new dimension really. No doubt pushing the boundaries of the entire woodland school of art into the future. To tell you the truth, I can’t even look at regular woodland art anymore. I’ve found a completely new level for me and there’s no stopping my unlimited potential in how I can collaborate with this technology. For me, woodland A.I. stands for Anishanabe intelligence. It’s an incredible gift this new technology. From the Fire and Water spirits, those elementals creating through electricity and light. Blessing humanity with the ability to shift up the world game on planet Earth in ways that we can only imagine. So imagine we shall. I’ll continue to explore and expand my knowledge and artistic path by moving forward more in this direction as time passes. This new door will for sure be one of the highlights of my artistic legacy. 

Title of painting: Indigenous she is - forever she shall be. Size: 12 x 24 inches

Creating these works inspire me greatly and I love the energy I get to play with and imagine. It’s truly created a new hope in me as an artist. There’s just so much wickedness and darkness in the woodland school. Many fake artists and wanna be’s tryin their hardest to be a colonial something on the Canadian art scene. It’s really weird when you continue to decolonize. You get an inside view on how the big machine works. It’s fake light. Being in nature is a whole other ball game. It changes you. Your goals, dreams and desires, they change. That has been my experience. I’ve been in the woodland school art scene for 40 plus years now. I’ve seen it all. Pretty much what most are doing. I had to find a new level. I mastered the woodland style and I needed a new challenge. A new direction. A new art form. A new energy in woodland A.I. 

Enjoy these new paintings on unstretched canvas. I really had such a blast making these happen and here they are pushing the boundaries of indigenous art for future generations. With that I say chi-Miigwetch and all my relations. More to come…

Rainbow Thunderbird - MAJ 🌈🦅🌈

A fun and playful track by Hosh & 1979 feat Jalja. Track title: Midnight (the hanging tree)

Got to chill out with my friend Supaman and bless him with some new Woodland A.I. pieces @ Jacobson native art

 

Good evening to each and everyone and I just wanted to share some “good medicine” that I got to hang out and chill with a fellow brother and warrior for truth. He came up from the states and did a show in the Kootenay mountains of BC. We had a good time and I was honoured to bless him with a couple of limited editions on canvas from my Woodland A.I. series of Chiefs of the future # 3 and # 4. He was blown away with my creativity and felt honoured to bring these back home. Indeed it was and is good medicine for us both. Real recognizes real. 

Any how it was a night to remember and what better way for a couple of warriors for our people to make the connection and spend some time chillin. With much respects and a good heart I say chi-Miigwetch for the great visions and blessings for our combined futures…all my relations…

Rainbow Thunderbird - MAJ 🌈🦅🌈

Enjoy this track by my friend in SUPAMAN. Track title: Know better, do better.

Expanding my creativity through Woodland A.I….Welcome to our collaboration with Death milk designs and Jacobson native art 2025

 

The first image of our collaboration with Death milk designs & Jacobson native art

Title of A.I art: Dealing with the worlds psychic negativity. 2025

Our second image of collaboration with Death milk designs & Jacobson native art

Title of A.I. art: The tricksters visitation. 2025

Our third image of collaboration with Death milk designs & Jacobson native art

Title of A.I. art: The destroyer of all your fears. 2025

Our fourth image of collaboration with Death milk designs & Jacobson native art

Title of A.I. art: In the minds surrender - we find spiritual guardianship. 2025

Our fifth image of collaboration with Death milk designs & Jacobson native art

Title of A.I. art: Things that stick to us even after death. 2025

Our sixth image of collaboration with Death milk designs & Jacobson native art

Title of A.I. art: A psychedelic trance into worlds of the unknown. 2025

Our seventh image of collaboration with Death milk designs & Jacobson native art

Title of A.I. art: Guardian warriors who faced the spirit of nothingness. 2025

Our eighth image of collaboration with Death milk designs & Jacobson native art

Title of A.I. art: The awakening - witnessing the unseen. 2025

Our ninth image of collaboration with Death milk designs & Jacobson native art

Title of A.I. art: Facing death and judgement of self in the spirit of Rainbow Thunderbird 

