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Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump, 12x6 foot

12x6 foot Original Acrylic on stretched Canvas
Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump

It was a mild winter day nearing the middle of January. The snow gently fell and kissed the just frozen ground. The sun sparkled through thin and powdered flakes that reflected the warm pastel Payne’s gray and muted muddy Magenta’s. The chickadees in my stomach tickled the inner Bison, now standing , after a long rest, and after breaking through the storm. This white spirit buffalo has journeyed through both worlds, dark and light , black and white, past and present.
Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump, located In Alberta Canada is the Sacred ground where I was called too. It was here I asked for my partners spirit in healing and chose to join with my partner on a sacred journey of companion-ship and self-discovery, with love and respect at its core. I remember the deer leaping and bouncing, almost as if to float perfectly through a dream. Playfully the intrinsic beings seemed to be responding to our vibration. They too, were present and vibrating , even in the season of rest. Somehow, the day ended up a perfect mix of sensorie’s that engaged and reminded us of our sacred history, our present reclamation and renewal, and a beautiful pledge and sacrifice into the next chapter’s and worlds beyond. This is an honor and duty much like the sacrifice and path of the great bison, who would always head towards the storm, sometimes offer itself for sustenance jump to the heavens, explode into the stars as small feathered bundles of love and hope. During the Buffalo ceremony at Sun-dance I would have my back pierce and dragged four buffalo skulls around the lodge, while I prayed for my parents in the spirit world. I have faced many storms to find my peace, and surrender my spirit to my ancestors dancing above. Wawatay. Kinonaskomiten

Blizzard Sundance Eagles

12x6 foot Original Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
The Blizzard Sundance Eagles

At the beginning of my first sun-dance the sun-dance chief spoke and welcomed us. He said our helpers were coming. He spoke of the wolf ceremony, and the two brothers, and the one who went to live and mourn with the wolves. He said for those of us who lost our parents to call on them. That they were coming. And so, I did. The thunder cracked and the thunderbirds came. Uncle, in the sky started to move his stones and create a new sculpture for me. Two eagles, a wolf, and 5 bison skulls.

I did the wolf ceremony, the bison ceremony, the fire ceremony. The memory of these ceremonies you can see in the subtle figures throughout the sky. The two eagles represent ancestors of my partner and I. The colored cloth represents the members of our blizzard sun-dance ceremony. Our sun-dance

It was my partner, and now wife who invited me to sun-dance. At almost 50 years of age, our similar paths would bring us together as a gift of healing as we move forward on our journey. It was her that brought me two red rings from her previous sun-dance year that you see throughout this series. Her sage and prayers, wrapped for me to honor.

Muskrats Story Time 12x6 foot

Muskrats Story Time
12x6 foot
“Muskrat’s story time ”

The seven grandfather teachings

Muskrat, although small in size, and more playful than physically ‘magnificent’ upon a first glance, was in contrast, the brave being that would dive down through the crushing depths of the deep and ever-lasting water world. Muskrat brought the earth up from the dark watery depths. This is the beginning of just one of our Cree creation stories. There can and will be subtleties depending on the geographic territory and story of the messenger. Here, our sacred beings have gathered. Muskrat has brought together the seven sacred beings that carry our seven sacred grandfather teachings. Sasquatch the symbol of honesty, often mysteriously questioned and feared is laying in amongst the living and vibrating land and environment. Clearly there is a electric and visual vibration that has been delivered from the background cosmos, and splitting of the sacred tree, by an incredible strike of lightning. The story is loud and dramatic, but fun and fantastic. Here, sasquatch cannot help but put his mischief aside and surrender to community time and is playfully laughing at muskrat as muskrat shares the amazing and beautiful story of creation. The mother bear, symbol of courage, sits bravely and protects her friends and family. The eagle screams the story themes of love. The buffalo, symbol of respect, sits and listees carefully while he rests. The wolf, humbly rest and listens as she prepares to fuel her aching stomach. 7 baby turtles follow their parents guidance and gather to witness the sacred moments of story-telling, and to take muskrats story and truth to the next seven generations. Beaver, the symbol of wisdom, wisely takes rest from work to invest in the gifts of story time.

