While designing this mural I was inspired by the great works of Anishinaabe painters Norval Morrisseau Copper Thunderbird and Roy Thomas Gahgahgeh. Similarly, I used thick outlines, bright colors, and depicted Anishinaabe teachings. The concept was brought to me by the Bay Mills Indian Community and Cultural Committee. From the left we have included children and a baby in a cradle board listening to teachings given by elders off to the right. One of the elders can be seen holding the great Miigis shell. In the very middle is a turtle depicting turtle island as taught in the Creation Story.

The Clans of a Nation are often the animals of that region. Given this mural is in the Great Lakes region we have included Wa-wa-shesh-she (Deer), Ah-ji-jawk (Crane), Wa-zhushk (muskrat), Mahng (Loon), Mi-zhee-kay (turtle), Mu-kwa (bear), Gi-goon (Fish), Mi-gi-zi (Eagle), and Wa-bi-zha-shi (Martin). These animals are also often depicted in the Ojibwe Creation Story.

A wiigwaasabak is a birch scroll, sewn together with cedar roots, used ceremonially by Ojibwe medicine men. They use geometric diagrams to explain many complex things and have been handed down for generations. This particular 2.6-meter long wiigwaasabak was made by Eshkwaykeeshik (James Red Sky). It recounts the historical journey of the Ojibwe people from their home along the Zhiiwitaagani-gichigami (Atlantic Ocean) to the Nayaano-nibiimaang Gichigamiin (Great Lakes) which occurred in the 14th and 15th centuries.