On April 1st, 2026, art from Churchill–Keewatinook Aski left Earth.
Henry Guimond is an Anishinaabe artist from Sagkeeng First Nation right here in this riding. His work is now orbiting the Moon, worn on the flight suit of Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen as part of the historic Artemis II mission. Jeremy Hansen is the first Canadian to travel to the Moon, and he chose to carry Indigenous knowledge with him.
Henry designed astronaut Hansen's personal mission patch a seven-sided work of art rooted in the Seven Sacred Laws of the Anishinaabe people. Seven animals. Seven teachings. The buffalo for respect. The eagle for love. The bear for courage. The sasquatch for honesty. The beaver for wisdom. The wolf for humility. And the turtle for truth.
He poured more than 200 hours into this design, working alongside Elder Dave Courchene III of the Turtle Lodge. What emerged is not just a mission patch. It is a declaration that Indigenous knowledge belongs everywhere humanity goes. Including the Moon.
There are not many moments in public life that stop you in your tracks. This was one of them for me. An artist from this riding. From Sagkeeng. Travelling around the Moon.
Henry, the community is proud of you. This riding is proud of you. You sent something sacred into the stars and it will never come back the same way it left.
This is what it looks like when Indigenous culture is not just celebrated, but carried forward into space, into history, into the permanent record of what this generation accomplished.