The Seven Sacred Fires 12x6 foot

12x6 foor Original Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
The Seven Sacred Fires.

At Sundance, there is a sacred fire that is lit for the duration of the ceremony. Within us is a fire. I spoke of that fire during the fire ceremony at Sundance. Within us is a fire . Sometimes it rages and gets out of control, and we are forced to push our fire tears, tears that burn. Tears that drip and burn from the sky. An inherited experience and flow of water and emotions, of stories. I inherited those tears as a 60s scoop survivor. I was mad I lost both my parent before meeting them. This is a surrender, and prayer, as I have let go of my anger. Through education, healing, sobriety and ceremony like sun-dance, I have abandoned my anger, so that I can meet my parents in the next life in a good way. I will leave my anger behind, as that is not how we can meet.
Here I have lit seven sacred fires for the seven generations ahead that I pray for. For peace and comfort for them and our people. The peace I have prayed for allowed for myself after so many years of anger. The peace that I pray for, for my partner. This is my confession that I see creator looking back at me in the mirror. We often look across a horizon or into the distance or future for answers and peace asking where God is. And its right in front of us, Hell and heaven is on earth in our energy we allow ourselves. We build the gates we see ourselves go through. This is a reclamation of sovereignty for me as a 60s scoop survivor. I declare I am ready to go to the next world, that the gates, to me reflect both world I have lived in. The stained glass is to remind the classical and western self that our walls and churches of ceremony extend into the skies. There are no walls in our church. Our place of worship is in the space between me and you. Your stained glass touches our star blanket. I see every pixel between my eye and yours, an electric and sacred colorful vibration that at any minute can turn into the mechanical and physical. This is a balance of elements, applications. A symbiosis of sustainability meets the contemporary and sacred blood memory of the Cree.

The Diplomat 12x6 foot

12x6 foot Original Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
The Diplomat

The diplomat is a tribute to those who work in what I call “the gray”. The gray is why this background is deep and heavy, and empty, of implied ambiguity. Where are the lights of the messenger? The lights are in the prayers of the medicine offered to the bison spirits by the Diplomat.

The gray is the area where two worlds intersect. As a 60’s scoop survivor, turned thriver, I learned to survive in two worlds, pretending I could fit into both.

This is a tribute to those who face the fears. Like the bison, the only four legged to head towards a storm, the diplomats stand firm, they head towards the storm.

Inspired by the Chipewyan diplomat “ Mahtonabee”, this piece would occur in a dream I had . A time piece some 100 years later than Mahtonabee and his relations with governor Samuel Hearne. This warrior is Cree, His friend is Metis.
This piece pays tribute to those cross-cultural relationships. A tribute to finding sustainability between all living things.

Our Story

Jasyn Bighetty Lucas Original Art

Officially Established 2007

Celebrating 20 years in Cree Cultural Reclamation

2026, Sundance Series

Bronze, Silver and Gold Collection

My newly launched series introduces over 30 new ancestral pieces of spiritual movement, collision, forces of natural law and spirit. Within this rendition, my helpers have guided my spirit, blood memory and paint brush through a captivating journey and launch of nuanced visions of self-discovery and healing. My visions and journey through the Whirlwind Blizzard Sundacne have captured a transformative surrendering to the cosmos and the Wawatay’s dancing within Star Nation. The Sundance Series is being offered to support your transformation of love, light, self-exploration and healing.

‘The Sundance Series 2026’

The transformative journey is captured within 5 – 12 x 6 foot showcase pieces that share the story of hope, redemption, renewal and connection to our Cree Ancestors, kinship and original instruction.

