Lana Whiskeyjack is a Cree artist and a member of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation. Whiskeyjack holds a doctorate degree from the University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills, a former residential school where both her mother and grandmother were students. Whiskeyjack submitted an item to the Bentwood Box during a Truth and Reconciliation Commission event. Submitting an item to the Bentwood Box is a sacred ceremony involving the individual committing themselves to the process of reconciliation.