Cousin Bear Comes to Visit

In Cousin Bear Comes to Visit, Métis artist Halie Finney introduces us to Francis the Bear as she prepares to reunite with her cousin. The pair haven’t seen one another in quite a while, so it’s time to catch up, laugh–and uncover Cousin’s big secret.

This debut work by Finney reveals a small snippet of the mythology of characters that she has created and modeled after her own hometown and the people who reside there. She uses the tales that come from her imagined world to explore themes of Family, nostalgia, and grief from Indigenous and small-town perspectives.