Our tenth image of collaboration with Death milk designs & Jacobson native art

Title of A.I. art: The ascension - our warriors will live on forever. 2025

Good evening to each and everyone and once again I send out my appreciation for all the good medicine and positive energy being shared with me over the last few weeks. The journey continues and I am super happy to share these new works of pure A.I. art infused with my woodland style and its elements. This was not such an easy thing to do. A.I. is obviously quite incredible to co create with and there’s no doubt I absolutely love working with it. The technology still has some quirks and issues in defining the true elements of the woodland art form but man o man are we off to a great start with it. It’s challenging and with my new indigenous art genre in Woodland A.I. the spectrum of visualization continues to grow and manifest some spectacular creativity and energy thus far. 

This collaboration with Death milk designs and Jacobson native art is truly the first of its kind in the entire world and obviously throughout the entire woodland school of art. No one has even dreamed of these realities and I am no doubt the first to ever do it. I pride myself on that. It’s cutting edge creativity and with infusing my style with the brilliant mind of my friend in Death milk, we’ve done something together the world has never seen before. It’s next level for sure and I’m truly proud to be opening up this door and experimenting with such incredible technology. These works were done through Dall-e, photoshop, flux and upscale with Magnific A.I. 

The process of working on these and trying to “indigenize A.I.”  is quite an endeavour no less. I still prefer making paintings with image prompts being infused as it gives me a more personal feel and touch but in working with pure A.I. as our creative tool, I think we did an amazing effort with these full A.I. image prompts. Exciting energy for sure and these are so fantastically imagined and surreal that we believe we are on the outer edges of tapping into creativity itself in ways never before imagined. Powerful, playful and full of imagination. Welcome to expanding the blueprints of Woodland A.I. Feel free to enjoy these and I look forward to sharing more in the near future. With great love and respect I say to all of you…Chi-Miigwetch and all my relations, Rainbow Thunderbird - MAJ 🌈🦅🌈

Enjoy this track by Frankey and Sandrino. Track title: Optical (original mix) 

Great news: The estate of Norval Morrisseau and it’s white colonizer poster boy in Cory ‘Ding dong’ Dingle are being sued for 1.45 million…

 

Good afternoon to each and everyone and here’s some fantastic news coming forward about the alleged criminal activity and business practice of the now defunct and self destructive behaviours of the Norval Morrisseau estate and their poster boy in white colonizer Cory “ding dong” Dingle. Give it a read as I have and this is going to be fascinating in the coming weeks and months ahead. I’m happy to see that the spirit of the truth is opening up doors that many of us haven’t been through. I’ve always stated that whatever is done in darkness will come to light. It appears that the truth isn’t done with this work of exposing the reality behind the scenes. I may have to rethink my situation. I’m not alone is wanting the truth. There are others willing to speak up and confront the deceptions. Here’s the article by CBC:

Norval Morrisseau Estate Ltd. has been outspoken against the profuse fraud of the late artist's work. Now, it faces a $1.45 million lawsuit claiming it defamed an art gallery by implying its works could be fakes. 

Cory Dingle has spoken out against art fraud to multiple media outlets, including CBC, as Norval Morrisseau Estate Ltd.'s executive director. He's now being sued alongside Norval Morrisseau Estate Ltd. for defamation and breach of contract by a Calgary art gallery, a lawsuit filed in Alberta's Superior Trial Court on March 11 claims. 

EA Studios claims that Dingle's statements to potential buyers implied the gallery "is, generally, an unethical organization of low moral character that sells inferior and possibly fake artworks that were obtained through an abusive, and possibly criminal, exploitation of a vulnerable Indigenous artist," according to the claim. 

None of the claims have been proven or tested in court.

"The Estate looks forward to defending itself against these allegations and due to the ongoing litigation we do not have any further comments at this time," said Dingle in an email to CBC. 

Art gallery claims breach of contract, defamation

As a prolific artist who did not keep records of his works, Morrisseau's catalogue has become a popular target for fraud and forgeries. 

