Jim Oshkwajin's Uncle was a Runner just like this... and he painted a picture to honor his Uncle and all the work he did. Your description and image totally brought that back.

I never heard of that before! \o/

Explain to me more of this. or I'll just wiki it.

Jim Oshkwajin is an Anishinabe painter. His Uncle was a "Runner". A "Runner" is is a Cree term for the man that was in charge of running between camps [even days apart in distance] to inform and pass along news from one camp to another who was born, who passed away, if there was war coming, etc. The Ojibway adapted this term [since their territorial proximity and inter marriage with the Cree were often] and Jim's Uncle was a Runner". How Jim's Uncle Richard was a "Runner" by Canoe. He would literally row from one camp to another- sometimes days at a time. :)

Yay! It's been a while since we've seen her. More Rezzic!