Northland Native American Products
Northland is a gallery of Fine Arts and Gifts where one can find treasures of the land, original items by Native Peoples from Minnesota, the Dakota’s, Wisconsin and Canada.
Northland sells wild rice, along with wild berry syrups and jellies in many mouth-watering flavors such as chokecherry, hawthorn, highbush cranberry, rose hip, and wild plum; flavors that one certainly cannot find at most stores in town.
The Gallery is truly an oasis, a sensual experience given over to celebration. One walks in to the soothing sound of the native flute, the gentle scent of sage and cedar, and a warm greeting from Ken Bellanger or other staff. Then, one can wander and drink in the beauty and spirit of the native art. There is pottery, jewelry and beadwork. There are sculptures of elders, horses, eagles and the White Buffalo Spirit. There are dance sticks, drums of all sizes and blankets of many colors. And there are prints and paintings whose names offer only a hint of their visual poetry. “Buffalo Dancer” , “Spirit Relative” , “Grandfathers Tears” , “Wolf Song” and “Keeper of the Plains” are only a few of the paintings adorning the walls of the Gallery. The art of Northland is unique and diverse, some of it traditional, some of it quite contemporary. The art tells stories. One can learn about the background of the artist as Bellanger shares the how and the why of the person behind the art in order to honor them.
Ken has seen how good people feel when they come into this space. He believes they feel the spirituality and says, “Everything in here has been created for good” .
Tribal Membership: White Earth - Anishinabe
