early life and inspiration norval morrisseau, also known as copper thunderbird, was a renowned indigenous canadian artist from the bingwi neyaashi anishinaabek first nation. born on march 14, 1932, in sand point ojibwe reserve near beardmore, ontario, morrisseau is widely regarded as the grandfather of contemporary indigenous art in canada. artistic style and themes morrisseau's artistic style is characterized by thick black outlines and bright colors, which he used to depict the legends of his people, cultural and political tensions between native canadian and european traditions, existentia…