Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐊᐧᐣ – Mural

Cheyenne Rain LeGrande is a Nehiyaw Isko artist, from Bigstone Cree Nation. She currently resides in Amiskwaciy Waskahikan also known as Edmonton, Alberta. Cheyenne graduated from Emily Carr University with her BFA in Visual Arts in 2019. She was selected as the winner of the B.C. prize for BMO 1st Art! emerging artist competition and has received the Moment Factory Award for her piece Nehiyaw Isko. Her work often explores the interconnection between history and the body. She works interdisciplinary; moving through installation, photography, video, sound, and performance art.

This colourful 20 x 64 foot mural is located atat 124 St. & Stony Plain Rd. 📍

The mural is a celebration of Amiskwaciy-Wâskahikan, the ancestral land and Nehiyawewin. The mural includes four Indigenous plants and flowers: purple lilac, sage, wild rose, and Saskatoon berries with Sâkihitowak, the Nehiyaw/Cree word for “love,” repeated in Nehiyaw syllabics.