Killer Whale painting I did 10 years ago which the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage purchased for their collection. Earlier this year, I began…
When my parents, Henry and Claribel Davis both accepted teaching jobs in Juneau in 1970 it was a dramatic shift for a “village boy.” Back…
I thought it would be appropriate to talk about the idea of celebration as part of our Tlingit culture, and as of 1982 the Sealaska…
Last time I was in Kake, I read some poems at a community talent show, and I had told my sisters I would read my…
After a day of painting I often see designs when I close my eyes. That’s one way I get ideas for designs, by either looking…
When I create designs and either carve or paint them, I feel a deep connection not only with the art form and its older roots;…
If you have ever looked at Tlingit paintings up close, particularly the bentwood boxes, you will be amazed at some of the fine lines the…
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Publications Into the Storm. Orca Press, 1984In the Dreamlight: Twenty One Alaskan Writers. Copper Canyon Press, 1984Alaska Quarterly Review, Vol. 4. University of Alaska Anchorage,…
ABOUT ME Tlingit Indian from Kake, Alaska. Tsaagweidi clan, Xaay Hit (Yellow Cedar House). My Tlingit name is Xaashuch’eet. I am primarily a designer.…