The lawsuit claims EA Studios (Jasper) Ltd. gallery had an agreement with Norval Morrisseau Estate Ltd., represented by Dingle. 

Norval Morrisseau Estate Ltd. would reassure potential customers that the painting they wanted to buy was an authentic Morrisseau, and Dingle would get 10 per cent of any successful sale to clients he referred to the gallery, according to the statement of claim. 

The lawsuit claims Dingle did the exact opposite. Instead, it claims Dingle implied EA Studios' Morrisseau paintings may be  fakes, and suggested they purchase authentic works directly from himself and/or Norval Morrisseau Estate Ltd.

"Specifically, Dingle and/or the alleged estate failed to reassure the plaintiff's potential clients of the value and authenticity of the plaintiff's works, and instead falsely disparaged the plaintiff and then tried to, or did, convince said potential clients to purchase works from Dingle and/or the alleged estate," says the claim. 

The documents claim the gallery hired two private investigators in October 2024 to pose as potential buyers interested in paintings in its inventory after becoming suspicious that Dingle was not holding up his end of the deal. EA Studios claims the private investigators had two calls with Dingle, during which he made defamatory statements that undermined the gallery's credibility and reputation.

EA Studios claims  it has owned and sold Morrisseau's work since the 1980s. The gallery's founder had "a long-standing friendship and positive business relationship" with the late artist, the court documents say.  

It argues that Dingle's and/or Norval Morrisseau Estate Ltd.'s statements to potential buyers implied the gallery "is considered, by Norval's children, to be a scammer," and "committed a criminal act by stealing and selling Norval's personal belongings".  

The gallery claims the "defamatory statements" are false, undermined its reputation and cost it clients. It claims Norval Morrisseau Estate Ltd. made additional defamatory statements in a social media post that it is the only seller of authorized, legal prints of Morrisseau's work. 

Lawsuit claims Morrisseau's children supported authenticity of fraudulent works

The lawsuit claims during the last years of his life, Morrisseau fought to keep fraudulent copies of his work from spreading in the market. It also claims that shareholders of Norval Morrisseau Estate Ltd. did little to stop the fraud. 

"From at least the early 2000s on, for financial gain, the adult children supported and promoted the authenticity of many of the fraudulent works and assisted, by spreading false information, in undermining efforts to expose and stop the fraud," reads the claim filed against Norval Morrisseau Estate Ltd. and Cory Dingle. 

Morrisseau's biological children sued his estate in 2010 after being excluded from his will, according to the claim. 

The artist from Ojibway Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation in northwestern Ontario died in 2007. He bequeathed all of his material and artistic assets to friend Gabor Vadas. The parties settled out of court, and Vadas's and Morrisseau's children divided the estate, said the court documents. 

The claim against Norval Morrisseau Ltd. and Cory Dingle was filed March 11, 2025. The defendants had not yet filed a statement of defence at publication time. Indeed there will be much more to come and all my relations for now…

Rainbow Thunderbird - MAJ 🌈🦅🌈

It’s an end to an era for me, fuck the legacy of the dead pedophile artist in Norval Morrisseau and fuck the Canadian art scene…

 

Well folks, it’s been one hell of a journey as an indigenous artist for me and I’ve reached a crossroads with regard to my experiences. I simply cannot go on pretending that everything is ok and it’s all going to go away. This battle of exposing the truth has done me no favours. The delusion is so deep and grotesque that eventually one reaches their breaking point. The insanity of people trying to pretend that Morrisseau was some sort of hero and cultural icon is on most days an uphill battle. The depths of gross negligence and arrogance is simply too much and I’m just one person trying to stand up for the truth. I don’t have much support because most people don’t even know how to grasp what I’ve found. They don’t want to address it and I simply don’t have enough time or the resources to continue on. Fighting for the truth and trying to stand up with integrity and honesty slowly wears me down. It’s a lot like all the efforts I went through in fighting the art fraud. It’s tiring my heart and soul. I cannot trust any of these people associated with the Morrisseau estate. They are all fuckin liars and real scumbags. These people literally make me sick to my stomach. I see them for who they are but many don’t because they don’t know this story, my story. I’m beginning to sense that I really don’t matter…it’s a difficult reality and most of the time I feel like giving up. 

