[3] By 1976 he had gained recognition as he developed his style of clear graceful lines and minimal colour, depicting birds and animals.

Highly influential in his time, he said he did not paint the past but the present, the living of today.

Even though he died in tragedy and is buried in Ottawa, far from his land and people, he still inspires today.

"[9] In 1983, upon their acquisition of a large collection of the artist's work for their new gallery, the Thunder Bay Nation and Exhibition and Centre for Indian Art organized his first retrospective.

[4] The show received a grant of $97,200 from the Government of Canada to travel to communities throughout Northern Ontario over the next three years.