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Convicted fraudster’s sentencing pushed back amid widening dispute between family, foundation and authenticators By Hadani Ditmars The Art Newspaper There was another plot twist late last month in the decades-long investigation into forged works by the acclaimed Ojibway artist Norval Morrisseau , who died in 2007. As a result, the sentencing of the convicted art fraudster Jeff Cowan has been delayed. What was supposed to be the end of a scandal involving family feuds, Indige

CBC's Close Up - interview by June Callwood. Air Date September 23, 1962 Enhanced audio from original recording.

By Mike Arsalides CTV NEWS Original Article here Jeff Cowan heading to court in Barrie, Ontario (Peter Robinson/Barrie Today) What was supposed to be the continuation of Jeff Cowan’s sentencing hearing turned confrontational when a lawyer representing the estate of Norval Morrisseau estate unexpectedly appeared in court. The lawyer, Jason Gratl, also claimed to represent Gabe Vadas and Cory Dingle; two individuals who abruptly decided they wouldn’t be providing victim impact

Ben Waldman Feb. 25, 2026 Read the original article here: Winnipeg Free Press Holding its world première tonight at Prairie Theatre Exchange, The Undeniable Accusations of Red Cadmium Light is a Drew Hayden Taylor original — he swears. It’s something the writer from Ontario’s Curve Lake First Nation never thought he’d have to specify. After all, who would try to pass off their own work as his? But in the era of artificial intelligence, when large language models are trained t

Transcript: There Sure Are (NORVAL MORRISSEAU) Fakes | Apr 19, 2023 HOST:  Steve Paikin GUEST: Jonathan Sommer (Lawyer, Art Experts Canada -formerly Morrisseau Art Consulting) GUEST: Kevin Hearn (Musician, Member of the Barenaked Ladies)   Steve: THE PAINTING WAS CALLED "SPIRIT ENERGY OF MOTHER EARTH." SAID TO BE THE WORK OF RENOWNED INDIGENOUS ARTIST NORVAL MORRISSEAU. IT WAS PURCHASED BY CANADIAN MUSICIAN KEVIN HEARN. BUT SEVERAL YEARS, A CIVIL LAWSUIT AND DOCUMENTARY LATER

Norval Morrisseau interviewed on location at the McMichael in Kleinburg, ON. Broadcast on CBLT (CBC Toronto) on July 23, 1979. Television finally came to Canada on September 6, 1952 when the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation launched CBFT-TV in Montreal. That station broadcast in English and French. The CBC would open Toronto’s first station two days later on September 8, 1952 – CBLT-TV. It was the country’s first English-language television station and the country’s second T

On Tuesday, November 19th, 2025 -members of the Georgetown community filled Gaston Hall for a conversation on one of the defining questions of the next decade: will artificial intelligence strengthen democracy and public service or undermine them? Georgetown’s Institute of Politics and Public Service hosted a conversation on the promises and perils of AI with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel laureate and the “Godfather of AI.” In this excerpt, Hi

CBC Superior Morning with Mary-Jean Cormier August 18, 2025 Host: Mary-Jean Cormier Guest : Dominique Degre (CBC Radio-Canada)   TRANSCRIPT: CORMIER The late Anishinaabe painter Norval Morrisseau is a treasured Canadian artist, but because he didn’t keep a catalog of his work, it became a frequent target of fraud. Morrisseau's children and his estate have portrayed themselves victims of the fraud, but they may be linked to it according to court documents found during a Radio

Letter signed by members of the Morrisseau Family Foundation, on the letterhead of the KEEWAYWIN FIRST NATION band office where LISA MORRISSEAU (now a Director and shareholder of Norval Morrisseau Estate Limited - the 'estate") was employed. The letter supports Joseph McLeod, the dealer who sold Kevin Hearn his Norval Morrisseau forgery, and states: "We do not believe there is a fraud ring." Additionally, they assert authenticity over McLeod catalogs of Morrisseau works incl

Excerpt, Conquest of the Thunderbird (Unpublished) Copyright © 2025, John Zemanovich In the life of a story, and in the life of the mind, you learn quickly that gathering facts is not the same as gathering wisdom. I had learned early on to model my own walking path after the teachings of Charlie Munger, the elder from Berkshire Hathaway. He spoke of a "latticework of mental models," a way of braiding together strands of knowledge from many disciplines (history, science, the a

"I am tired of hearing about Norval the drunkard, Norval with the hangover, Norval in jail, Norval torn apart by his allegiance both to Christianity and to the old Indian ways.… They speak about this tortured man, Norval Morrisseau—I’m not tortured. I’ve had a marvelous time. When I was drinking. Now that I’m not drinking. I’ve had a marvellous time in my life." NORVAL MORRISSEAU

Prints of Gary Lamont and David Voss forgery ring artworks falsely attributed to Norval Morrisseau. Sources: 1) R v Voss 2) Hearn v McLeod Music from the Soundtrack to the award winning documentary THERE ARE NO FAKES by Jamie Kastner. Music: 1) Closing Theme by Kevin Hearn Used with Permission of the Artist.

These are some of the fake Norval Morrisseau artworks which were seized by police and identified as part of the Gary Lamont fraud ring operating in Thunder Bay, Ontario. All these paintings have legally been declared fake. If you don't know why they are fake or cannot recognize the differences between authentic and fake Norval Morrisseau artworks - ART EXPERTS CANADA INC (formerly Morrisseau Art Consulting) can help. Music by Kevin Hearn "Closing Theme” from the soundtrack to

Indigenous author and playright Drew Hayden Taylor was inspired by fake Norval Morrisseau art and wrote about other indigenous fakes... Author and Playwright Drew Hayden Taylor Drew Hayden Taylor is a gifted writer and playright. I've been a fan of his work for decades - since having read "FUNNY, YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE ONE: OBSERVATIONS FROM A BLUE-EYED OJIBWAY " ( highly recommend the entire series ). So, imagine my delight when I ran into him at the book launch for EARLY DAYS:

The old ones say that there are no coincidences, only the long, meandering weave of a story we haven’t yet fully read. One example of how Norval Morrisseau manifests in my life when least expected. My wife and I flew in to Kelowna and made our way to Victoria to meet my stepson where we found a place to to stay through Airbnb. The condo we chose sat on Fisgard Street, and upon arrival, we found ourselves in the heart of Chinatown, where the air smelled of salt and old stories