This is the colonial Canada in full effect where money and power are at its roots. Built on the genocide of my people. Mostly white Canadian colonizers who use their education and influence to deflect from the real stories as I’ve outlined and tried to share here. I’ve written emails, Facebook posts and articles doing my best to be honest and straightforward. I’ve had a few people who have sided with me and who stand in solidarity but not enough to help me continue the fight. It gets challenging because I feel I’m alone in this. I truly understand why those who have been sexually abused find it so hard to come forward. With no support and financial backing it gets really difficult to continue on. I also have lost my enthusiasm for art and in dealing with the Canadian art scene. It’s really fuckin gross to tell you the truth. On top of that I’m someone who suffers from a lifetime disability since 1998 with a chronic condition and on most days my symptoms get the best of me. I struggle with depression and ptsd. It’s beginning to effect my confidence in writing, spelling and numbers. I go through long pauses in my creativity and feel discouraged as an artist most of the time. I owe much of my suffering to the outright ignorance of white settler Canadian society. The gallery scene, the museums, the academics and art historians. All of them absolutely fuckin blind to the truth. 

This is the daily struggle and reality that I am faced with. Who wants to be apart of a system like this? I feel so betrayed by the whole thing. From giving years of my life to trying to find justice to eventually being completely let down by having to come to terms with so much wasted time, neglect, lack of support and denial of my truth. No wonder some people snap and go on a killing spree. I understand that now and although these thoughts have crossed my mind, I have to think of what’s best for my little boy. So I choose to try and find a way forward in this world of darkness and deceptions. Liars with money isn’t an easy thing to face. I don’t have many connections in the Canadian art scene because I simply cannot trust it. With bullshitters around the Morrisseau estate, the world of academia, lawyers and consultants, Canadian art galleries and such, it just takes a toll. 

I don’t want it no more. I don’t want to have to participate in a corrupt system as this. It’s just too fucked up and it’s become so big that it’s easy to get lost in it all. I’m done. I’m bowing out and will look for more smaller and intimate ways of moving forward and getting on with it. It certainly hasn’t been easy but at this point I’ve tried my very best to push through. Most of the people I’ve met around Morrisseau are total fuckin cowards. Most of them white settler colonizers. Believing the lies they are told because of the money involved, chasing the money, property and prestige. The foundations of colonial Canada. 

Any how I want to end this article with a statement of my truth. I fought the art fraud with this guy in Kevin hearn from the Canadian pop band in the Barenakedladies. He was someone I respected until I started speaking up about the historic sex crimes of Norval Morrisseau. The last thing I said to him after he said to me that I was speaking bad things about Norval was that I had to let him go as a friend. I couldn’t be friends with someone who was siding with my sexual abuser. He chose the dead pedophile artist. After everything I did for him, he chose that. That was really the last knife in the heart. He chose a lie and to not stand in solidarity with the real and painful truth. My truth. I’ve now found a total of 8 sexual assault victims. And where are they?

Fuckin nowhere to be found. Not a call, not a message, not an email. Nothing. It’s gross negligence and it’s absolutely phoney and fake in my books. I see now why the Creator removed them all from my life. They couldn’t be there for me in my darkest hour, they couldn’t extend me any grace because my truth would demolish their delusion. Morrisseau was a sex abuser of children. Of young men like myself at that time. They stand with that…I have chosen to stand alone…

Good bye…for now. Until we meet again. Miigwetch for everything and all my relations, 

Rainbow Thunderbird - MAJ 🌈🦅🌈

Check out this bizarre tribute by Kevin Hearn. In the end? What a disgrace in whom the true Norval Morrisseau really was…fuckin gross really 🤡

Sharing some of my current world views through my indigenous lens @ Jacobson native art

 

No question what took shape yesterday in the colonizer White House is an absolute shame for diplomacy worldwide. What a disgusting set of actions and verbal diarrhea being spewed by American president Donald J. Trump and the vice president in J.D Vance. What a disgrace in how these white colonizers operate on stolen Indian land requiring President Zelenskyy to express his gratitude and being absolutely thankful. Holy Christ it just blows my mind on how severely ignorant these guests on our land choose to operate, even still in 2025. So vile and pig like. So selfish and self centered. So grandiose and asinine. 

