Nokomis Posters and Art Prints

Nokomis In Waves

Nokomis Street Art

In the Ojibwe language, "nookomis" means "my grandmother" and was the name of Hiawatha's grandmother in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, The Song of Hiawatha. Some Indian folklore suggests that Nokomis still watches over the lake - Lake Nokomis.

In the Ojibwe language, "nookomis" means "my grandmother" and was the name of Hiawatha's grandmother in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, The Song of Hiawatha. Some Indian folklore suggests that Nokomis still watches over the lake - Lake Nokomis. This impressionist painting with ink drawing pays homage to that belief.

Lincoln County, Oneida County, Wisconsin - Lake Nokomis