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In 2014, Christi Belcourt was inspired to make a acrylic on canvas painting with measurements of 36 by 48 inches and named, Offerings and Prayers for Genebek Ziibing. According to Belcourt, “between 1955 to 1978, there were over 30 tailings dumps and spills from uranium mines at Elliot Lake into the 10 lakes and Serpent River. The radiation from uranium dumps completely killed the life in the waters and the people of Genaabaajing are still living with the devastating environmental effects today.” According to a case study on Elliot Lake written in 1982, by nuclear analyst Ralph Torrie, “At Elliot Lake, Ontario, tailings were dumped into various lakes in the Serpent River watershed throughout the 1950s and 1960s.”  This painting was created because of the inspiration received from the stories and teachings of Isaac Murdoch a Indigenous artist and environmentalist.