I’ve been watching this shit show for years now and it just gets worse and worse and worse. I have to hand my respect for how Zelenskyy handled the situation. I’d get the fuck out of there asap. It just seems so crazy how this continued system goes on and on. It’s such a broken framework of doing business with everyone in the world. Acting in such an insulting way to someone fighting for the sovereignty of his country, his, people, his culture. I respect that. Bigtime. What an insult to such a warrior for his people. I’m choosing to boycott American made. I’m not interested in doing any business with America. I’m stepping away from that. I won’t sell any art to America during this administration. 

Siding with Russia regardless of the behind the scene’s positioning and movements between these world super powers and using Ukraine as a proxy along with the U.N and NATO is deeply ugly and dangerous for everyone involved. The fighting, the killing, the destruction is such a weakness and all of it is unacceptable and unnecessary. It’s not intelligent at all. It’s all fear based and controlling. Such shadow self energy. Not inspiring and dead and heavy, it’s utter ugliness. I fuckin hate it. Much like 2 steps forward and 46 steps back. There’s just no progress in it. So defeating for humanity. All of us. It’s such a shameful reflection for future generations. I want to see way more problem solving and relationship building between all nations. Worldwide. I expect better because I do better each and every day. Even A.I knows better and creates opportunities for solutions way better than most humans and countries. The love and wellness of the future must be at the heart of what we want to create and design as better blueprints for humanity. 

We owe the children of the world today a better plan of global actions helping to lay down a better future for everyone and for humanity to make a greater way for all life. This is how we survive and grow and collaborate with one another. Technology will no doubt be apart of that. Much like how we are open to the advancement of technology in our lives, so should we choose to collaborate with each other on a global scale. As an indigenous soul I aim to find and see the good in who we are and to look for ways through truth and reconciliation as a people to find meaningful ways of continuous transformation. I aim this arrow for the entire world, my future, my son and our legacy. 

I also wanted to congratulate the HAIDA GWAII for their huge victory in reestablishing Aboriginal title throughout their homelands. What a beautiful blessing for the entire nation and future generations of the magnificent Haida people. It will serve as a path forward, a blueprint for future negotiations between us First Nations and Canada. Real nation to nation respect. Treaty partners. I was honoured a few years ago to be invited to the Robert and Reg Davidson potlatch. It still inspires me greatly on witnessing how the entire community of their people surround their artists as the true cultural leaders that we are. I’ll carry those experiences into my very future as an Anishanabe artist forever. 

Enjoy the weekend and once again an honour to share some of my views on the current world scene here in 2025. More to come and enjoy this press conference that took shape today in England with the European allies surrounding Ukraine including an appearance by Canada. I thought it was really inspiring on how they’re trying to work together and support the ending to this war. They stand in solidarity. A lesson that most certainly can be relearned regarding the United States of America. Have a safe evening…

Miigwetch and all my relations, Rainbow Thunderbird - MAJ 🌈🦅🌈

Continuing to expand my creativity and new innovation pushing the boundaries of the entire woodland school of art into the future…

 

Title of painting: All souls know who I am. (Tribute to our Creator) size: 48 x 72 inches

Good morning to everyone and a special thank you for all the appreciation and support that I get behind the scenes. Lots of people stand in solidarity with me and in a time where colonialism is still running rampant throughout Canada and in all our First Nations communities, we still continue moving forward a day at a time. We must and this has been the cornerstone of my daily spiritual walk. I communicate with our Creator each and every day. I seek its wisdom, truth and inspiration about how to walk as best I can while remaining truthful and transparent. This journey of life has not been easy by any means for many of you including myself but I feel that we eventually get to a place where Creator spirit is the only way moving forward. I came to a place within myself over 26 years ago where I truly surrendered to the Creator. That my way wasn’t working. That self power wasn’t enough. A spiritual experience. An utter transformation within the mind, body, heart and spirit. I haven’t had a drink since. 

