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Spot NameIn 2023, the Na’ah Illahee Fund supported Yilyeltga Gwisnagmgyemk da Ts'msyenm, the first cohort of Tsimshian artists to study Chilkat weaving in the the United States. This dance bag, with the familar profile face motif, is one of five projects I wove sharing the skills for Tsimshian hands to return to ceremonial craft of weaving Chilkat regalia.


Siblings of this dance bag reside in the Juneau-Douglas City Museum Permanent Collection, in the Cook Inlet Native Head Start Regalia Collection, and in private collection. The remaining bag dances with Lepquinm Gumilgit Gagoadim Tsimshian Dancers as part of the Asicksic Family Collection.
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29Elena James Goothl Ts’imilx, Mike Dangeli, Nisga'a of Tlingit descent, has been a professional artist since 1998. His works include over 20 totem poles, a 30-foot ocean- going canoe, masks, drums, regalia, paintings, and limited edition silk-screened prints. From 2003 Goothl Ts’imilx has been leading the Git Hayetsk First Nations Mask-Dancing group. Git Hayestsk means “people of the copper shield” in Sm’algyak, which is spoken by the Nisga’a, Tsimshian, and the Gitxsan Nations.

Sm t'oyaxsut 'nüün, Goothl Ts’imilx, I am truly bound to you for offering a custom handpainted Formline Design in support while I am healing.
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59As a 2024 Craft Archive Fellow, the Center for Craft supported me as I conducted personal interviews in Sm’algyax and studied etymology to recover and awaken Tsimshian protocols for Chilkat weaving. I dedicated one year to investigating the ways in which Sm’algyax conveys the philosophies of Tsimshian ancestors. I pulled apart sentences, statements, and questions, investigating the formation of thoughts and the ways our Elders communicate them. During my research, I wove a series of small Chilkat pendants, including this circle relief pendant. Hyoperallergic published this article about my research: https://hyperallergic.com/985534/reviving-tsimshian-weaving-with-threads-of-community/

Siblings of this pendant reside in private collections in Shelton, Washington and Juneau, Alaska and are available at Aan Hít (Village House) in Juneau, Alaska.
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88Inspired by tooled leather cuffs of Kumeyaay/Kumiais people on the west coast, weft from hand dyed merino wool is twined on 100% merino warp to create this hair cuff with the Haida Spiderweb pattern.

The accompanying hand carved cedar hair stick is rubbed with beeswax.
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