Artist | Activist | Poet | Teacher
DARRYL
MEDIDEGWE ANAMOSH
(BARKING DOG)
BROWN
At age 19, Darryl was given the name Medidegwe Anamosh or Barking Dog when he became a powerful voice for the American Indian Movement (AIM). Darryl is the Co-Founder of the Eagle Condor Institute, established in 1996 to protect the sacred land of the Anishinaabe, Rabbits Back Peak. Darryl is a Sun Dancer, Pipe Carrier, Eagle Staff Carrier, and Traditional Dancer. Currently, he is the coordinator of the St.Ignace Powwow and co-organizer of the Intercontinental Biennial of the Indigenous or Native American Art Show in St. Ignance. Formerly, he was chairman of the Mackinac Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians (Anishinabe).
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Barking Dog is an award-winning painter; his painting 'Not Our Borders' won the National American Indian Art award in Washington DC. In 2019, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer appointed Darryl Brown to the board of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, where he is currently serving a 3-year term. Now, he has an estimated 300+ original works.
He is an environmental activist and has been teaching about the Eagle Condor prophecy since 1975. Darryl is a “Long Walker” and has led and participated in numerous long Walks from California to Washington D.C. He led the 1994 Walk for Justice, a peaceful March from California to Washington DC initiated by First Nations Justice.
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Darryl is a poet and writer of mystical journeys, prophecy, and life lessons. He's a spiritual leader in his community.
Mackinac Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians (Anishinabe)
The Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians are Anishinaabe people that have existed and thrived for thousands of years in the Great Lakes area now known as Michigan. The Mackinac Bands is one of the oldest and largest historical groups of Odawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi people in Michigan, and comprises Units 11 through 17 of the former Northern Michigan Ottawa Association—a confederation that was formed in 1948 to politically address the needs of the Anishinaabe peoples in Michigan. The Mackinac Bands is a signatory tribe to the 1820, 1836, and 1855 treaties with the United States of America. The tribe has been petitioning for federal recognition since 1998. As of 2012, the Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians has been recognized as a State Historic Tribe by the State of Michigan. To learn more about our history and people, click here.
