Loud cheers and applause erupted from the audience in the Walter Soboleff Building’s clan house as David R. Boxley was awarded Best of Show, the top prize in Sealaska Heritage Institute’s Northwest ...
At his very first Native art show, David A. Boxley, now a renowned Tsimshian carver and culture bearer, carved Tlingit and Haida totem poles from books. He used model paint instead of acrylics, and ...
Cristina Diaz-Carrera (Presenter); David A. Boxley (Ts'msyen); Nick James (Tsimshian/Tlingit/Haida) Sit down with members of the Git Hoan Dancers after their performance and learn more about their ...
JUNEAU, Alaska — The three bronze posts unveiled under sunny skies also double as pillars. They hold up and support the vibrancy and resilience of the Tsimshian, Tlingit and Haida cultures. "We are ...
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) - The head count at the Totem Heritage Center should increase by one this fall with the collection’s first Tsimshian totem pole. The 23-foot totem pole depicts human faces and ...
Boxley described the Anglican missionary who came to northern British Columbia in the late nineteenth century as “so very successful” in moving Tsimshian (pronounced like sim-she-ann) people away from ...
Storyteller David R. Boxley, Black Swamp Drum, flute music ensemble Branches Breath, and “tribal funk” band Pamyua entertain the art browsers and shoppers at this summer staple. Not that they need ...
MOST PEOPLE KNOW that totem poles, the signature artwork of Northwest coastal tribes, use imagery to tell stories. But few among us can grasp the story’s meaning, feel the deep inspiration of the ...