Thunderbird marks first book release

Animikii Mazina'iganan: Thunderbird Press, with Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, will celebrate the release of "Fur Trade Nation: An Ojibwe's Graphic History" by renowned artist Carl Gawboy 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, April 30. The well-known artist and Bois Forte Band member uses more than 800 pen and ink drawings, connecting historical records and art, oral traditions, Western and Indigenous scholarship, family history and contemporary artisans, to tell the important story of the fur trade from an Ojibwe perspective.