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Ray Sim

Tribal Affiliation:

Salish

Ray Sim is a member of the Musqueam Salish Nation of Vancouver, BC. He also has close familial ties to the Gitksan through his grandfather, who is from the Gitanmaax Band.

Richard Hunt is an aboriginal artist from the Kwakwaka'wakw nation of coastal British Columbia. He comes from a family of internationally acclaimed native artists, including his father, Henry Hunt, and his grandfather, Mungo Martin, and is one of the most celebrated contemporary Northwest Coast artists.

Robert Jackson

Tribal Affiliation:

Gitxsan

Robert Jackson is the hereditary Prince of the house of Haxbugwatxu (Disappearing), Fireweed Clan, of the Tamlehamid (Kitsegukla). He was born in 1948 in Port Edward, a small community near Prince Rupert which has produced several of the major contemporary Northwest Coast artists including Dempsey Bob and Norman Tait. Robert and Dempsey both attribute their childhood friendship, and the necessity to carve all their own toys, to their future career in the arts. In later years they supported each other to explore their own personal and tribal styles.

Ron Hamilton

Tribal Affiliation:

Nuu-chah-nulth

A carver, graphic artist, and painter residing on the Ahaswinis Reserve where he was born, Ron Hamilton has made a vital contribution to the preservation and the continuation of threatened Nuu-Chah-Nulth art and design.

The nephew of George Clutesi, Hamilton apprenticed with renowned carver Henry Hunt. A fisherman by trade, Hamilton works in Campbell River slate, wood, silver, gold, and ivory, often employing the sea serpent as a characteristic motif.

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Stuart Pagaduan

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