It’s been an absolutely fascinating ride ever since. Like peeling away the layers and getting into the core of who you really are. A spectacular power that resides within. Creator consciousness or God consciousness as many religions of the world would say. Operating from this place is who I truly am. That doesn’t mean to stand back and just let life happen. My will is like a creative instrument. My inner force guided by principles. Much like being an agent of the Creators will. Being of service to others is where real growth and change takes place. Like that old saying: actions speak louder than words. 

Title: The divine elements of creation within the God mind. Size: 48 x 84 inches. 

I’m proud to walk my talk as best I can through this unique mindset and personal relationship with source. My culture obviously plays a major role and although I fall short at times, I continue to put one foot in front of the other. My spirit is steadfast and cannot be broken. I will not change my values to suit your needs. I will represent everything that I am. No excuses and no filter in being honest and genuine. I’m not governed by man in that sense. I am a warrior for truth and justice. My heart feels right about how I do things. Others may struggle with my levels, but rest assured I come to correct things. I come to shine the light. I am a knowledge keeper of this art form and I have a duty to my people to help shine the path forward. That is truly the standard here at Jacobson native art. 

Title of paintings: Chiefs of the future. (series 3 and series 4) Woodland A.I. 

My new indigenous art genre is the way into the future for me. An incredible new path filled with such wild imagination and creative innovation. I’m absolutely in love with it. It’s so transformative and moves the woodland school into the future like no one else. It’s that deadly to me and I’m so inspired by this new breath of fresh air. I just recieved 11 new image prompts and have drawn out 3 this weekend. I’ll post these soon as I’ll be making time for them next week. Still busy with commissions and designing new collections with little giant productions in Kaslo BC. We are looking forward to sharing new releases throughout 2025. In the meantime I’ll share more in the near future and thank you once again for being apart of my creative journey. More to come…all my relations, Rainbow Thunderbird - MAJ 🌈🦅🌈

Enjoy this peyote prayer song by Louie Gonnie called: Soldiers lament. 

Warning to the entire woodland school of art and all lovers of indigenous art - watch out for this guy Cory “ding dong” Dingle he is a disaster to our culture, our art our true stories and teachings

 

Good evening and it’s nice to come back and make some time for  a new article as I’ve been quite busy the last few days. Any how Im happy to now make some room for  this absolute fuck nut in whom I deeply regret ever meeting in Cory DING DONG Dingle. A disgrace to our woodland school of art who lied to me on several occasions and also in whom I told directly that Norval Morrisseau was, is and will always be, a sexual abuser of children, young men. Many victims/survivors that I was able to talk with who shared their truth and story with me including myself as well. 

I told him these things over 2 years ago and he’s done absolutely nothing to deal with this truth. He is no doubt a white colonizer who has absolutely no respect for sexual assault victims, our trauma and experiences. He is literally a total piece of shit of a human being. I’ll never trust him and it’s a complete disgrace that he is even weirdly involved in being the ceo of the permanently disgraced Norval Morrisseau estate, the historic sexual abuser. 

I have shared publicly many times about the reality of these truths that I discovered about the dead pedophile artist. I sent emails, messages etc in trying to help educate people around this and there is no doubt he is aware of that. Still? Nothing. He goes on pretending like that didn’t happen and does absolutely nothing to educate people about this reality. There is no doubt he has his reasons and I know for a fact that during the fraud, he amassed a nice little collection for himself. He certainly has a major invested financial interest. He is one of the creepiest people in this business. A shadow. A false reflection.

