Tuesday, October 28, 2014

I bet you haven't seen one of these before: Wolf Ring, platinum with 1 carat black diamond.

#native #nativeamerican #indigenous #aboriginal #jewelry #wolf

Monday, October 27, 2014



My daughter, Ellena, painting a Sisiutl design on a cedar box

#nativeamerican #art #painting #native #aboriginal #indigenous

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Somebody's going to be happy at Christmas - Wolf Ring in 14K gold & diamond

#native jewelry #aboriginal art #indigenous gold ring #wolf

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

You'd be surprised how long it takes to engrave a piece of metal 1 1/2" in diameter. 

Raven & Wolf Pendant, sterling silver & 24K gold.

#native #nativeamerican #aboriginal #indigenous #jewelry #wolf #raven

Monday, October 20, 2014


A classic Kwakiutl Wildman of the Woods mask from about 1900
#nativeamerican #aboriginal #indigenous #mask #kwakiutl

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Sketch for a gold pendant - Raven, Kolus, Cormorant and Eagle.

#nativeamerican #aboriginal #indigenous #art #jewelry


Thursday, October 16, 2014

Almost there! Raven and Wolf pendant, sterling silver and 24K gold.
Note - the frog in the wolf's ear is 5 MM high, including the gold eye 

#nativeamerican #native #aboriginal #indigenous #jewelry #art


Residential School - if you attended or have a family member who did, you can request your school records. The form and address are enclosed below.


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INFORMAL REQUEST FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION

If you wish information on your attendance at a residential school, please fill in the information indicated below. This information is required to ensure identification of the correct student within the records.

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Full name of the student: ________________________________________
Date of birth: __________________________________________________
Any names by which the student might have been known at the time he/she attended the school: ____________________________________________
Names of the parents or guardian:       Mother         ______­­­­­­­­­___­­­________________
                                                          Father                   _________________________
                                                          Guardian      _________________________
Band affiliation: ___________________________________________________
Treaty or Band Number at the time in school: __________________________
Name of school(s) and approximate years attended each school:
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Print Complete Home address:   ____________________________________
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Telephone number: (_____) _______________________

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A search will be made for any information regarding your attendance at the above-mentioned residential school(s).


Signature ______________________                 Date ____________________
                     Former Student

Mail your request to:

Access to Information and Privacy Section
Library and Archives Canada
Room 349, 395 Wellington Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0N4


NOTE: If you would prefer that we send this information to someone else (for example, your lawyer) rather than sending it to you, please sign below and provide the name and address.

I wish the records retrieved in response to this request to be sent to:

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Address:       ____________________________________
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Telephone number:          (_____) _______________________


NOTE: To obtain information on someone else you must provide us with their signature giving you their consent or if they are deceased we require a proof of death as well as proof of relationship.



The information you provide on this form, collected to provide you with information from Federal Government Records, is described in Library and Archives Canada Personal Information Bank LAC PSU 901(Access to Information and Privacy Requests). It will be retained for two years and then destroyed. Its use is restricted to authorized Library and Archives Canada personnel to respond to your request and to compile statistics regarding use of Access to Information, Privacy and Personnel Records Division’s services.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

The 24K gold inlays are done, now I can start the deep carving. Raven & Wolf pendant. #nativeamerican #aboriginal #indigenous #kwakiutl #haida #jewelry


Thursday, October 9, 2014



I put a lot of hours into this small but detailed Eagle pendant, sterling silver with 24K gold inlays 

#nativeamerican #aboriginal #indigenous #eagle

Friday, October 3, 2014


Hummingbird an Bear pendant in sterling silver




#native #aboriginal #kwakiutl #haida #jewelry