Alex Janvier, visionary First Nations artist based in Canada, has died, aged 89

Janvier's art reflected so much of Canada's history, including some of the hardest parts of our story.

At the time, the so-called was in place-a government policy that restricted the movement of Indigenous peoples off reservations.

"That kind of story does a lot of unusual things to our life," Janvier once said of his time at the school. "It tears [apart] your language, culture and beliefs."

Janvier made his living as a full-time painter and illustrator starting in 1962. He married Jacqueline Wolowski in 1968, and they had six children together. In 1973, Janvier helped found the Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. with fellow First Nations artists.

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