Transcript for: Showcase #3 – Story Seeds Exhibit at Millennium Library, 2022

Establishing shot of showcase at Millennium Library with parts of Story Seeds exhibit. Camera zooms in on centre of the showcase. At centre, there is a “You Grow Girl” t-shift with a potted cactus plant printed on it.

Tracking shot from bottom to top of showcase shows artifacts, books, and photographs related to gardening and the work of Indigenous women.

Tracking shot of top shelf with items related to Cahokia and early agriculture by Indigenous people of North America. These include a book titled Feeding Cahokia, cast replicas of artifacts found at Cahokia, acorns, berries, and a photo collage of the grounds at the Cahokia Mounds Historic Site in St. Louis, Illinois.

Sequence of shots showing a cast replica of the Birger Figurine rotating on turntable with black background. Closeups on details like a vine ascending the woman’s back, backpack, and serpent’s head at the base.

Closeup views of cast replicas and food items on the top shelf, ending with a gourd.

Sequence of shots showing items on middle shelf of showcase. These include a photo collage with an archival image of Maxi'diwiac, Waheenee (Buffalo Bird Woman), circa 1839-1932, and contemporary photos of corn seeds and a baby (Baby Green). There is a quote from Buffalo Bird Woman saying, “We cared for our corn as we would care for a child. We thought that the corn plants had spirits, and that the growing corn liked to hear us sing, as children like to hear their mothers sing to them.” Other archival images on the shelf show harvesting and food storage techniques used by Hidatsa women.

Tracking shot of bottom shelf with contemporary photos of a backyard garden and two children eating carrots in the garden, two cobs of dried corn, and books on Buffalo Bird Girl and Buffalo Bird Woman’s Garden.

Sequence of shots showing 5 cobs of dried corn rotating on turntable with closeups of the kernels that have colours like blue, red, and yellow.

Closeup shots of bottom shelf showing contemporary photographs of backyard garden and two children eating carrots.