New Collection

Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump

Blizzard Sundance Eagles

Muskrats Story Time

The Diplomat

The Seven Sacred Fires

The Beginning

Though an intrinsic pause and connection, a beautiful Iskweowak (Swampy Cree Woman) brought and gifted me two red rings from her ceremonial regalia worn in Sundance. Within this time and space of the unknown, my mind was left unsure of the meaning. In this moment and honouring of the gift, I was left with the red rings. As time separated the connection, I was left holding the red rings. I could not return them as they came to me as a gift. And as I was left alone; I chose to embrace them.

As the days, time and space continued, I learned more about this Iskweowak and how our spirits and journeys aligned. This unfolding shared the similarities within our stories of adoption, displacement, identity, and that we shared so much of the same incredible, tragic, and triumphant journey of healing, self-discovery, and belonging.

The movements and journey forward towards our sacred bond, surrendered a deep urge to uncover the answers that already lay deep within the elements. Our Ancestors have been providing me this gift and direct connection through my work, but now, my spirit was in alignment and re-awakening. Once freed, feeling at peace and loved, I was able to connect and begin painting the downloads and messages from the cosmos. My spirit aligned with the cosmos began to flow the sacred gifts and prayers that would guide me to finding a deeply awaited and true peace within.

I remember a good friend of mine saying one day that I would paint something that would change the world, he believed this, and I had also dreamt of this too. These five paintings, and in particular ‘ The Seven Sacred Fires’, is that painting. It is a sacred prayer, intrinsic collision and transcendence of my world and journey entirely. This sacred prayer set me on a path of peace, hope and determined urgency to love and plant seeds of hope. He was right. The painting changed my world, and this is incredibly liberating and beautiful for someone so far away. From feelings of a sense so far away, into the warm and soft vibration of true peace, is what I hope to share with you.

So, I invite you to dive deep and engage within the analytical and critical eye to explore and be free. This journey will provide you engagement with all five senses, and with hope your sixth.

Enjoy the language and re-affirm an investment in reclamation, renewal and repurpose.

Discover a body of work that cements the sacred Cree story and blood line its historic and contemporary relevance.

Revive the spirit of knowledge sharing, gift giving, and diplomatic trade and investing that is done in a good way.

Continuing our sacred traditions of nomadic storytelling and trade. Feel the inter-connectedness of many nations, and our indigenous ways of knowing developed over a 30 year lifespan of development and diplomatic trade and commerce.

Witness and support a symbiosis of medicine that know no bias.

Here is an example of one of the descriptions and a further look into its creation and mission.

Full language and literature will be available on our new website www.wawataymistatim.com

Coming in just a couple weeks.

Ekosi-Thank you all to my family and friends and amazing customers. ‘Without you I would not o been able to find this peace. Ekosanni, Kinanaskomiten, sincerely from the center of my spirit.’

Jasyn Bighetty Lucas, Mathias Colomb Cree Nation

The Seven Sacred Fires.

At Sundance, there is a sacred fire that is lit for the duration of the ceremony. Within us is a fire. I spoke of that fire during the fire ceremony at Sundance. Within us is a fire . Sometimes it rages and gets out of control, and we are forced to push our fire tears, tears that burn. Tears that drip and burn from the sky. An inherited experience and flow of water and emotions, of stories. I inherited those tears as a 60s scoop survivor. I was mad that I lost both my parent before meeting them. This is a surrender, and prayer, as I have let go of my anger. Through education, healing, sobriety and ceremony like sun-dance, I have abandoned my anger, so that I can meet my parents in the next life in a good way. I will leave my anger behind, as that is not how we can meet.

Here I have lit seven sacred fires for the seven generations ahead that I pray for. For peace and comfort for them and our people. The peace I prayed for allowed for myself after so many years of anger. The peace that I pray for, for my partner. This is my confession that I see creator looking back at me in the mirror. We often look across a horizon or into the distance or future for answers and peace asking where God is. And its right in front of us, Hell and heaven is on earth in our energy we allow ourselves. We build the gates we see ourselves go through. This is a reclamation of sovereignty for me as a 60s scoop survivor. I declare I am ready to go to the next world, that the gates, to me, reflect both world I have lived in. The stained glass reminds the classical and western self that our walls and churches of ceremony extend into the skies. There are no walls in our church. Our place of worship is in the space between me and you. Your stained glass touches our star blanket. I see every pixel between my eye and yours, an electric and sacred colorful vibration that at any minute can turn into the mechanical and physical. This is a balance of elements, applications. A symbiosis of sustainability meets the contemporary and sacred blood memory of the Cree.

