one KWE owner designs and creates the National Lacrosse League Cup – Anishinabek News
June 7, 2024
M’CHIGEENG FIRST NATION — one KWE owner Kathryn Corbiere recently designed and created the National Lacrosse League (NLL) Cup that was presented for the first time to the NLL champion Buffalo Bandits on May 18. Corbiere says she submitted a design for the trophy to the NLL last fall after an NLL representative reached out to her about a year ago.
“I looked back at the history of the game and when it came to be thousands of years ago, and it involved so many different players,” says Corbiere, an artist/metal fabricator and M’Chigeeng citizen who started up her business about 10 years ago. “It was played on a field that went kilometres and kilometres long, so the idea behind the trophy is that it starts in the handle of the trophy, you can’t see it super clearly but I engraved sort of a mesh design that represents the pockets of the traditional sticks they used.”
Corbiere says the mesh circles up and flares out into some wings.
“The wings represent the animals that used to take part in the Creators game when it first came into conception,” Corbiere says. “These wings also act as the handles of the trophy so when the players reach onto it they’re grabbing all the different wings and handles of the trophy. On top there is a big cup because they wanted to be able to celebrate with the trophy.”
