Description
Sucker Moon brings the sucker fish back to the stream, and teaches us how to become healed healers.
It’s the fourth teaching from Grandmother Moon who makes 13 appearances throughout the year to
watch over Mother Earth’s children and light their paths with her gentle wisdom.
In April, the sucker fish returns to spawn after traveling to the spirit realm. As it swims through the
water, it purifies a path for the spirits and cleanses the water beings. As life bursts within the stream
and along its banks, we are reminded that we are but partners in this experience called life—that the
harmony within the stream can also exist within ourselves. Once we are healed, we can bring healing to
others through our peaceful presence and actions.
Special Features
4th issue in this captivating series of original woodland designs illustrating the 13 teachings from Grandmother Moon according to Anishnabe tradition.
- An exceptional collection showcasing one of the most recognized forms of Indigenous art that is cherished for its beauty, as well as its powerful depiction of Anishinabe themes and traditions
- A limited work of art! Only 4,000 coins available worldwide—highly collectible!
- A unique collectible that captures the rich artistic and cultural heritage of Canada’s Indigenous people
Series Overview
Grandmother Moon is always ready to share her loving wisdom, and this captivating coin series brings
you her life teachings with 13 original woodland designs. Canada’s Indigenous people view every aspect
of nature as a living relation that plays an active role in their lives. And although variations do exist due
to geography and climate, Grandmother Moon is a central figure, her kind and gentle ways always a
common thread.
For the Anishinabe people, the woodland cultures that extend from the eastern seaboard to the Great
Lakes, and the headwaters of the Mackenzie River, Grandmother Moon is ever-present, making
13 appearances throughout the year as she watches over Mother Earth’s children and lights up their
paths. Every moon brings a new teaching that is illustrated in each coin design to foster understanding
and respect for all of Earth’s creatures—a stunning work of art with a unique insight into Indigenous life!
Design
Algonquin artist Frank Polson has created a captivating image of a full moon filling the sky as it sits low
on the horizon behind a leafless tree. To the left, a sucker fish swims downward, away from the viewer,
along the edge of the coin. A trail of bubbles forms in the wake of its tail as the fish turns towards the
tree on the right. The use of bold lines, and the insertion of vivid colour within black areas as if to reveal
what lies within, is a signature design element in woodland art.
