Loon+Sturgeon

Each image becomes more than a beautiful moment; it becomes a doorway into reflection, healing, and Kitchi Manitou’s creation.

Worry often tries to make us carry tomorrow before it arrives.

https://www.loonsturgeon.ca/blog/when-fear-speaks-louder-than-wisdom

Fear vs. Wisdom: Reclaiming Indigenous Healing & Discernment — Loon+Sturgeon from visions and teachings into artwear Why do we accept Western medicine but fear traditional care? Elaine Kwandibens explores fear vs. wisdom through Anishinaabe teachings of balance.

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The Shadow of the Hummingbird — Loon+Sturgeon from visions and teachings into artwear Discover a moving reflection on nature, healing, and finding Kitchi Manitou’s quiet presence in times of grief, change, and the unseen moments of life.

Hope does not erase reality,
it learns to exist beside it

not pretending the storm didn’t happen…
but recognizing what revealed itself because of it.

Boozhoo (hello), I want to share something about my ribbon shirts.

Each one is made completely from scratch — not altered from a store-bought shirt, often created from visions, or custom made for you.

There’s the cost of:

* Quality fabric
* Silk ribbons
* Gutermann thread

But the biggest part is time —
patterning, cutting, sewing, and placing every detail with intention.

You’re not just buying a shirt.
You’re investing in handmade work, skill, and something created with care and respect.

From the heart of Loon + Sturgeon

Mukwa Hat — Courage & Bravery
Hand-painted and finished with a fully beaded medicine wheel brim.
This piece carries the spirit of the bear—strength, protection, and zoongide’ewin.

One of one. $350

I stand where the water remembers
and the mountains still speak, not as someone searching for who I am, but as someone returning to where I began.

Kitchi Manitou knew my spirit
before this body ever touched the earth.
Placed something inside me, not for comfort, but for purpose.

And purpose is not something you wear,
it is something you carry.

A responsibility
to walk in truth when it would be easier to stay quiet, to remain grounded when the winds rise,
to remember that what was given to you
was never meant to be hidden.

So I stand here, not perfect, not untouched, but aligned with what created me.

I am the heart of Loon + Sturgeon 🪶

The Cost