Dive deeper….

A 6 x 12 foot original acrylic painting on canvas stands polished and delicate, complete but ready for its long journey. Its Prescence, like a scared object holds visual clues deep within its dreamlike layers. Most of its elements are recognizable, a harmony of colors reveals a controlled yet well informed palette, that echo’s evidence of color theory knowledge.

A white spirit bison explodes into the viewers space and out of the cosmos. Each being is carefully placed to tell a story of its placement. Its situation is within the composition but also the story of its creator and executor. The artist. Why a buffalo jump? Why the chickadees? Why the pixels of color that imply a sharp contrast from the fluid and organic to the straight and linear. An attempt to evoke a quantitative approach to viewing the labour invested. Is that where the value lies, within the critical eye? Or within the vibration delivered.

Does this labour of work and lesson reach itself into the realms of fine art and insist the viewer look beyond? Yes. Sounds like a lot for a painting. And why?

For me a 60s. scoop survivor, I found that eventually I would discover that my art journey had everything to do with my unique story as a Cree First Nations Canadian and 60’s scoop survivor.

Why would I need to create these large paintings, and why does a person need a base line of educational knowledge that promotes an encouragement from artist to viewer? For me it was to align, look deeper, and engage the critical eye and guidance of our ancestors.

And, to those who may find this task daunting or laborious, then why, have I encouraged this? Let me tell you that my whole life has come to a unique position whereas it is integral to me as the visionary to share this rendition with you as the viewer. To witness a simple rendition of a PowerPoint presentation that is often long, tragic, emotional and sometimes exhausting, this landscape provides opportunity for a collision in dimensions and layers where you have not yet been.

These paintings ask you to question the subject matter used and their integral sacred teachings, but also the things not used. The exquisite themes of stress, social angst, and the dark unknown of our twisted and societal greed are mainly avoided. How can someone who spends so much time wanting to yell at the world and fix everything surrender to the execution which aims to be a stress free process and mission of understanding the world in which he walking within?

This new collection is a purposeful large and loud scale of work, which I have produced to try and encourage the viewer to live a small portion and sense of urgency when going about creating safe spaces.

The paintings hold a major underlying theme of healing, balance and sustainability. First within the viewers interpretation, and then within themselves. This journey provides push and pulls of questioning between the real and surreal, the informal and formal, the classic and contempered, the linear and organic, and quantitative to qualitive.

Each theme is a reflection of the artist or the viewer and their small delicate significant or insignificant placement within the cosmos. They are the consciousness, when we are breathing oxygen, particles, and the grid of chemical existence. When we breathe with become alive with sense, understanding and wonder. When the oxygen supply is cut off, we pass out, black our and become ‘unconscious”. With that said, the oxygen itself is consciousness. It holds information, magic, integral electricity and vitamins. This is why certain auroras and vibes can be felt. The vibration of life between the viewer and what they see within animate and inanimate objects is directly connected as one global consciousness which defines and defies manmade boundaries and limitations.

These paintings become the push and pull between those two worlds. In a world obsessed with placing value on objects, we have largely ignored the interaction of our actions in between work and tangible objects. We have ignored the magic that happens in between and see it as separate. Like we are above or better than.

So, each painting needs to be a load of information that tells the critic that this is well informed and well-invested art, that has woven into the art scene in a way that has not been done before. Not seen and not understood, unless told. Like I am now sharing with you. It’s a unique and rare story. It could only be lived through, interpreted and repurposed through art expression. It is entirely Cree. It is Ancient. It is relevant and very Canadian.

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