Valencia Bird Panel Salmon silver Learn the names of animals

Learn the names of animals in the Nle7kepmxcín or Halq’emeylem languages as well as the teachings in this illustrated children's book

industrialization and theft of cultural property (the world-renowned Gps’golox pole) put a human face to the survivors of this particular brand of genocide

Its iridescent sheen and intricate design make it a symbol of serenity

of the Ahousaht people

by artist Richard Shorty

Valencia Bird Panel Salmon silver Learn the names of animalsValencia Bird is a Canadian Indigenous multidisciplinary artist born in 1973 in Fort Mcleod Alberta. Valencia Is Northern Cree and belongs to the Saddle Lake First Nations near St. Paul, Alberta. She studied the traditional Coast Salish style as well as Northwest Coast designs from Gitxsan artists Trevor Angus and Jonathan Erickson at the Native Educational College in Vancouver, BC. Valencia has also been influenced in her painting technique from Nuu