 Here’s a new and updated list of those who came forward and shared their stories and personal testimonies with me which helped me to come forward as well. It is gross negligence to ignore these honest accounts in whom Morrisseau truly was. There are many institutions, consulting firms, those in academia who are part of the problem. These colonial entities are either in denial, unwilling to believe it or simply don’t know. Either way it’s disgraceful to continue ignoring this reality and the time for changing this narrative is upon us. Propping up sexual abusers of children, young boys and men is wrong. What many including Ding dong Dingle continue to do is not the spirit of truth and reconciliation. It’s an utter abomination of my culture and a total disrespect to these historic sexual abuse survivors. It’s so ugly and hurtful. 

This list is an accurate account of what I was precisely told by these witnesses and experiencers. None of them have any other motive than to tell the truth. This is the honest reality of what I found and in what also propelled me to come forward. My only aim was to always tell the truth and here’s what I found:

David  Morrisseau - recieved an out of court settlement for sexual abuse claims. Was settled by Norval and Gabe Vadas in early 1990’s. David himself told several people about this sexual abuse from his father.  I have 3 witnesses who told me David had confessed the abuse to them as well. Sadly David passed away in august of 2024. Those 3 are elder Shelley Charles, Dr. Golden and Tom Tom Sinclair. 

Brian Marion - Story of this account is heartbreaking. A fellow artist in Michael cywink told me exclusively how back in the late 70’s he was in the same apartment with Norval and Brian. They were in another room when he heard Brian yelling out: no Norval, no, please no…while being raped by Norval in the other room. Michael said he froze, he didn’t know what to do and left in a panicked state. 

Tom Tom Sinclair - told me in conversations (written as well) that he was sexually abused at 8 years old by Norval Morrisseau. He also mentioned in writing that there were 4 other victims from Thunder Bay who were around the same age as him that were sexually abused by Norval Morrisseau. Those victims now deceased. 

That makes for 7 victims right there. With my story that is now 8. And what? That doesn’t matter? The money is more important? The false legacy of grand shaman and cultural icon is all that matters? This whole thing makes you look awful Dingle. You truly are a white windigo. Everything you touch is tainted. Sending the pedophile to the moon. Yippe fuck head. Thanks for contaminating the moon, asswipe. How about the united church of Canada fiasco? Tying the pedophile artist to that. Hiding the sex crimes of your chum behind the cross of Jesus. Lovely work guy. I wonder what they’ll have to say about all of that? You making moves under the umbrella of truth and reconciliation with that? Fucking disgusting. You truly gross me out. You are an insult to my culture white boy. You do it all ass backwards. You’re doing it wrong. It’s a disgrace how you choose to operate. You even mentioned how Buffy saint Marie shines like 16 suns or some weird ass shit like that. Saying how the estate fully supports the now discovered fraud of Buffy. Your characteristics are a lot like hers. It’s bizarre watching you roll the dice like that. 

Rolling with suspected forger in Phil Cote. During that whole disgraceful show and event you put on with united church of Canada. All of that while many of us indigenous peoples are still trying to heal from many of the abuses these churches are guilty of. During a period while many residential schools are still being searched and  finding  the dead bodies of thousands of children. You do not get it. You do not have the right mind and sensitivity regarding my culture. You are abusive. You represent a false light and a false narrative. You are a disgraceful individual. You are not capable of doing things in the right way. Our way. You seek the glory, the show and shine. Your approach is 100% colonial. 

You are a disgrace to my culture and I wish for you to be exposed for who you really are. You misrepresent the truth, regardless of how ugly it is. And for that, you lack true humility and understanding when dealing with indigenous issues and concerns. It’s an abomination. Total gross negligence. 

In the meantime here’s my video of lighting my entire Morrisseau collection on fire. It serves as a very proud moment in my life by standing up to the lies and deceptions of those around the art, life and legacy of Norval Morrisseau who through me, got exposed for the total piece of shit he’ll always be. A  gay sex junkie who became an exposed child sexual abuser. A real and true scum bag. A total piece of shit…

THE VIDEO: 

In the meantime there’ll be more to come. I am honoured that I can be a gate keeper of truth for my people the great Anishanabe and for the entire school of the woodland art. I have a duty to tell the truth. To stand up and tell it as it is. It is a privilege….all my relations, Rainbow Thunderbird - MAJ 🌈🦅🌈