{"id":406659,"date":"2022-02-17T01:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T22:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-story-behind-marc-andre-fleurys-indigenous-designed-helmet\/"},"modified":"2022-02-17T01:27:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T22:27:00","slug":"the-story-behind-marc-andre-fleurys-indigenous-designed-helmet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-story-behind-marc-andre-fleurys-indigenous-designed-helmet\/","title":{"rendered":"#The story behind Marc-Andr\u00e9 Fleury’s Indigenous-designed helmet"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#The story behind Marc-Andr\u00e9 Fleury’s Indigenous-designed helmet<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n The Chicago Blackhawks wanted to honour their Indigenous namesakes. Toronto-based Ojibwe artist Patrick Hunter explains the thinking behind the new helmet.\n <\/div>\n
\n Last year, when someone working with the Chicago Blackhawks contacted Patrick Hunter via Instagram to ask whether the Toronto-based Ojibwe artist would be interested in working with the NHL team to create a land acknowledgment, he wasn\u2019t sure. \u201cThey just have a lot of history around people not loving their logo,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

But he agreed to talk, and came away impressed. They were interested in changing the narrative around their logo, highlighting the fact that Sauk warrior Black Hawk was a historical figure, he says, not merely a fictional mascot. \u201cAfter the phone call, I was like, okay, these guys have a lot of integrity,\u201d he says. \u201cThey\u2019re interested in doing the hard work instead of just arbitrarily changing their logo to a black bird. They wanted to help their fans educate themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

The collaboration resulted in a land acknowledgement accompanied by a brilliant floral and feather motif by Hunter. And now, those same elements bedeck a striking new mask designed by Hunter for Blackhawks goalie Marc-Andr\u00e9 Fleury.<\/p>\n

\u201cHockey\u2019s such a macho sport that I was a little bit worried that it wouldn\u2019t be as well-received, because a lot of the imagery you see in hockey is very \u2018grrr,\u2019 aggressive,\u201d says Hunter. \u201cThis is not that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Click, hover or tap on the buttons to learn more about this one-of-a-kind helmet.<\/p>\n\n

This article app<\/a>ears in print in the March 2022 issue of<\/em> Maclean\u2019s magazine with the headline, \u201cMinding the Blackhawks.\u201d Subscribe to the monthly print magazine here<\/a>.<\/em>
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